Morrison: Governments must respect our data
The UK government seems to want to actively debug its citizens, expanding its already copious powers to obtain communications data. Soon, as we go about our regular lives – a large proportion of which are now spent online – potential new legislation could be used to store the skeletons of our conversations, their causal interactions, [...]
Cobbett: Freedom vs Security
Make no mistake, Apple’s upcoming Gatekeeper technology is a game-changer. It’s part of Mountain Lion, the next iteration of OS X, and never mind whether you use that or Windows in your daily life. The success of the App Store on both that platform and iOS is already having a major impact on the wider [...]
[Web Pack] 322 Essential Collection: Productivity
Each issue we pick the best productivity applications the internet has to offer. This could be anything from task reminders to document organisation, from PDF editing to mind mapping and everything in between. You name it, we’re likely to cover it.
[Web Pack] 322 Essential Collection: Utilities
We hunt down the best free utilities available on the internet so you don’t have to. This could be anything from benchmarking to archive fixing, from backup to hardware tweaking and everything in between.
[Web Pack] 322 Essential Collection: Linux
Each issue we discover the Linux applications available on the internet. This could be anything from image manipulation to web browsers, from hardware monitoring to encryption and everything in between.
Cobbett: Subscribing to software
Pardon me for talking about games for a moment, but there’s an interesting trend going on that’s worth knowing about, and which may surprise you. Specifically, companies are falling over themselves to give their work away for free – and not just the little guys. Microsoft just released Microsoft Flight, almost every MMO of the [...]
[Web Pack] 322 Essential Collection: Hacks
Each issue we hunt down the best Windows customisations. Anything from menu hacks to process tweaks. You name it, we’re likely to cover it.
[Web Pack] 322 Essential Collection: Online
Every issue we find the best free online-themed applications. This could be anything from download managers to web browsers, from instant messengers to media streaming and everything in between.
[Web Pack] 322 Essential Collection: Digital Media
Each issue we’re hunting down the best free digital media applications available. This could be anything from image manipulation to video editing, from audio compression to media management and everything in between.
Marshall: Profit from piracy
Last month, everybody was up in arms about SOPA and ISPs were being forced to block Newzbin. This month it’s ACTA and The Pirate Bay. Next month we’ll have another bad law to fight and another badly behaved site to block. Meanwhile, piracy of software, video and music will continue regardless. I used to think [...]
