Computers, Laptops & Tablets

Your Wi-Fi router is the internet doorway to your smart home and its connected devices, so make sure that router can keep you secure.

If you are looking at upgrading your computer but are confused about which graphics card to buy, let me give you tips for how to find the right video card for your computer.

Thinking about buying a tablet and wondering where to start? Before you start researching specs and prices, answer these four simple questions to get a better idea of what tablet might be best for you.  

 Like most people, I was initially confounded by the switch to USB Type-C. The new charging and connectivity platform is appearing in newer smartphones, tablets and notebook PCs as a way to make devices sleeker, more versatile and help them to charge a lot faster. Is this really the one port to rule them all?

Enter on TikTok and on Instagram for a chance to win the amazing Microsoft Surface Pro 9 and a Trip for two to the NBA All-Star game.

A new year might mean that it is finally time to treat yourself to that new gaming monitor that you have had your eye on for months.

Hands on with the Linksys Velop AX4200 Wi-Fi 6 whole home mesh system, combining the benefits of Wi-Fi 6 with the smarts and coverage of mesh.

Linksys has entered the burgeoning networking sub-category of mesh Wi-Fi with the Velop, a router that will come as a single unit, or in a pack of two or three to cover your home with a solid connection.

Wireless networking can be confusing. There are many numbers and letters being thrown around and with Gigabit Wi-Fi just starting to appear in mainstream devices, there’s more arcane info than ever to keep track of. Dual-band, 802.11, a,b,g,n,ac, 1300/1900, 600/900, 2.4GHz, 5GHz, beamforming … What does it all mean? In particular, what is the difference between the previous top performing Wi-Fi standard (802.11n wireless) and the new champ (802.11ac)? In this post, I’ll break it down to the basics.  

While autonomous cars, smart appliances and super thin TVs made most of the headlines at CES 2017 last week in Las Vegas, an underlying trend was mesh networking in the home. Think of it as Wi-Fi with a wider net that doesn’t lose signal strength at each point in the chain: it’s better Wi-Fi for your home.