Category: PC’s
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Apple Special Event: iPad Pro Announced – It’s Business Time
Apple hosted its long awaited ‘Special Event’ yesterday and delivered the goods in abundance. The product announcements were of course headlined by new iPhones – a September tradition, and these came in the form of the iPhone 6S and the iPhone 6S Plus. Also plucked from the tree for this autumn’s Apple line-up was a…
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Thanks to Google Translate, Star Trek is getting closer than we thought Captain!
As translators go, the ones they use on Star Trek are something I imagined to never see in my lifetime… Until now. Google’s Translate app for Android is coming close to this dream. Twinned with the Google Translate web service, this app was updated this week! The most notable addition to the app is its…
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How to Unplug – Put the Gadgets Down and Do Life!
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Social media and digital communication are amongst our most valuable tools in the modern age, providing a wealth of knowledge and a connection to a wider world. But they can also prove unhealthy if misused or overused. Productivity can suffer in both the workplace and life itself and social networks offer an open forum for…
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How to Unlock High-Res Xbox One to Windows 10 Streaming
Windows 10 has been keeping another feature hidden away from us. Reddit user OomaThurman has found a hidden setting inside the Xbox app on windows 10 and kindly shared it with us. This feature enables very high-resolution streaming from Xbox One to PC. Reddit User OomaThurman had this to say: “Not sure if this has…
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Where’s My Windows 10 PC Upgrade?
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Windows 10 hit PCs in a somewhat scattered release last week, and initial figures clocked in millions of new users of the service on day one. In the aftermath of the release, which has still not bee sent out to some, several key points have been brought up about the operating system. Microsoft stated that…
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Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Announced
Microsoft has unleashed the brand new Xbox Elite Wireless Controller. Arriving this October with an arsenal of add-ons and customisation features it’s designed to enhance and personalise the gaming experience on Xbox One and Windows PC like nothing else available. And as you’d imagine from claims like that, it comes at a cost. The first…
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Steam Starts Offering Refunds
Steam is finally getting a proper refund system. Starting this month, users of Valve’s PC platform will be able to get a full refund on any game for any reason, provided it’s been less than 14 days since purchase and they’ve spent less than two hours playing the game. Seems pretty reasonable, you’ll be able…
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Why do we hate Internet Explorer so much? Why we shouldn’t hate IE
Almost every single person I work/ associate with has a strong dislike towards Internet Explorer (I’m going to call it IE for the remainder of this article) some hate the browser with a passion, why? I’m going to try to explain from the point of someone who wishes he could refuse to even work with…
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AMD’s Latest Processor Might Actually Be Worth Having
AMD processors has always been that other processor company to me, the one you use when your building on a serious budget. They will get the job done but that’s all they’ll do kind of deal, and when we do get one we just end up wishing we’d forked out an extra hundred and got…
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Fusion keyboard design allows Apple to combine trackpad into the keyboard
A recently uncovered patent filed with the US Patent and Trademark Office reveals that Apple is working on a keyboard with integrated gesture control. An idea that isn’t too far off from the keyboard on the BlackBerry Passport. Apple’s patent covers a full-sized “Fusion keyboard” described as coming with mechanical keys, and a touch sensitive…
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UK encouraged to power off for National Unplugging Day (June 28th)
A support and advice website for families is pushing for a National Unplugging Day to take place in the UK on the 28th of June which will encourage parents and youngsters to disconnect from the web and put down their smartphones, laptops and other electrical items for a full 24 hours. A similar scheme was…
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CHIP the tiny computer you can pre-order for $9.00
Miniature electronics are all the rage right now, amateur hacking has led to the steep rise in popularity, the Raspberry Pi devices and Arduino boards are proof of that. There’s a new tiny computer on the block though that’s looking to dramatically undercut the competition. CHIP is the new device from Next Thing Co, and…