VideoStudio Ultimate X8

Corel’s new VideoStudio Ultimate X8, comes with XAVC S support and a huge collection of additional content

Corel VideoStudio was introduced in 2008 when Corel acquired ULead and with it its VideoStudio product. Since then it has changed considerably, with new features and plug-ins added with each new update. The product under review here is the latest Ultimate edition, which, because of the extras it includes, represents the best value.

Trigger Happy

Shoot first, ask questions later

What will videogame technology do for property porn? That is the pressing question as one watches Benoît Dereau’s recent tech demo for the Unreal 4 engine, which takes the form of a placid, uneventful stroll around a heartstoppingly beautiful Parisian apartment. I used to live in Paris, and while neither I nor anyone I knew lived in an apartment like this, because we weren’t billionaires, the Unreal Paris demo still somehow captures an essential ambience of life in the City of Light.

Dell Latitude 7350

Dell reimagines Microsoft’s Surface into a more practical business tool

Ever since Microsoft launched its Surface hardware, PC makers have been trying to copy the concept, even if it was an unmitigated commercial disaster.

These days it's widely reported that the Surface Pro 3 is a success, though oddly for a runaway best seller Microsoft is oddly coy about how many it's sold.

Whatever the reality, Dell is one of those companies attempting to steal whatever thunder Microsoft has going, with its Dell Latitude 7350.

Procedural content

Silent Hill: Shattered Memories writer Sam Barlow reveals his intimate investigative drama, Her Story

How are drinking straws made? An innocent enquiry from Sam Barlow’s children was answered swiftly: within seconds of a Google search, he had found a video of a factory in China which demonstrated the entire process. It was a reminder of how much more informed we now feel with a wealth of information at our fingertips. “When I get an email from someone I don’t know, I can go online, look at Wikipedia, their posts on Twitter, find out more about them,” Barlow says. “Being a detective in a very loose sense is embedded in everything we do now. That [process] is intrinsically interesting, so having that as the main mechanic for how you interact with a fictional story is interesting, too.”

TP-LINK Archer C9 AC1900 Dual Band Gigabit Router

Mark discovers that AC class wi-fi can be had at a reasonable price

The theory of AC class wi-fi is marvellous, and if you happen to have devices that can use both 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands simultaneously, it can be wonderful. But very few people have, and what AC ends up being mostly used for is ‘n’ connections or splitting your devices between the two frequency ranges.

Because of that, I’d probably not recommend a huge investment yet in this technology or finding an affordable router like the TP-LINK Archer C9.