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Benefits of Data Replication in Database Management Systems

As the name suggests, data replication involves keeping identical data sets in more than one database node. There are two types of data replication in a database management system: Full replication Partial replication Full replication is the process of taking an organization’s entire data pool and placing it in different sites, while partial replication involves…

15th October 202016th October 2020 Tech Digest Correspondent Computers, News

Global IT spending slips as companies focus on essentials

The Coronavirus outbreak has caused global IT spending to slip 8% this year, with thousands of companies cutting their technology and service budgets and financing only essential IT costs. Although the entire sector is forecast to shrink, IT devices and data centre systems are set to witness the most significant drop in consumer spending this…

17th June 202017th June 2020 Chris Price Business tips, Computers

REVEALED: Tech Terms Baffling Millennials

70% of millennials don’t know what ‘spam’ means. Over a third (34%) don’t know how to delete their search history. 76% can’t define ‘malware’ and 67% can’t define ‘phishing’. Over 38,000 people search ‘what is a VPN’ every month. Generation Z have grown surrounded by tech and the internet, and are often crowned the masters…

27th May 202027th May 2020 Chris Price News

Best budget laptops for college in 2020

If you are currently studying at college or planning to sign-up for a new course in 2020, a laptop will undoubtedly be a must-have item. Investing in a new laptop can be a costly business, with the leading manufacturers eager to cash-in on the continuing boom in the technology industry. However, the marketplace is also…

31st January 202031st January 2020 Tech Digest Correspondent Computers, Laptops / Notebooks, News, PC tips

WIN! WIN! WIN! THREE COPIES OF HUMANS VS COMPUTERS TO GIVE AWAY

Our lives are increasingly tracked and monitored by software. In this brave new world, humans can’t cope with information overload. Instead, governments and companies rely on computers to automatically detect fraud, predict behaviour and enforce laws. Clever marketing tricks us into believing that phones, TV sets and even cars are somehow smart. Yet all those…

11th September 201711th September 2017 Chris Price Competitions & Promotions, Computers, Gadgets

Beautiful maple keyboard reaches $300K on Kickstarter – smashes target

Understandably we don't tend to get too excited by keyboards here at Tech Digest. But here's one that looks quite exciting - and certainly more beautiful than most (I think it's reminiscent of a butterfly somehow). Manufactured by Keyboardaudio, it's called the Model 01 and has already smashed through its Kickstarter fundraising target (target was…

22nd June 201522nd June 2015 Chris Price Computers, Keyboards

HP to axe thousands of jobs

Up to 16,000 more workers at computer-maker Hewlett-Packard face job losses after the company posted one per cent drop in quarterly revenue. Reuters reports that HP has struggled to maintain its grip on the shrinking PC market while protecting profit…

22nd May 201421st September 2020 Stuart O'Connor Computers

Global app spending topped $100 billion in 2020

Kitronik launches Smart Greenhouse kit for BBC micro:bit

5 ways to ensure online security in 2021

Dyson introduces V11 Outsize vacuum with LCD screen

Out-of-contract mobile customers overpaying, claims Which?

Binanchi unveils E-Omnia electric bike range

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