Latest Components Opinion

• 13 February 2013

• Opinion: How to access your old 3.5-inch floppy disks

  Reader Kristie wrote in with this puzzler:

• Opinion: How to access your old 3.5-inch floppy disks

  Reader Kristie wrote in with this puzzler:

• Opinion: Making Dropbox your default folder

  Reader Gil Cranston would like to save a step or two when saving files. He writes:

• Opinion: Making Dropbox your default folder

  Reader Gil Cranston would like to save a step or two when saving files. He writes:

• 31 January 2013

• Opinion: My PC doesn't see the new, second hard drive

  Elsullo2 installed a new, second hard drive into a desktop PC. But Windows doesn't see it.

• 22 January 2013

• Opinion: How to choose a mobile charger

  Happiness is a fully charged battery. Of course, if you travel regularly, you know just how quickly your phone, tablet, mobile hotspot, and other gear can run out of juice.

• Opinion: Mega: Hands-on with the encrypted cloud storage service

  Get ready for Mega from the flamboyant Kim Dotcom. The Internet entrepreneur and accused digital outlaw recently launched Mega (short for Mega Encrypted Global Access), a new file storage and sharing service that features 50GB of free storage. Mega is just one component of what Dotcom and his team hope will be a suite of online encrypted services from Mega Ltd. including email, voice calling, instant messaging, and video streaming.

• 19 January 2013

• Opinion: Bugs & Fixes: Time Machine, AirPort Extreme drives, and multiple Macs

  Sometimes one plus one doesn't add up to two.

• 15 January 2013

• Opinion: Remains of the Day: Bolt from the blue

  Apple may be about to strike down the current Thunderbolt display, the front of the Apple Store makes a better window than garage door, and Apple's lawyer is hitting the slopes. The remainders for Monday, January 14, 2013 are crashing, hard.

• 11 January 2013

• Opinion: Displair gives you a touchscreen out of thin air

  You can build more than you might expect with just a little bit of air flow and two microns of water. Like a virtual touchscreen display that appears out of nowhere. That's what Displair can boast anyway, with one of the more eye-catching demos I saw at CES 2013.

• Opinion: No, you don't need new glasses, those are curved TVs

  No matter how many times you rub your eyes, those things won't look straight. These concave OLED beauties are easy on the eyes, but heavy on the wallet.

• 20 December 2012

• Opinion: Remains of the Day: Places of interest

  It's a globetrotting sort of day: Rumors say Apple is turning on Apple TV tests in China, even as Oregon and New York battle out what may be Apple's first U.S. manufacturing facility. Elsewhere, Apple lays down roots in Texas and we get some quality Time with Tim Cook. The remainders for Wednesday, December 19, 2012 are going places.

• 17 December 2012

• Opinion: Automatically add files to Dropbox

  Reader Daniel Gilbert seeks to make better use of Dropbox. He writes:

• 13 December 2012

• Opinion: Remains of the Day: Measure once, cut and paste twice

  Microsoft and Apple are at each other's throats over money, so it must be a day that ends in 'y.' Elsewhere, Apple may be inching closer to a TV as one of its partners looks to lay down some acreage in the U.S. and Cupertino's latest product is at least a thirty footer. The remainders for Wednesday, December 12, 2012 are redundant and repetitive.

• 06 December 2012

• Opinion: Get a free 25GB Box account when you sign up for Hojoki

  Do you spend a lot of time hopping around between various Web-based productivity apps, like Basecamp, Dropbox, Google Calendar, and Twitter?

• 19 November 2012

• Opinion: Why can't 32-bit Windows access 4GB of RAM?

  32-bit processors and operating systems, in theory, can access up to 4GB of memory. So how come Qasim Zaib's PC, with 4GB installed, only sees 3GB?

• 15 November 2012

• Opinion: Remains of the Day: Rack 'em

  Samsung says it's not jacking up Apple's prices, a German board game company is whacking iOS apps for trademark violations, and Apple is packing stores into two new countries. The remainders for Wednesday, November 14, 2012 aren't lacking.

• 13 November 2012

• Opinion: Remains of the Day: Paydirt

  Apple’s paying a big chunk of change to Samsung and the Swiss railway, but maybe it’s all a distraction from the main event: the iPhone 5S. The remainders for Monday, November 12, 2012 aren’t made of money.

• 07 November 2012

• Opinion: Remains of the Day: Everybody was kung-fu fighting

  Apple may dip Intel chips, OS X 10.9 is waking up from a cat nap, and Amazon's taking home the bacon in Europe. The remainders for Tuesday, November 6, 2012 are fast as lightning.

• 01 November 2012

• Opinion: Remains of the Day: The world is flat

  Apple executive Eddy Cue gets a flattering write-up, Motorola gets a flat take-it-or-leave-it offer from Cupertino, and how to turn your older Mac's drives into a Fusion Drive in twenty-seven hours flat. The remainders for Wednesday, October 31, 2012 are flat broke.

Latest Videos

• HTC Windows Phone 8S vs Nokia Lumia 820 video comparison review

• BlackBerry Z10 video review

• HTC Windows Phone 8S video review

• Nokia Lumia 820 video review

Latest Reviews

• Mophie Juice Pack Helium for iPhone 5 review

  The Mophie Juice Pack Helium is a long-awaited battery case for Apple's iPhone 5, offering a…

• Epson Expression Home XP-405 review

  The Epson Expression Home XP-405 is a well-featured but expensive to run budget all-in-one printer.

• Autostarter X3 review - automate with batch files regular computer operations

  Autostarter X3 is an app that can set up batch files for pre-defined tasks. Here's our…

Latest How-To

• Create a newsletter in Microsoft Word

  How to produce a professional-looking handout

• How to design and draw a diagram on your PC or laptop

  Create flowcharts, graphs and more with Diagram Designer

• How to design a personalised greetings card online

  Send a custom birthday card using Moonpig