Linksys RE6700 Wi-Fi Range Extender

You don’t want your Wi-Fi extender hogging a power socket. Andy Shaw tests one with a pass-through option

Network dead zones are the most annoying thing about Wi-Fi, but wherever you put your router, the chances are that there will be places in your house that your network can’t reach. One answer is a range extender. This new model from Linksys is as fully featured as they come, operating across both 2.4GHz and 5GHz networks, and even boosting the latest 802.11ac routers.

Corel PaintShop Pro X8

Andy Shaw tests the latest version of a classic Windows image editor

PaintShop Pro is a PC classic. Originally developed by Jasc Software and released as shareware, it was one of the first full-featured image processors available for the PC, rivalling Adobe’s Photoshop (at the time only available on Apple computers and aimed at professionals) for a fraction of the price.

Corel took over the PaintShop Pro brand in 2004 and while the software has been tweaked and refined over the years, it essentially does the same job it always has: providing you with tools to improve your photos. Whether they just need a crop and straighten, or more complicated retouching, there are plenty of tools available.

BubbleUPnP

Accessing and streaming media from one device to the next has never been easier

The power of a modern mobile device is truly amazing. Not only can we play some devilishly clever games on them, but they can also play back a wealth of media file types with perfect clarity and in most cases, in glorious high definition. Thanks to the continuing development and improvements to DLNA, which started off life as something of a pain to get going, we can now utilise the impressive abilities of our mobile devices to stream content to and from various sources around our digitally connected homes.

Top 5 Things That Are Only Okay On Social Networks

Sometimes, what happens online should stay online... And for good reason

1 Following Strangers

In the ’Twitterverse’, having hundreds, thousands or even millions of followers is a badge of honour, a mark of your worth. People want you to follow them. Offline, that same attention-grabbing behaviour would, at best, attract funny looks and insults... but for the follower, it would probably land them in the dock. Yes, for some reason being online makes following complete strangers okay, and somehow the word ‘stalker’ never comes into it.

EVGA GeForce GTX950 FTW 2GB

A new mid-range graphics card that’s excels at pretty much everything

The GTX950 mid-range graphics card has now been released, amid much anticipation over the last few weeks; including a leak of the specs a day or two before the actual launch of the card. This is a card that’s designed to be value for money, without sacrificing performance, especially when it comes to 1080p gaming.