Sony has just announced its latest flagship the Sony Xperia 1 II – so 1 will remain the nomenclature for their flagship phones and this the mark 2. With the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S20 series, which will likely be the best selling flagship Android device of the year, let’s see how Sony hopes…
BlueIris is an extremely popular piece of camera recording software allowing you to turn a Windows PC into powerful NVR that offer vastly superior features to most affordable network video recorders. I recently replaced my Ezviz NVR with a self-built system based on the Ryzen AMD Ryzen 3 2200G, it is not the most powerful…
The H100 is another budget case from Thermaltake, coming in at around £5-10 cheaper than the Thermaltake H200 I reviewed back in December. Thermaltake H100 vs H200 Design & Build Quality Opening up this case revealed a suspiciously familiar design, it looks almost identical to the H200 except for the RGB that ran down the…
Intel are due to launch i9-10900 10-core, 20-thread processor sometime in the near future, but a Hong Kong based YouTuber has managed to get their hand on what appears to be an engineering sample of the new CPU. This is the low-TDP version of the 10-core CPU coming in at just 65W which matches the…
Den Automation had a tumultuous 2019, the new contender in the smart home market had an innovative approach to smart light switches and plug sockets with physical switches in traditional white colours. When I reviewed the system, I found the hardware to be much more appealing than the digital switches you find on LightwaveRF or the…
Saying that we are moving into a digital world would be an understatement- we’re already IN a digital world where every data, information, any detail that we want is found online, on the cloud, and all of it can be accessed from the palm of our hand. Even watching movies and TV series can be…
Even though MWC is cancelled, we will be treated to multiple phone launches next week. One notable launch is from Honor, and possible Huawei. Honor is expected to announce the Honor 9X Pro which will be the first time we have had a phone with the Kirin 810 in the UK. With the ongoing issues…
This will be a short review, as there is not much to say about a charger. I am a big fan of power delivery USB-C products, they make life so much easier. With the increasingly widespread adoption of USB-C and power delivery, we are finally starting to see a universal charging solution for our devices….
The Oppo Find X was one of the most innovative phones of its time, starting the shift away from the notch and toward mechanical or sliding pop-ups. Oppo has since used the shark fin style pop up found on several of the Reno phones. They are now set to launch the follow-up phone, the Oppo Find…
When it comes to automation apps on Android there are various variants on the Google Play Store today, but how to choose the best ones. If you browse the wide array of apps that specialize in this area, you’ll find this to be quite hard. Firstly, let’s explain why you need to automate your smartphone…
Virtual Private Servers are useful for anyone that runs a website. They offer capable isolated systems with appropriate RAM, storage, and bandwidth. The outstanding performance capabilities and ensured continuous accessibility are a bonus as it doesn’t limit page growth. When one uses VPS, they usually have a server for email purposes. While this is useful…
I recently personally bought the excellent Synology DS218play which I found offered enough additional functionality over the cheaper TerraMaster F2-210 to justify the extra £40. However, at the time, I was not aware that Synology had just launched the DS220j could be a better option overall than the older DS218jplay and DS218j and making the…