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How Apple lulls Mac owners into a false sense of security

Davey Winder says Apple's claims that Mac owners need not worry about security are dangerous

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Corel AfterShot Pro: a real rival to Lightroom?

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Smartr Contacts for iPhone: a godsend for the disorganised

Barry Collins is impressed by a new app that collates all your contact details
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Choose the right server for your business

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PC Pro Excellence Award winners 2011

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AMD Radeon HD 7950

AMD launches its second 28nm card, but is the HD 7950 worth a whopping £340?

Corel AfterShot Pro

It's cheaper than Lightroom, but can Corel's new photo processing package match it for power?

FXhome HitFilm Ultimate

Can a small Norwich-based firm bring big-budget special effects software to the masses?

Sony Alpha NEX-7

Sony's top-end compact system camera boasts a stonking 24-megapixel resolution, and rivals DSLRs for quality

Enhance Technology UltraStor RS16 IP-4

Enhance Technology's latest IP SAN solution makes some bold performance claims. We investigate

Philips E-line 237E3QPHSU

Philips’ latest 23in monitor squeezes an IPS panel into a monitor costing less than £200

Oki MC851dn

We find ourselves impressed by the entry point to Oki's new A3 colour laser all-in-one range

Viewsonic VP2365-LED

Viewsonic's 23in monitor promises professional image quality at an entirely affordable price

Dell 5330dn

Dell's top-end laser printer boasts a top resolution of 1,200dpi and spits out pages a rapid 48ppm

Dear Sony, Samsung and every other tech company in the world: stop trying to be Apple

Given a choice, I can’t think of any technology company that wouldn’t like to have what Apple has. A proprietary system that ties people in every step of...

Will Apple's Final Cut Pro X update placate the pros?

Apple’s Final Cut Pro X was received with derision in some circles when it launched last year. Ostensibly it replaced the old version - Final Cut Pro 7 -...

Smartr Contacts for iPhone review

We have mixed feelings about the Outlook plugin Xobni here at PC Pro Towers. On the one hand, we love the way it scrapes through your inbox, extracting...

Switching to Office 365's Outlook Web App

As part of an IT roll-out in the office the entire PC Pro team was moved over to Office 365 last week. For the most part it meant no change at all....

How Apple lulls Mac owners into a false sense of security

Davey Winder says Apple's claims that Mac owners need not worry about security are dangerous

Privacy - outdated luxury or public necessity?

Advocates from two sides of the online privacy debate explain why your data is important

Building the bionic man

Will we soon be upgrading body parts like the components inside our PCs? Richard Lane discovers the idea isn't so far-fetched

The making of open-source software

Nicole Kobie reveals how software such as Ubuntu, LibreOffice and Firefox is made - and how you can get involved

The curse of sloppily written software

Jon Honeyball bemoans a lack of attention to detail with software coding

Paying for your crimes with Bitcoin

Davey Winder examines the online equivalent of cash-in-hand payments

Behind the scenes: tech support for Formula 1

Steve Cassidy meets the guy with one of the best tech-support jobs in the world

The security risk of fat fingers

Davey Winder warns about cybersquatters taking advantage of URL typos

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BIOS guide: how to overclock your CPU

Darien Graham-Smith walks you through the process of overclocking AMD and Intel CPUs

Installing Ubuntu from a USB memory stick

Want to try out the open-source OS? We show how to install Ubuntu from USB

How to write a Chrome extension

Expand the capabilities of your browser with our step-by-step guide to writing a Chrome extension

How to upgrade from Windows 7 RC to Windows 7

If you're running the Windows 7 Release Candidate then you'll need to upgrade to the full version by the end of February. This guide explains how

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