Prepare for faster PCs that consume less power – but do you really need them?
What is it?
Self-explanatory, we’d have thought. Intel has built a giant lake in the sky. The company has invited everyone in the world for a dip.
Tuesday, 29 September 2015
Sinclair ZX Spectrum Vega
The classic home computer returns
In the early 1980s, Sir Clive Sinclair masterminded Britain’s home-computing revolution. Eschewing the American big-business thinking of the Apples and Commodores of the day, he unleashed a tiny plastic DIY microcomputer, the ZX80, followed by the ZX81 and then his breakthrough: the ZX Spectrum.
Brother MFC-J5320DW
An A3 multifunction printer for less
It’s no secret why printers are cheap to buy. When you add up what you’ve spent over the years, the price you paid for the machine itself represents a drop in the ocean. The real money’s in the consumables. A litre of petrol, one of the Earth’s most precious and fastestdwindling resources, will cost you a bit more than a pound, including tax. The same quantity of inkjet refills, however, would come to about £1,000.
Are hackers reading your text messages?
Think malware can’t affect Android or iOS? Think again. Jonathan Parkyn reveals how to find out if your phone or tablet is under attack and how to stop it
Aflaw was recently discovered in the Android operating system (OS) that could allow hackers to take control of your phone or tablet simply by sending you an infected multimedia message (MMS) – essentially a text message with a malicious video file attached.
Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+
The most striking smartphone you’ll see this year
When it first appeared as a variant of the Galaxy Note last year, Samsung’s ‘Edge’ design brought something properly new, if arguably pointless, to mobile devices. Other phones have bigger or smaller or squarer or longer screens, but they’re all flat. Here’s a screen that goes all the way to the, well, edge, and wraps around. It may just be a few millimetres, but it’s enough to feel startlingly futuristic.