Old school Gnome fan Shashank Sharma discovers a Debian-based distro that is designed for the expert campaigner and features the Mate desktop. At first glance, the point of Point Linux isn’t really apparent. It includes a bunch of software for everyday use and employs the Mate desktop on top of a Debian-base. This in itself … Read more
An overclocked SSD? Simon Crisp investigates. Intel’s brand new SSD 730 family is important for Intel, as these are the first drives in years aimed at the consumer market using its own silicon for the controller. Well, we say ‘family’ , but currently there are only two capacities available: 240GB (with 550/270MB/s read/writes) and this 480GB option. You … Read more
Mozilla gazes into its crystal ball and explains what tech to watch. We asked the experts at Mozilla what technology changes we should keep an eye out for over the next year. They came back with their top five predictions – now we just need to wait and bide our time to see if they become reality… 1 Unlocking the mobile ecosystem The mobile ecosystem has … Read more
RPG Maker XP is an interesting addition to this group, chiefly because it’s one of the oddest game development programs we’ve ever come across. It seems so archaic in its execution that you’d be forgiven for thinking that it was is something straight from the nineties. It follows on from the rather successful RPG Maker … Read more
Manufactmn Samsung Website: goo.gl/DsOobz Required spec Windows XP+, Mac OS X10.4.6+, 1.6GHl+,2GB RAM, USB port. W ith so many laptops and such now being sold without an optical drive there’s surely an opening in the portable market for those users who still require content to be delivered on a disk. The optical disk may well … Read more
Few things evolve more quickly than the desktop PC, but there is one constant: the process of getting smaller. The first computers took up entire rooms (and required a college degree to operate]. But these days, you can get a gaming PC the size of briefcase delivered to your front door. But if you prefer … Read more
YOU’LL NEED THIS SOFTPERFECT RAM DISK. Get the free download from http://bit.ly/MPC_RamDisk. The concept of taking unused memory and turning it into a lightning-fast virtual drive that also reduces the wear and tear on your hard disk is nothing new, but using RAM has traditionally had one major drawback: its volatile nature means all data … Read more
This wireless headset gives you your money’s worth. since its first entry into the headset market about four years ago, we’ve been reliably impressed with Corsair’s gaming headphones. Corsair has consistently focused on build, comfort and audio quality, without tacking on needless features that send the price sky-high. The Vengeance 2100—the company’s new top-of-the-line set, … Read more
Tech and trends that will affect you today and beyond. Microsoft rocked Build 2014 with an abundance of announcements. Best Build ever? » The keynote address that kicked off Microsoft’s Build 2014 developers conference may have lasted a punishing three hours, but the event was packed with product reveals aimed at consumers. The latest Windows … Read more
A top-notch budget monitor. AOC’s I2360PHU 23 in budget monitor may be unassuming because of its plain black appearance, but it has a lot going for it. For starters, it’s far more adjustable than other similarly priced displays. You can tilt it, rotate it to work on portrait photos and documents and even adjust its … Read more
LENOVO CREATES SOME SURFACE TENSION. Most 8-inch windows tablets are aiming for the $200-300 price range, so Lenovo might seem a little out of touch when it crowds in with a $500 unit. The ThinkPad 8 is the nicest looking of the lot, at Least. It’s the only one with a metal back, which helps … Read more
HP Pavilion x360 3 out of 5 A cheap and colourful Windows 8 laptop-tablet hybrid Cheap laptops often look plain, or even very ugly, but the HP Pavilion x360 is better looking than most. Its red, silver and black design is very distinctive, but if that’s too flashy for you there is a more sedate … Read more