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• Logitech signature slim keyboard & combo 

  Adrian Bridgwater 03 Apr 2024

There’s only one problem with Logitech. Spoiler alert, it’s a good problem, but it is an issue. I’ve not found a keyboard or mouse combination to rival it (okay, the PC mouse products from Razer ...

• Google Pixel Watch 2

  Adrian Bridgwater 08 Mar 2024

The perfect smartwatch is a good dream to work towards and the Google Pixel Watch 2 is probably a step towards that Nirvana, it’s certainly a leap forward in terms of some of the functionality ...

• A travel ‘gadget’ round-up

  Adrian Bridgwater 14 Jul 2023

I travel. There are of course a lot of technology conferences, symposia, study tours and press gatherings to attend around the planet and this particular writer ends up going to a good share of ...

• NordVPN: It’s mid, not lit - Gen-Z users offer agency to free VPNs

  Adrian Bridgwater 28 Jun 2023

It’s worth learning to speak Generation-Z slang, the older segment of this youth cohort is now in its early twenties and could soon be entering management. Is it worrying then to find that almost ...

• Windows on ARM: test driving the Lenovo Thinkpad X13s

  Cliff Saran - Managing Editor 18 Apr 2023

The ThinkPad X13s is Lenovo’s first notebook PC powered by an ARM chip. Weighing just 1.06 kg, it uses the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 SC8280XP Processor (3.00 GHz), offers integrated graphics ...

• NTT sonority - Personalised Sound Zone earphones

  Adrian Bridgwater 15 Mar 2023

It’s rare to attend an enterprise technology vendor conference that offers the chance to actually touch a product, but that’s what Inspect-A-Gadget found at NTT Upgrade. As the North American leg ...

• NordVPN launches free Meshnet file sharing & peer-to-peer VPN tunnel 

  Adrian Bridgwater 14 Mar 2023

Anyone who has dabbled with asking friends and contacts for a VPN recommendation will have probably received a few suggestions. One of those suggestions is to opt for one of the free VPNs.  This is ...

• Huawei Watch D review

  Adrian Bridgwater 02 Mar 2023

Wellbeing is important. So much is this the case that many of us are now looking after not just our diet, our approach to exercise and our wider nutrition levels - we are also looking after our ...

• Xiaomi 12T series review, pro-grade cameras arrive

  Adrian Bridgwater 16 Dec 2022

Here’s the thing about Xiaomi, it’s tough to pronounce and most people seem to opt for the shaw-mee version rather than the jiaow-mee option, the latter being generally agreed to be further away ...

• Logitech MX Master 3S for business & MX Keys combo (Gen 2)

  Adrian Bridgwater 01 Nov 2022

Logitech makes quite good kit. In fairness, Logitech makes really pretty good desktop accessories – and it also makes gamepads, joysticks, speakers, headphones, trackballs, scanners and a whole ...

• Back to the Future: The Astro Slide 5G from Planet Computers

  Cliff Saran - Managing Editor 24 Oct 2022

Years ago, I owned a Psion Organiser, which, at the time, was the perfect device for taking notes using thumb typing. The Nokia Communicator 9000 series took the concept a stage further, adding a ...

• Circular IT series - Nutanix: Energy bill-shock must push IT to go greener & leaner

  Adrian Bridgwater 17 Sep 2022

This is a guest post for Computer Weekly's 'circular technology economy' series written by Sammy Zoghlami in his role as SVP EMEA, Nutanix. Given the fact that we know the ongoing energy crisis is ...

• Circular IT series - Nutanix: Pacing out the carbon footprint of digital

  Adrian Bridgwater 02 Sep 2022

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly circular economy series written by Rob Tribe in his capacity as VP of systems engineering at Nutanix - known as a hyper-converged cloud computing ...

• Circular IT series - Teemill: Collaborative Saas platforms are transforming the concept of 'waste'

  Adrian Bridgwater 25 Aug 2022

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly circular economy series attributed to Sofia Voudouroglou of Teemill, an open access enterprise software platform that allows businesses to access ...

• Circular IT series - CHG-Meridian: Managing unstoppable (but sustainable) IT consumption

  Adrian Bridgwater 24 Aug 2022

This is a guest post for Computer Weekly’s ‘circular tech economy’ series written by Simon Young in his capacity as director and VP of sales for UK & Ireland at technology services company ...