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M&S boss’s pay jumped to £7m before cyber attack, Tesla not interested in manufacturing in India
The Marks & Spencer boss’s pay jumped to more than £7m weeks before a devastating cyber attack crippled the retailer and halted online orders. Stuart Machin (pictured above) received £7.1m in […]
Tech Digest daily roundup: Nintendo officially rolls out new Switch
Nintendo has officially rolled out its new model of Nintendo Switch, the handheld games console that doubles up as a traditional TV plug in. The Switch OLED, as the name […]
Nintendo unveils new £310 Switch with upgraded OLED screen
Nintendo has announced a new version of its Switch console with a larger, better screen. The Switch OLED Model, comes – as the name suggests – with a seven-inch OLED […]
Nintendo bendy ring to get Switch users moving
Nintendo has announced a new bendable ring controller accessory for its Switch console in its latest attempt to get gamers moving. A video revealing the as-yet unnamed device shows one […]
Nintendo announces $199 Switch Lite console
Nintendo has announced a new compact version of its Switch console, which is designed to be just a handheld gaming device. The Switch Lite, which will be released in the […]
Nintendo adds Labo VR kit for Switch to encourage creativity
Nintendo is bringing virtual reality to its Switch handheld gaming console which children can build themselves using cardboard. The launch is the latest from the company’s Labo line of do-it-yourself […]
Nintendo: no current plans to launch N64 Classic console
Nintendo says it has no current plans to release a miniature version of its Nintendo 64 console, despite having launched smaller versions of other retro consoles. Having released the NES […]
Smartphone switchover tips: Making the jump between Android, iPhone and BlackBerry that bit easier
Did you upgrade from one smartphone to another over the Christmas period? Maybe you jumped from one operating system, like Google's Android, to Windows Phone 7 from Microsoft or iOS with the iPhone? It can be a relatively stressful…
5 reasons to switch to Linux
Struggling along on your Windows-based PC and considering moving over to Linux?
Here are five reasons why you should make the switch.
1. Lots of free software available
If your PC doesn’t already have a Linux distro (the geek cool name for a particular distributed version of the operating system) installed on it, and you’re a tech-head then you can generally get the Linux operating system itself for free
If you want support and instructions on setting it up you can pay a software company for this.
However, once it’s set up and running, you’ll find a wide variety of useful software packages already available that will let you do pretty much anything you’re likely to want to do.
It’s true that there are more versions of Linux available than of Windows or Mac OS X, but you can find out more about the user-friendly Ubuntu flavour of Linux in Duncan’s How to get all the music and software you want for free and legally talk…
OPINION: Still searching for reasons to switch to Google Chrome
Yesterday – and this is not a joke about how sad my life is, it’s the honest-to-Betsy truth – I decided to make the switch and start using Google Chrome as my default browser.
I’d decided the night before, in fact. I was, sadly, really quite excited about the prospect of turning over a new leaf or, to update the phrase, starting a new session. Doing a fresh install of my life and switching from Firefox to Chrome.
I like Chrome. It works, it’s already imported…