Are your passwords safe?

Are your passwords safe?

Time for an online security checkup. Over the last two decades we have seen a major shift in the way people purchase items and manage their finances. The availability of always on internet services such as broadband enables us to be connected to the digital world continuously, allowing us to make purchases, check our statements…

Losing Sleep?

Losing Sleep?

Don’t let your gadgets keep you awake. Over the last few years there has been a significant number of studies investigating the link between electronic media exposure and decreased duration and depth of sleep. As computing has become more portable many of us are using electronic screens to keep ourselves entertained or to catch up…

Laptop Form Factors: Which is best for you?

Laptop computers have outsold their desktop counterparts since 2008. Traditional style laptops have maintained around 40% of computer market-share even after the introduction of tablet PCs, netbooks and tablets. Desktop PCs now make up less than 20% computer sales. Computing as a whole has become much more portable with the advent of cheap and relatively…

Best Free Software for content creation

Best free software for content creation

Content creation software is a broad category of products used to create digital content. Examples of content regularly created on computers are documents, images, video, etc. These types of content creation software often have a prohibitory high price; commanding hundreds to thousands of dollars for an outright purchase, or a subscription fee for their continued…

RAM: How much do I need?

RAM: How much do you need?

RAM (Random Access Memory) is the storage location for active application on your computer. Before the program is loaded into RAM it resides on your computers hard drive. Loading these resources into your RAM occurs when a program is launched. All modern operating systems allow for multitasking which means that multiple programs can be opened…

AMD Ryzen CPUs: and why they are important

AMD has recently released their new Ryzen CPU series based on the Zen CPU architecture. They offer 4, 6 and 8 core variations, each core supporting 2 threads (Similar to Intel’s HyperThreading technology). Intel’s current range of mainstream CPUs are available in 2 and 4 core versions with variants having Hyperthreading enabled or disabled. Architecture…

SSD: The best upgrade for any computer

Solid State Drives (SSDs) are based on flash storage technologies that store information within silicon chips. This is in contrast to conventional Hard Disk Drives (HDDs) which use a spinning platter and magnetic read and write heads attached to an arm like a record player. Due to this mechanical nature of the standard hard disk…