THE C720 IS Acer’s latest Chromebook and it improves on its predecessor in almost every way. The chassis is now thinner at just 19mm thick, and the C720 looks all the better for it. Sadly, there are fewer connection ports, and the C720 has just two USB ports, one of which is USB3, an SD … Read more
Trusted security suite with enhanced features.Internet Security Suites are usually a bundle of utilities like Firewall, Parental Control, Antivirus and Online protection. They keep your system safe from hackers and malicious entities. Norton Internet Security 2014 ticks all the above boxes and is available as a physical CD as well as an online version. We … Read more
A slimmed-down, spiced-up suite of media programs. You can buy Nero’s excellent CD-, DVD- and Blu-ray-writing software, called Burning ROM, on its own or bundled into a suite of multimedia apps. In the past, the suite’s other programs haven’t always matched the quality of Burning ROM, but in this latest release Nero promises additional refinements … Read more
A new CEO, rumours of Windows 9 conning in 2015 and signs of change within Microsoft. David Crookes grabs his crystal ball he paint has barely dried on Windows 8, and already excitement is building for what Microsoft will do next. Almost as soon as 8.1 was released last October, people began to talk about … Read more
Ever thought you were clumsy? Well, after playing Octodad, you may think again. One of the latest indie releases to be generating quite the buzz is Young Horses’ Octodad: Deadliest Catch, and after playing it for only a few minutes youll see why: it’s pure genius. As the eponymous Octodad, an octopus disguised as a … Read more
May not be usable as foot clothing.This isn’t the first Super OverClock product we have reviewed from Gigabyte, but it is the fastest. Alongside the MSI Lightning and the ASUS Direct CU II GTX 580, the Gigabyte GTX 580 SOC ¡s one of the three fastest single-GPU cards currently available on the market, and is … Read more
What happened? Mozilla has said it plans to run advertisements in Firefox for the first time, in a bid to raise funds. The ads will appear in the “directory tiles” – the nine boxes that appear in the Firefox window each time you open a new tab (see screengrab, above). At the moment, they start … Read more
Valve, the company behind the hugely successful Steam game service, has released a Linux-based OS designed purely for games. We see if it’s the future of PC gaming.THERE’S BEEN PLENTY of hype around so-called Steam Machines; mini-PCs running Valve’s own Steam operating system, designed exclusively to play games downloaded from the Steam service. SteamOS is … Read more
No-Compromise Storage Has Arrived. High-speed random reads and writes. High-speed sequential reads and writes. Compressible data. Incompressible data. TRIM and garbage collection. Long-term endurance and dependability. A fast, capable controller. Cutting-edge NAND flash memory. Solid firmware and a useful software toolkit.There are many factors to consider when deciding on SSDs for your PC, and up … Read more
Most enthusiasts are familiar with GIGABYTE’s G1-Killer series, the lavish motherboards that are decked out with high-end gaming capabilities. GIGABYTE recently announced two boards for midrange systems—the G1.Sniper Z5S and G1.Sniper Z5—to expand the G1-Killer lineup. Both the Z5S and Z5 come with many of the features you’ll find on the upper echelon G1-Killer series … Read more
We’ve taken a look at Cooler Master’s Seidon 120M in the past, and the Seidon 120V is similar in that it comes with a 120mm PWM fan that runs as slowly as 600rpm and as fast as 2,400rpm. The wide PWM range ensures that the closedloop system will perform well under load and will function … Read more
In the last couple of months, we’ve examined a number of ADATA’s external hard drives. The DashDrive Air AE800 is a 500GB external hard drive and much more. Nearby Wi-Fi devices can wirelessly access files on the AE800, effectively making it a portable server that can stream video, audio, images, and documents to Android, iOS, … Read more