Desktops

By Cat Ellis One of the downsides of the mobile revolution is that some apps never make it across to Windows. The developers make an iOS app and an Android one, but don’t then bother putting the app in the Windows Store. It’s not that Windows is difficult; it’s that sometimes the developers feel they…

By Mike Williams OneVPN is a young VPN firm run by Unravel Technologies, a Hong Kong-based IT security consultancy firm. Visit the OneVPN website and you’ll find a long list of impressive features. It offers 68 locations, “ad-free streaming with a built-in ad-blocker”, zero logging, malware protection, NAT firewall, wide protocol support (OpenVPN, PPTP, L2TP,…

By Cat Ellis PDF-XChange Editor is the successor to the excellent PDF-Change Viewer. Its design has been totally overhauled, making it much clearer and easier to use. Aside from that, PDF-XChange Viewer boasts all of the same strengths as its predecessor, with editing tools for highlighting, selecting and striking out text. The selection of stamps…

By Nicholas Fearn Pure Usenet is another popular newsgroup service operating from the Netherlands. In an attempt to differentiate itself in a crowded and competitive market, this provider offers a wide variety of packages, decent retention, low prices and quality customer support. Performance Pure Usenet doesn’t disappoint on the performance front. It currently offers 2,000…

By Cat Ellis With so many sites, apps and services requiring the use of a password, and our memories being a little limited, there is temptation to either use simple, easy to remember passwords, or keep using the same password over and over again. Both are massive security risks, and LastPass offers itself up as…

By James Peckham Amazon has updated one of its mid-range tablets to make it even better than before, but if you own one already is it worth upgrading to? The Fire HD 8 (2017) isn’t a top of the range monster like the new iPad or Samsung Galaxy Tab S3, but it does offer up…

By James Peckham You shouldn’t expect much from the Amazon Fire (2017). It’s no where near as great as the new iPad or Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 – but that’s not the point. The Amazon Fire (2017) is one of the cheapest tablets money can buy, and it does exactly what you want it to…

Intel hasn’t had much in the way of competition in the CPU space, but not for long. AMD is stepping up to the plate with new CPUs to heat up the PC gaming space. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Computers

By Mark Wilson Over recent years, there’s been a surge in the popularity of online website builders. Considering the field we’re talking about this seems a little obvious, but it took a while for internet-based site creation tools to really take hold. But while the likes of WordPress, Drupal and Joomla are incredibly popular, there…

By Mark Wilson Download managers have a rather different role than a few years back. They used to be about using simultaneous downloads to max out a weedy dialup connection, but with the majority of people enjoying high-speed broadband, this is less important. Now the focus is rather different. JDownloader is a free, open source…

By Mark Wilson BitTorrent. The word conjures up image of piracy for many, lost revenue for others, and causes looks of puzzlement in still more. In reality, the BitTorrent protocol is used to download a massive amount of pirated content, but there are legitimate uses as well. Coming from BitTorrent Inc, there is a lot…

By Mark Wilson Avast is one of a number of free antivirus tools vying for attention and it fares well against the competition in lab tests for rates of detection. It provides great protection against viruses and malware, displaying a casual warning when anything nasty is detected rather than making a song and dance about…

By Desire Athow Think about a battery charger and what usually comes to mind is a cheap plastic box with a USB port that charges your phone. The RavPower AC Power Bank Charger 27,000mAh (model number RP-PB055) couldn’t be further from that stereotype. For starters, this charger comes with an AC outlet, one that can…

By Cat Ellis How often have you tried to remove a program from your PC, only for the uninstaller to blithely inform you that it’s left various pieces of detritus behind for you to deal with? These situations are the reason you need a third-party software uninstaller, and the free edition of IObit Uninstaller is…

By Cat Ellis There are stacks of open source programs for word processing and other office tasks, but far fewer for desktop publishing. Thankfully, Scribus is the only one you need. It’s packed with all the features you need for creating your own magazines, newsletters, posters and many other document types. In fact, Scribus is…