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By Desire Athow The success of the MacBook Air range has spawned more copycats than we care to recall. To swiftly name a few, the Yepo 737S, Jumper EZBook 2 and to a lesser extent the Xiaomi Air 12 have all attempted to replicate and improve on Apple’s design, with mixed results. And this particular…

By Cat Ellis As the free version of a premium audio editor, it’s not surprising that Acoustica Basic Edition is a much more stylish affair than its open source and donation-supported counterparts. Opting for the free version means missing out on options such as a multi-track editor, support for 7.1 surround sound and advanced tools…

By Cat Ellis It might not be as feature-packed as Audacity, but Ocenaudio is an excellent free audio editor for podcasters and home musicians. Making and editing recordings with Ocenaudio is simple, and the software makes frugal use of system resources so even large files won’t cause it to freeze or crash (a problem that’s…

By Mike Williams 1&1 MyWebsite is a comprehensive Wix-like website builder which aims to make it easier to build featured-packed and professional websites. Unlike some of the competition, the MyWebsite plans don’t have any catches hidden in the small print. There’s no bandwidth restriction, even the most basic plan has a generous 10GB storage space…

By Cat Ellis There are so many free programs for manipulating sound files, it’s unsurprising that several are named ‘Free Audio Editor’. The one we’re looking at here is by DVDVideoSoft, not FAEMedia (whose software comes bundled with some rather annoying extra programs that are hard to avoid). Free Audio Editor is an excellent tool…

Alienware’s Area-51 gaming PC will be the only prebuilt machine that’ll come with AMD’s 16-core Ryzen Threadripper in 2017. DIY desktop builders don’t have to worry, though. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Computers

By Gareth Beavis The iPad Pro 10.5 represents Apple deciding to make a tablet with absolutely everything crammed in. The best in audio performance, the cream of the company’s mobile screen tech, and all the power that can be crammed inside the metal walls of a digital slate. Make no mistake: the new iPad Pro…

By Mike Williams Eugene Kaspersky started developing antivirus software as a hobby in 1989. In 1997 he co-founded Kaspersky Labs with his wife, and over the years it has grown into a cybersecurity giant with 400 million users and 270,000 corporate clients. Kaspersky’s starter product is Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2017, a simple package which concentrates on…

By Nate Drake Red Hat Enterprise Linux (often shortened to RHEL) is a commercially developed version of Linux which is mainly used by corporations. This is rather unusual for a Linux distro, but one advantage of being backed by big business is that Red Hat itself has put together training courses for those interested in…

By Mark Pickavance Monitors aimed at business users might seem a rather quaint prospect to gamers or graphics professionals, but the range of available products demonstrates the underlying strength of this sector. Business users are usually looking for effective no-frills solutions that will work with older systems, require little or no tweaking for optimal performance,…

Intel has sharply but indirectly called out companies who might be infringing on its patents over x86 architecture. Reports say Intel’s subtle reprimand could be in reference to Microsoft and Qualcomm’s new Windows 10 ARM PCs. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Computers

By Nate Drake Reed.co.uk is best known as a recruitment website, but it also hosts a number of online courses including Ubuntu Linux for Beginners. These are in fact designed by third parties, and this course actually comes from the good people at Skill Success – the reason we recommend subscribing via Reed is that…

The line between televisions and computer monitors has been getting more blurred. Samsung’s new 49-inch curved monitor is just the latest proof of that, and gamers will love it. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Computers

By Mike Williams Veteran Romanian-based security vendor Bitdefender has been developing antivirus products since 2001. The company now has a wide range of consumer and business offerings, and its technology is also regularly licenced for use by other providers (it’s one of the engines used by IObit Malware Fighter, for example). Bitdefender’s baseline antivirus product…

By Nate Drake Udemy is an online learning platform for those wanting to develop their professional skills, and one of its offerings is Jason Cannon’s course Linux for Beginners. It’s designed to be self-paced, consisting of 5.5 hours of video lectures combined with 27 online resources. Payment of the course fee (currently around $17 –…