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Review: TP-Link TL-WR710N Mini Pocket Router

Business man’s best friend A while back I reviewed the awesome TL-WR702 Nano Router from TP-Link.  The guys at TP-Link must have liked what I wrote because now I’ve been sent the similarly named...

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Shoot time lapse videos with a Raspberry Pi

Awesome effects on the cheap   The Raspberry Pi camera module has been around for a while now, available from both RS Components and Farnell in the UK.  It’s pretty inexpensive at less than £20, but to...

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Win! A £25 HungryHouse.co.uk voucher!

And be entered into a draw to win an iPhone 5S or Samsung Galaxy S4 Whether you’re taking and sharing photos via Snapchat and Instagram, or trying to find your soulmate on Tinder, mobile apps have...

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Synology to launch DSM 5.0 Beta at London event

And you can come along if you want Centralised storage kingpins Synology are holding a launch event for beta testing the latest version of their NAS operating system in January 2014, and they’ve asked...

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Review: Honestech VHS to DVD 7.0 Deluxe

Digitise your analogue Anyone under 25 will struggle to remember media being sold on anything other than digital media.  CD’s and DVD’s have always been sold in shops, as far as they’re concerned. The...

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Review: Griffin KaZoo MyPhones Childrens Headphones

Protect those ears, kids!   As someone who spent most of their childhood ears destroying his hearing with loud music, I can definitely see the advantage of a product that seeks to protect a child’s...

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Review: Logitech K760 Bluetooth Mac keyboard

Solar powered Bluetooth wonder I recently bought a new Mac Mini and was quite surprised (actually, I wasn’t surprised, but I was annoyed) to find that Apple’s ultra-affordable Mac doesn’t come with any...

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Review: RapidWeaver 5 for Mac

Back to basic web development for OS X A few years back Apple made the dubious decision to remove iWeb from it’s iLife suite of creativity programs.  iWeb itself wasn’t that great when it came to...

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Review: JUSTOP K9 Android 4.1 TV Dongle

Android at 42″ Android is showing huge market gains on other platforms in the mobile device market.  Now manufacturers are starting to consider an Android-like user interface a platform for “Smart...

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Q&A: How can I get RaspBMC to work with a WiFi dongle?

Well…. You could cheat? WiFi support on the Raspberry Pi is a bit of a minefield to say the least.  If you’re using Raspbian as your operating system then you’re probably ok, you just need to make sure...

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Review: Serif WebPlus X7

Web design for everyone. It doesn’t seem like so long ago that I reviewed Serif WebPlus X6, but here we are around 18 months later and I’m taking a look at Serif’s latest offering, WebPlus X7. Casting...

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Win! one of five copies of Serif WebPlus X7!

Free web design software worth £89.99   We recently reviewed Serif WebPlus X7 and now we’ve teamed up with Serif to offer five copies of their latest web development platform, each worth a penny shy of...

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DATAWIND to release UK’s cheapest Android Tablet

Budget device priced at £29.99 India based tech manufacturer DATAWIND have today unveiled plans to release a range of tablets to the UK market, including a budget device priced at £29.99, officially...

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Review: Acer Revo RL80

Cheap as chips PC   In times gone by, people would generally have between zero and one PC’s in the home, but as devices become less expensive and more capable it’s perfectly feasible to have a machine...

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How to take a screenshot on Android

Easy on Ice Cream Sandwich, harder on older versions Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words, especially if you’re trying to describe something on your smartphone or tablet to someone else....

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Skiva Octofire offers USB charging for 8 devices

High output charging for all the family My girlfriend and I are locked in a constant battle for control of the USB chargers in our household.  Between us we’ve got an iPhone, two Nexus 7 Tablets, a...

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How to get the best WiFi signal at home

Increase your wireless speed without shelling out Most of the major ISPs and all of the home router manufacturers are quick to tout the wireless performance of their equipment.  Often you’ll see claims...

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How to upgrade the Acer Revo RL80′s RAM

Five minute job, but watch your warranty! The Acer Revo RL80 is an awesome little nettop machine that can be really useful in a modern living room.  Unfortunately the cheapest UK models only come with...

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Review: TRENDnet TPL-406E Powerline adapter

Small, cheap, quick home networking In the right circumstances Powerline devices are a great way to quickly and easy connect up your devices.  The reason I say that is because the performance of such...

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Review: Rocksmith 2014

It’s like Guitar Hero…. But real I’ve been trying to learn to play the guitar for about 7 years now, but if I’m honest I’ve never really gotten past a few basic chords and riffs. My problem has always...

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