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PC Pro

Jul 01 2021
Magazine

The UK’s biggest selling PC monthly magazine, and your source of professional IT news, reviews and tests. Combining in–depth industry comment and analysis with rigorous product testing.

It’s time to wake up from our sleepwalk into Big Tech’s web

CONTRIBUTORS

PC Pro

The fab flaw in Intel’s comeback plans • Intel has announced a big strategic pivot, but experts doubt it will change the company’s fortunes

The$4billion Clubhouse question • The new social network has a sky-high valuation, but does it have post-pandemic appeal?

The top-five Apple leakers • So who’s the best leaker? Which names should you look out for to find out what’s really going on? Here are AppleTrack’s top five

Apple leakers:can you trust any of them? • There are dozens of “insiders” claiming to be leaking Apple product announcements. James O’Malley investigates if the would-be Deep Throats really know anything

The A-List • The best products on the market, as picked by our editors

Annoying videos can be are recipe for disaster • There’s an ontological difference between still photographs and videos, explains Dick, as he tries to dissect why he so often favours the former

It’s a bit too late to get with the tech times • A shockingly low-tech experience with a major pension provider reveals how big a challenge digital remains for some incumbents

Let Flash and other retired tech die with dignity • Whether they’re trying to make a quick sale or genuinely help users, the firms putting Flash on life support are doing the world no favours

Star letter

Readers’ comments • Your views and feedback from email and the web

Readers’poll

UPGRADE TO A BUSINESS-CLASS OFFICE… without spending a fortune • It looks like our home working environment will stay vitally important for some time to come, so we explore way sto work in comfort an dmake the best possible impression over video calls

How much USB-C power?

Netgear Orbi LBR20: 4G LTE Advanced WiFi Router • A strong option for those who simply can’tbe off line, but a luxury forthe rest of us

Should you turn your camera into a webcam?

LINUX ON MARS! • Open-source software on the Perseverance mission is helpingNASA explore a GNU world, JamesO’Malley discovers

THE EVOLUTION OF THE NASA MARS ROVERS

20 BRILLIANT EXTENSIONS FOR EVERY BROWSER • ReadourA-Z(almost) of recommendations, from security boosters to extensions that can boost your productivity, automate office tasks and even save money

WHAT’S KILLING YOUR WI-FI? • IS YOUR WIRELESS NETWORK ACHIEVING TOP PERFORMANCE? DARIEN GRAHAM-SMITH EXPLORES SOME SIMPLE MEASURES YOU CAN TAKE TO IMPROVE SPEED AND COVERAGE

WHAT SPEED SCAN YOU EXPECT?

WHAT SPEEDS DO YOU NEED?

REAL-WORLD PERFORMANCE GAINS

Dell OptiPlex 7090 Ultra Desktop • A clever alternative to all-in-one PCs, this modular system offers all the speed an office PC needs – if limited expansion

PCS pecialist Vortex Elite R • This well-balanced system shows you can still buy a good-value PC even during a worldwide chip shortage

How we test

What our awards mean

Huawei Mate Book XPro(2021) • A fine laptop–a side from the position of the webcam–but it’s too expensive compared to its rivals

Dynabook Portégé X40-J-11C • A competitively priced business laptop that, with one exception, oozes quality in all the right places

Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 G733 • This hefty gaming laptop is all about squeezing extra power from already powerful components – and it works

Acer Nitro 5 AN515-44 • A drab display and plasticky finish, but it packs a punch, a 144Hz panel and plenty of upgrade potential

Netgear Orbi RBK352 • A...


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Frequency: Monthly Pages: 132 Publisher: Future Publishing Ltd Edition: Jul 01 2021

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  • Release date: May 13, 2021

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OverDrive Magazine

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English

The UK’s biggest selling PC monthly magazine, and your source of professional IT news, reviews and tests. Combining in–depth industry comment and analysis with rigorous product testing.

It’s time to wake up from our sleepwalk into Big Tech’s web

CONTRIBUTORS

PC Pro

The fab flaw in Intel’s comeback plans • Intel has announced a big strategic pivot, but experts doubt it will change the company’s fortunes

The$4billion Clubhouse question • The new social network has a sky-high valuation, but does it have post-pandemic appeal?

The top-five Apple leakers • So who’s the best leaker? Which names should you look out for to find out what’s really going on? Here are AppleTrack’s top five

Apple leakers:can you trust any of them? • There are dozens of “insiders” claiming to be leaking Apple product announcements. James O’Malley investigates if the would-be Deep Throats really know anything

The A-List • The best products on the market, as picked by our editors

Annoying videos can be are recipe for disaster • There’s an ontological difference between still photographs and videos, explains Dick, as he tries to dissect why he so often favours the former

It’s a bit too late to get with the tech times • A shockingly low-tech experience with a major pension provider reveals how big a challenge digital remains for some incumbents

Let Flash and other retired tech die with dignity • Whether they’re trying to make a quick sale or genuinely help users, the firms putting Flash on life support are doing the world no favours

Star letter

Readers’ comments • Your views and feedback from email and the web

Readers’poll

UPGRADE TO A BUSINESS-CLASS OFFICE… without spending a fortune • It looks like our home working environment will stay vitally important for some time to come, so we explore way sto work in comfort an dmake the best possible impression over video calls

How much USB-C power?

Netgear Orbi LBR20: 4G LTE Advanced WiFi Router • A strong option for those who simply can’tbe off line, but a luxury forthe rest of us

Should you turn your camera into a webcam?

LINUX ON MARS! • Open-source software on the Perseverance mission is helpingNASA explore a GNU world, JamesO’Malley discovers

THE EVOLUTION OF THE NASA MARS ROVERS

20 BRILLIANT EXTENSIONS FOR EVERY BROWSER • ReadourA-Z(almost) of recommendations, from security boosters to extensions that can boost your productivity, automate office tasks and even save money

WHAT’S KILLING YOUR WI-FI? • IS YOUR WIRELESS NETWORK ACHIEVING TOP PERFORMANCE? DARIEN GRAHAM-SMITH EXPLORES SOME SIMPLE MEASURES YOU CAN TAKE TO IMPROVE SPEED AND COVERAGE

WHAT SPEED SCAN YOU EXPECT?

WHAT SPEEDS DO YOU NEED?

REAL-WORLD PERFORMANCE GAINS

Dell OptiPlex 7090 Ultra Desktop • A clever alternative to all-in-one PCs, this modular system offers all the speed an office PC needs – if limited expansion

PCS pecialist Vortex Elite R • This well-balanced system shows you can still buy a good-value PC even during a worldwide chip shortage

How we test

What our awards mean

Huawei Mate Book XPro(2021) • A fine laptop–a side from the position of the webcam–but it’s too expensive compared to its rivals

Dynabook Portégé X40-J-11C • A competitively priced business laptop that, with one exception, oozes quality in all the right places

Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 G733 • This hefty gaming laptop is all about squeezing extra power from already powerful components – and it works

Acer Nitro 5 AN515-44 • A drab display and plasticky finish, but it packs a punch, a 144Hz panel and plenty of upgrade potential

Netgear Orbi RBK352 • A...


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