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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
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 ...
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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 -
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
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 ...
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 RS232 was superseded by USB1; now there is USB C and USB 3.1 and the latest Macs have USB 4.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 ...
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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 -
Internet of Jump Ropes (IoJR): Crossrope skips to the beat
25 Mar 2021 -
Shure shores up for sure sounds: MV5C & MV7 microphones
17 Mar 2021 -
SnapWatch: get kids to tell the time… and make it snappy
05 Mar 2021
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 ...
Exercise ropes have some different interpretations. In American English, we say ‘jump rope’, whereas the British English expression refers to ‘skipping rope’... but whether it’s a jump or a skip, ...
Inspect-a-Gadget has a confession to make - we have been shouting at our laptop. Okay if not quite shouting, we have certainly been ‘projecting’ at the built-in microphone during Zoom calls, ...
Kids love electronic devices, but not every family is going to be comfortable with starting their offspring off on a smartphone and smartwatch during their pre-teen years, or indeed while they are ...