Mid-2016 is a good time to be shopping around for a new computer without spending a fortune. Between Chromebooks, tablets and budget Windows laptops, there’s a bunch of different options to suit the budget-minded customer. The Acer Aspire R11 is an 11-inch, Windows 10 laptop-tablet hybrid that falls right into budget territory at £220 (at…
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I spent my teenage years trying my best to hide the desktop PCs I owned. They were hardly attractive and took up more space than anything. Well, HP’s new Pavilion Wave desktop PC is the kind of product that will certainly stand out in the computer/PC aisles — mainly because it hardly looks like one. Sizing…
It looks like laptop manufacturers are on a mission to make their machines as ultra portable as possible, and so far the results look very impressive. Today, ahead of IFA 2016 in Berlin, Acer has announced a range of laptops including the Swift 1($249/€349) all the way to the very good looking Swift 7 ($999/€1299)…
This is a sponsored post provided by Nuance for Power PDF 2. Power PDF 2 is Nuance’s latest version of their PDF editing software, and here is an overview of its new and updated capabilities. Find out more about Power PDF 2 here. Compatibility Before you read this overview, we should make it clear that…
The original BatteryBox I reviewed was a brilliant accessory/tool to own as a MacBook owner. Instead of carrying around Apple’s messy power cord, BatteryBox gave me portable power wherever I was without the need to connect to a power outlet. Now the company behind BatteryBox, GBatteries, has launched BatteryBox Slim: an external battery that’s thinner…
Thanks to our sponsors F-Secure for making this giveaway of F-Secure Booster possible! It’s inevitable that over time, as you install new apps, download new files and generally use your PC or Android devices they’ll slow down. However what many people don’t realise is that instead of splashing out money a brand new device, apps like F-Secure Booster can optimise your…
I’d like to send a big shout out to F-Secure for sponsoring Let’s Talk Tech this month. Over time, computers and devices get worn down by use and cluttered up with files you don’t really need. Failed batteries, slow operations and time-consuming maintenance makes people think they need to replace their device, but they often find the same problems…
I’m currently out in Belfast for Acer’s Live Blog event where I’ve had the opportunity to check out some of their newest products, notably the gaming range of “Predator” PCs, laptops and tablet. Now I wouldn’t call myself a hardcore gamer, but the one product that caught my eye is the Acer Predator G1 — a much more compact…
Thanks to our sponsors F-Secure for making this giveaway of F-Secure KEY possible! I’m incredibly excited to be giving 10 lucky winners a 1 year free subscription of F-Secure KEY, a password manager that works across all of your devices for iOS, Android, Mac or Windows. You can learn more about F-Secure KEY and its features here, but it’s effectively a solution that gives you one master password to…
My thanks to F-Secure for sponsoring Let’s Talk Tech this month. Data breaches are the new reality and it’s no longer a question of if it’s going to happen to you, but when. Nowadays, people manage an unwieldy number of online accounts; at work and at home, and chances are all of them use passwords as the most basic form…