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G-Drive ArmorATD by SanDisk Professional
26 Jan 2022 -
Xiaomi 11T & 11T Pro smartphone
09 Nov 2021 -
reMarkable 2 'paper' handwriting tablet
04 Nov 2021
Back in the day (and we’re talking when Windows 95 was big news), we used to sit around in software vendor Proof-of-Concept labs looking at what should be physically possible given the current ...
Xiaomi is actually pronounced “shi-yow-me” and that’s probably better written as “shiyow-me” so that you really run the sh and the ow together, but don’t make it an ow as in cow, make it an ow as ...
I write a lot of lists… no really, a lot. It’s not uncommon for me to draft my daily to-do list three times in a single day; sometimes I write it the night before and then re-do it the next ...
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Cherry MX BOARD 3.0 S keyboard
27 Oct 2021 -
Samsung 34-Inch SJ55W ultra-wide monitor
20 Oct 2021 -
Three things to consider when looking at buying the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip3 5G
- Managing Editor 24 Aug 2021 -
Huawei MateBook X Pro 2021
30 Jun 2021 -
Anker weighs in on a chain of hubs, USB on the high Cs
10 Jun 2021 -
Time to watch Thunderbolt
- Managing Editor 20 May 2021 -
Ausounds AU-Frequency true wireless earbuds
07 May 2021
Are you a chiclet or clacky type? It’s a reasonable question… well, it is if you’re sitting discussing optimal keyboard manufacture types right? We tested out the Cherry MX BOARD 3.0 S keyboard for ...
It was kind of love at first sight. Editorial disclosure: I paid in full for this product and received no input from Samsung for this story. It’s a bit like smartphones, I personally don’t think ...
As someone who already owns the original Samsung Galaxy Z Flip, I did wonder if it was worth upgrading to the Galaxy Z Flip3 5G. Is the trade-in offer worth it? As a registered Samsung user, I ...
It’s blue, but actually, it’s not blue… it’s Emerald Green and that’s how the finish is supposed to look. Quite how Huawei’s colour stylists work to come up with its product finish details is tough ...
Picture the scenario, you’re wandering the halls of the average technology trade show and you casually pick up a small four-port USB-C data hub and sling it into your bag without thinking too much. ...
Those who are into high-end PC games are generally well-versed in the significance of GPU acceleration. So called AAA games often need the most powerful GPUs available to achieve the best ...
Let’s be honest, the Inspect-a-Gadget elves have huge ears, it’s what makes us elves… but that doesn’t stop us from testing out human earphones, earbuds and (for that matter) earrings are ear ...
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AirPop Active+ smart mask with ‘Halo’ sensor
30 Apr 2021 -
Death of firewire
- Managing Editor 20 Apr 2021 -
Trust IRIS: Plug & play 'professional-grade' video conferencing
13 Apr 2021 -
Brightline ZELo: Enhanced lighting for desktop videoconferencing
06 Apr 2021 -
DataLocker DL4 FE: military-grade USB drive with ‘nuclear’ device payload security
31 Mar 2021
If you had to take a random stab at naming the types of products we get to see in the Computer Weekly Inspect-a-Gadget test lab, you’d probably come up a list that includes most of the usual ...
In the tech sector, computer interfaces come and go in the name of progress. RS232 was superseded by USB1; now there is USB C and USB 3.1 and the latest Macs have USB 4. But not everyone wants to ...
Video and web conference ability prowess (VAWCAP) is now a thing; we’re all working in the ‘new normal’ of Zoom-type remote dial-in experiences, brought about - obviously - as a result of the ...
There’s that moment of doom when you’re on a pre-call prep-call for a professional video job and the ‘producer’ gets to speak to you about your lighting. These people live in a world of rigs, boom ...
The Computer Weekly Inspect-a-Gadget elves have gotten past their initial ‘oh, look, it’s a terabyte drive' excitement factor. We’ve seen a whole raft of these units come through the testing lab ...