Can The Internet’s Abuse Problem Be Solved?

Sarah Dobbs looks into the ways various platforms are trying to combat trolls

At this point, there's no point trying to deny it: there is a massive problem with abuse on the internet. It's not a new phenomenon, of course. For almost as long as the web has existed, people have been using it to be horrible to one another just as often as they've been using it to share knowledge or make friends. Can you remember the first time you heard the phrase "don't read the comments"? It was probably years ago. More than a decade, even.

Roccat Skeltr

A clever keyboard to unite the PC and the mobile device

Roccat's impressive range of peripherals has expanded recently with the arrival of the Skeltr, a keyboard that wjas originally announced a couple of years ago. It is designed to unite the mobile and PC platforms, with a set of features you won't find from any other manufacturer.

At first glance, it's a large (520 x 250 x 30mm - including detachable wrist rest) membrane keyboard with five programmable macro keys to the far left of the keyboard and a further three programmable profile keys located under the space bar. It is RGB backlit, allowing a combination of 16.8 million colours in a variety of effects and setups. It has a 1000Hz polling rate, 512KB of memory and a 32-bit ARM CPU helping to drive its many functions and features.

Western Digital My Cloud Pro Series PR2100 16TB

Western Digital goes all out for performance with their Pro Series PR2100

Western Digital's NAS solutions have been getting progressively better since it entered this sector and gradually polarised its range into home and business-oriented solutions. The new My Cloud Pro Series builds on previous designs by delivering more compact and refined offerings, in the form of the four-bay PR4100 and dual drive PR2100 reviewed here. The review system came with two of the latest WD RED 8TB drives pre-installed, though you can buy this unit with smaller capacities or as a bare system if you don't need the 16TB of potential drive space on offer.

How To Avoid Buying Fake And Poor-quality Memory Cards

How do you spot unofficial memory cards and avoid the models that'll likely be of lesser quality? We find out

Bootleggers have been around for a very long time and have plied their trade in many different markets. One of the most common places to find counterfeit products has always been media, with bootleg copies of movies, music and even video games. Often these products are very easy to spot, with obvious differences or notable style changes from the official product. However, some bootleggers are far better at duplicating the real McCoy than others and there have been many cases where a fake product has been all but impossible to identify in without some serious investigation.