Upgrade your PC with one of the top graphics cards The graphics processing unit (GPU), otherwise known as the video card or simply the graphics card, is an essential piece to the PC puzzle if you’re looking to game. Especially if you aim to pull off the high-resolution textures featured in the likes of Fallout 4, you’re going to need only …
Nvidia Titan X Review
A new hero descends from the heights of Mount GeForce In ancient Greek mythology, the Titans are the immediate descendants of the primordial gods. So it is with the Nvidia GeForce GTX Titan, descended from the company’s top-shelf professional workstation GPUs. First debuting in March 2013, the original Titan was nearly the most powerful video card that the company could …
Windows 10: release date, price, news and features
You have to wonder if Microsoft’s been a little bit Machiavellian with Windows. By giving everyone the much-derided Windows 8, which managed to be a bit rubbish and annoying on touch-screen and desktops alike, it’s now reinstating a whole bunch of features for Windows 10, making it feel like the company’s saving Windows and listening to what we want. Whatever …
Laptops: How to buy the best laptop
Laptops: How to buy the best laptop Buying the best cheap laptop It is possible to get a perfectly decent laptop for less than £500 if you choose carefully. There’s no point in paying for an expensive top of the range model if you’re mainly planning to use it for word processing or browsing the internet. Perfect for students, first …
Is the iPhone 6 Plus bendable?
If you just bought an iPhone 6 Plus and you like to wear tight pants, beware. …maybe. There are reports circulating online claiming that the new, larger iPhone bends when owners carried them in their pockets for long periods of time. Ironically, the reports came the same day that smartphone warranty provider SquareTrade called the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus the “most durable …
Heartbleed bug: Check which sites have been patched
We compiled a list of the top 100 sites across the Web, and checked to see if the Heartbleed bug was patched. The Heartbleed bug is serious. Disclosed less than two days ago, the Heartbleed bug has sent sites and services across the Internet into patch mode. For an in-depth explanation of what exactly Heartbleed is, and what it does, …
Upgrade or replace the hard drive in a Mac Mini
Has your Mac Mini hard drive filled to capacity or burnt out? There’s no need to buy a new computer, simply swap out the old drive for a new one. The Mac Mini is like Apple’s forgotten stepchild. Since it first debuted in 2005, the small computer has only seen one major redesign in 2010, and is often left out of the company’s dazzling …
Microsoft just made it harder to break up the company
Latest sales for Surface, Xbox, and Bing present the next CEO with an increasingly tough decision. It’s too early to talk about the return of the juggernaut of yesteryear after one quarter of strong results, but Microsoft’s latest financial quarter suggests that — new CEO or no — the company is recovering from recent missteps. “In summary, we had a very good …
iPhone 6 said to be unveiled in June in two large-screen sizes
The rumor mill on Apple’s newest smartphone and purported iWatch is starting to heat up with hints at possible manufacturing partners and release dates. Rumors are already starting to roll in about Apple’s purported iPhone 6, according to Apple Insider. The newest claims come from Chinese analyst Sun Changxu, who told Chinese-language Web site QQ Tech that the smartphone will come in two …
With new USB connector, no more wrong-way-up cables
A major revamp of the ports and cables of the ubiquitous connection technology will make USB connectors reversible, slimmer, and better at transmitting data and power. It can take a little concentration to figure out which way is up when using a USB port such as this one on a MacBook Air; the Thunderbolt port to the right is keyed …