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Updated: 5 of the most popular Raspberry Pi distros

By Shashank Sharma & Nick Peers Introduction Note: Our Raspberry Pi distros round-up has been fully updated. This feature was first published in May 2015. Believe it or not, the Raspberry Pi is four years old, and in its relatively short life has ushered in a new revolution in computing that stretches far beyond its…

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Updated: 5 of the most popular Raspberry Pi distros

By Shashank Sharma & Nick Peers Introduction Note: Our Raspberry Pi distros round-up has been fully updated. This feature was first published in May 2015. Believe it or not, the Raspberry Pi is four years old, and in its relatively short life has ushered in a new revolution in computing that stretches far beyond its…

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AMD’s mighty Zen CPUs coming to level the playing field with Intel in 2016

By Darren Allan AMD’s long-awaited line of Zen processors will indeed be arriving for high-end PCs later next year, fans of the Intel alternative will doubtless be pleased to hear. It’s hoped that Zen CPUs will bring AMD back on a more competitive footing with Intel, and confirmation of the launch was reported by WCCF…

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AMD’s mighty Zen CPUs coming to level the playing field with Intel in 2016

By Darren Allan AMD’s long-awaited line of Zen processors will indeed be arriving for high-end PCs later next year, fans of the Intel alternative will doubtless be pleased to hear. It’s hoped that Zen CPUs will bring AMD back on a more competitive footing with Intel, and confirmation of the launch was reported by WCCF…

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Updated: 10 best external hard drives 2015

By Gary Marshall Introduction The move to mobile has created an unexpected hero – the external hard disk. With laptops regularly packing small SSDs in the name of mobility, many of us simply don’t have the space to store all our stuff – and as we do more of our living digitally, it’s becoming ever…

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TechRadar Deals: Get a free PS4, Xbox One, PS3, iPad, iPhone 4S with Mobiles.co.uk’s free gift deals

By TechRadar Deals If you’re struggling for Christmas gift ideas and you fancy killing more than one bird with one stone, check out the free gift deals over at Mobiles.co.uk. The site is offering cheap contracts which come with FREE smartphones AND your choice of free gifts including Sony PS4, Xbox One, Limited Edition Star…

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AMD says DisplayPort 1.3 will take gaming monitors beyond 4K

By Kevin Lee AMD has big plans for its GPUs and one of the biggest shake ups will be the new DisplayPort 1.3 connector. Rather than teasing the incredible clock speeds its next graphics cards will have, the company gleefully explained that the new DisplayPort standard will be able to power 5K displays with a…

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AMD says DisplayPort 1.3 will take gaming monitors beyond 4K

By Kevin Lee AMD has big plans for its GPUs and one of the biggest shake ups will be the new DisplayPort 1.3 connector. Rather than teasing the incredible clock speeds its next graphics cards will have, the company gleefully explained that the new DisplayPort standard will be able to power 5K displays with a…

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Official! Dear hard drive, we still love you

By Desire Athow The past few years have seen an exponential rise in storage demands, a thirst fuelled on one hand by the meteoric growth in smartphone adoption and on the other, by the growing number of companies embracing Big Data. Techradar recently carried out a survey that shows how our readers store their files…

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Official! Dear hard drive, we still love you

By Desire Athow The past few years have seen an exponential rise in storage demands, a thirst fuelled on one hand by the meteoric growth in smartphone adoption and on the other, by the growing number of companies embracing Big Data. Techradar recently carried out a survey that shows how our readers store their files…

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Manic Monday: Manic Monday deals 2015: PS4, Xbox One, Canon cameras, HP laptops, iPhone + more!

By TechRadar Deals Manic Monday Christmas Gifts So apparently Manic Monday is a thing now? It may be yet another marketing synonym for ‘spend money here’ but there are some great deals out there today and we’re rounding them all up here. We’ve found great deals, many of which use voucher codes which expire at…

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How visualisation will revolutionise retail

By Rodney Gedda Visualisation technology has the potential to drive innovation across all industries, however, the retail sector has a number of use cases which give a whole new meaning to the pastime of window shopping. Since the dot com boom retailers have clamoured to get their businesses online to expand their addressable market. In…

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How visualisation will revolutionise retail

By Rodney Gedda Visualisation technology has the potential to drive innovation across all industries, however, the retail sector has a number of use cases which give a whole new meaning to the pastime of window shopping. Since the dot com boom retailers have clamoured to get their businesses online to expand their addressable market. In…

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New HP ScanJet Pro models promise faster scanning

By Chuong Nguyen HP unveiled three new scanners in its ScanJet Pro lineup, promising up to ten times faster double-sided scans. The ScanJet Pro 2500 f1, ScanJet Pro 3500 f1 and ScanJet Pro 4500 f1 replace the old Scanjet 5590, N6310 and N6350. The mid-range 3500 f1 and high-end 4500 f1 models feature book scanning,…

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New HP ScanJet Pro models promise faster scanning

By Chuong Nguyen HP unveiled three new scanners in its ScanJet Pro lineup, promising up to ten times faster double-sided scans. The ScanJet Pro 2500 f1, ScanJet Pro 3500 f1 and ScanJet Pro 4500 f1 replace the old Scanjet 5590, N6310 and N6350. The mid-range 3500 f1 and high-end 4500 f1 models feature book scanning,…

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