When I first started out using a computer the big choice was between a Spectrum and a Commodore. I went for the Spectrum and hours upon hours of happy Matchday and Jet Set Willy games proved that I had made a good decision. However, friends who had gone the other way and bought the Commodore [...]

They say that every cloud has a silver lining and that there is never a shortage of people who benefit from a financial crisis. With that being the case it is worth wondering what pieces of technology have gained ground now that people have a bit less spending money to throw around. One previously unexpected [...]

If buying a ready-made nettop doesn’t appeal to you and you have the skills to build your own then your options when it comes to choosing a motherboard have been pretty limited up until now. The Intel Atom was really the one workable choice, with a variety of different types of package available around it, [...]