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Review: iolo System Mechanic 14.5

By Henry Casey Overview and specs Modern computer companies, most notably Microsoft and Apple, sell us on their operating systems being as low maintenance as possible. This wasn’t always the case: back in the Windows 95 & 98 days, only a rookie wouldn’t defragment their hard drive regularly. As the years passed, protecting and maintaining…

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Intel Iris Pro ready to hit desktops in boost for PC gamers everywhere

By Jamie Hinks Intel is upping the ante for PC gamers everywhere by bringing its powerful Iris Pro processor to desktop machines. The fifth-generation LGA-socketed Core processor with Iris Pro integrated graphics was announced at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco and it marks a 100-fold upsurge in graphics compared to where the company…

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Intel Iris Pro ready to hit desktops in boost for PC gamers everywhere

By Jamie Hinks Intel is upping the ante for PC gamers everywhere by bringing its powerful Iris Pro processor to desktop machines. The fifth-generation LGA-socketed Core processor with Iris Pro integrated graphics was announced at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco and it marks a 100-fold upsurge in graphics compared to where the company…

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DealsRadar: TechRadar Deals: Bargain projectors, half price hard drives and lots more

By DealsRadar Today we’ve got more new deals for you than ever before, including a great bargain on an Epson home cinema projector just for today, as well as laptops, games and other gadgets. Let’s go… TODAY’S DEALS Hard drive: Need a new external hard drive? You can currently get the super speedy Samsung M3…

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Hands-on review: MWC 2015: Archos 94 Magnus

By John McCann The Archos 94 Magnus may look like just another run of the mill Android tablet, but beneath its 9.4-inch display lies a hidden secret. 256GB of internal storage. It’s harnesses Archos’ new technology, Fusion Storage, to achieve such as large amount of internal space What’s more the 94 Magnus also sports a…

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Hands-on review: MWC 2015: Archos 94 Magnus

By John McCann The Archos 94 Magnus may look like just another run of the mill Android tablet, but beneath its 9.4-inch display lies a hidden secret. 256GB of internal storage. It’s harnesses Archos’ new technology, Fusion Storage, to achieve such as large amount of internal space What’s more the 94 Magnus also sports a…

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Review: XMG Prime Overclocked Nvidia Edition review

By Dave James There’s little doubt that were you to purchase this wee box of gaming joy from XMG, you’d be as happy as a badger at a barbecue pulling the Prime from its box. It’s a quality gaming PC all the way from components to build to performance; but then it really ought to…

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SanDisk made a USB flash drive for the smartphone you can’t buy yet

By Chuong Nguyen SanDisk is preparing for the smartphone future with a new Dual USB Drive with Type C connector. As future smartphones and tablets are expected to launch with the new reversible USB port, the SanDisk Dual USB Drive allows users to store information and move files from the drive and their computers, smartphones…

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SanDisk made a USB flash drive for the smartphone you can’t buy yet

By Chuong Nguyen SanDisk is preparing for the smartphone future with the a new Dual USB Drive with Type C connector. As future smartphones and tablets are expected to launch with the new reversible USB port, the SanDisk Dual USB Drive allows users to store information and move files from the drive and their computers,…

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MWC 2015: Intel fleshes out low-power processor strategy

By Desire Athow Intel has announced plans to split its Atom range of CPUs into three distinct tiers aimed at different audiences. The move, which mirrors what the company did to its mainstream core processor family, aims to simplify a product line that is becoming increasingly more complicated as more stock keeping units are added.…

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MWC 2015: Intel fleshes out low-power processor strategy

By Desire Athow Intel has announced plans to split its Atom range of CPUs into three distinct tiers aimed at different audiences. The move, which mirrors what the company did to its mainstream core processor family, aims to simplify a product line that is becoming increasingly more complicated as more stock keeping units are added.…

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Hands-on review: MWC 2015: Nokia N1

By John McCann No need to pinch yourself, you’re reading that right, a Nokia Android tablet that’s actually rather good. The Nokia N1 launched last year in China, and sightings of the Finnish firm’s Android slate have been hard to come buy outside of the country, but at MWC 2015 I managed to clasp my…

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Hands-on review: MWC 2015: Nokia N1

By John McCann No need to pinch yourself, you’re reading that right, a Nokia Android tablet that’s actually rather good. The Nokia N1 launched last year in China, and sightings of the Finnish firm’s Android slate have been hard to come buy outside of the country, but at MWC 2015 I managed to clasp my…

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Review: Synology DiskStation DS2015xs

By Alan Stevens Introduction and design Marketed as a medium-sized business solution, the 8-bay DiskStation DS2015xs from Synology is a very scalable NAS appliance which, when teamed with an optional 12-bay expansion unit, has an impressive raw capacity of 120TB. It also stands out due to its ARM-based quad-core processor which, although unusual on this…

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Review: Synology DiskStation DS2015xs

By Alan Stevens Introduction and design Marketed as a medium-sized business solution, the 8-bay DiskStation DS2015xs from Synology is a very scalable NAS appliance which, when teamed with an optional 12-bay expansion unit, has an impressive raw capacity of 120TB. It also stands out due to its ARM-based quad-core processor which, although unusual on this…

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