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Breathe new life into your Windows PC or laptop with Abelssoft PC Fresh – Tech Advisor is giving away a free licence of the PC optimisation suite (worth £28.08) to all readers, but this offer is available today only! We’ve teamed up with our German colleagues at PC-Welt to bring you a selection of premium software downloads in the run-up to Christmas. This is the third offering, following last week’s Revo Uninstaller Pro and Soda PDF Desktop Standard 12, and there are many more to come – keep your eyes peeled for the goodies....

This is a comprehensive package for backup and recovery, with all the bells and whistles you could want, including the key addition for this year’s product, online storage. Backing up essential data to a second hard drive is good, backing up to a local network server is better, but sending it offsite to a file server on the Internet is best, if you want to safeguard against catastrophes like flood and fire....

Alcatel OneTouch Go Watch review: Price and availability Alcatel OneTouch hasn’t announced UK pricing information for the OneTouch Go Watch yet, but it’s set to be around 129 Euros so you can expect it to be pretty cheap. The slightly more premium Alcatel OneTouch Watch is only £99 so that should give you some idea of how low the price tag will be. It’ll hit the shelves at some point in November, but there’s no exact release date just yet....

Alita (Rosa Salazar), now rebooted with a new body, must navigate the throws of adolescence and identity, complicated by a past life she struggles to recall but which leaves her with deadly combat skills. While the premise of reanimating a found brain into an assembled body re-imagines the canonical trope of Frankenstein’s monster, this sense of assemblage is more far reaching than plot alone. The film combines a few creative forces: first there’s Yukito Kishiro, who wrote the original Japanese manga series Gunnm in the 1990s, then producer James Cameron who also wrote the screenplay, and finally Robert Rodriguez, who directed the film....

It was thought for a time that the 2001 novel might be too difficult to film given the expansive descriptions of the meetings of gods, but with Gaiman himself closely involved, the first season delivered. With old and new fans on board, here’s everything you need to know about the new season. When does American Gods season 2 start? Neil Gaiman has said American Gods season 2 will be back on 11 March 2019 – two years after the show’s 2017 debut....

For the fourth year since it began in 2008, Apple has decided not to run its 12 Days of Christmas promotion, disappointing many iTunes users who’ve loved getting a free gift each day during the holiday period. The 12 Days of Christmas promotion used to run from Boxing day (26 December) until 6 January, with each gift available for free for 24 hours, downloadable through a dedicated 12 Days of Christmas iOS app....

Also check out what Microsoft had in store the previous day. Apple October Event as it happened: New MacBook Pro 2016 On the week of the Apple laptop’s 25th anniversary, Apple has just announced the best MacBook Pro yet. There are 13- and 15in models that are significantly thinner and lighter than their predecessors, complete with a two times larger Force Touch trackpad and a new context-sensitive Retina display Touch Bar that replaces the row of Function keys....

Also see: Best Black Friday Laptop Deals The Asus G751J serves as a platform for the Nvidia GeForce GTX 970M, still one of the most powerful laptop GPUs on the market. This is backed by a worthy quad-core Intel Core i7 processor, starting at 2.3GHz with Turbo to stretch to 3.5GHz. No less than 24GB memory is fitted, and storage comprises one of the fastest SSDs available – a 256GB Samsung SM951 with PCIe attachment....

When Aukey got in touch about its latest power bank we had to take a look. Fire and batteries – you’re not supposed to put those together, right? Well you can take peace of mind from the fact there’s no open flame here. You slide across the button on the top of the External Battery to reveal a thin wire coil, which instantly heats up and within a second is glowing and ready to light your cigarette....

We’ve tested, reviewed and rated desk fans, bladeless fans, standing fans, tower, column, intelligent, smart and hybrid fans. If you’re not sure exactly what kind of fan will suit you best, skip past the chart and read our buying advice first. Otherwise, read on for our recommendations. We have options for all budgets. Best fan reviews Buying advice Looking for buying advice? Here’s everything you need to know before you purchase....

Still, there are lots of music streaming services out there and though they may seem similar, they’re not all created equal. Some offer discounted family plans, some deliver high-quality lossless audio, some offer Hi-Res, some throw in podcasts, some include music videos, and some even let you upload your own music files to keep in the same library. Even if you still buy physical media like vinyl it’s impossible and not financially sensible to buy all the music you might want to listen to, plus it’s harder to take it with you anywhere you go....

There’ll be surprises beyond those of course, with the Samsung Galaxy S23 line set to be revealed in the spring, and big names like the iPhone 15 and Pixel 8 set for later in the year – not to mention key software upgrades in Android 14 and iOS 17. We also know about the chipsets that will power most of those flagship phones: the MediaTek Dimensity 9200 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2....

That’s not to say they’re just a cash grab though. The best remasters offer the definitive version of a game, with all the add-on content, optimised graphics, and sometimes even tweaked gameplay and controls. Not to mention they let you play old favourites on modern hardware – or even give you the chance to play a great game you might have just missed the first time around. There are hundreds and hundreds of remastered games out there, and the dawn of 4K console gaming means that there are inevitably more on the way – Final Fantasy 7 has been in the works for some time, and the Resident Evil 2 remake is due out very soon too....

Both the updated Galaxy Watch 5 and brand-new Watch 5 Pro are among the best smartwatches you can buy, combining premium hardware with a range of health features and the Wear OS software. We’re a fan of both, with the main differences on the Pro being a bigger screen, larger battery and more durable titanium case. It’s also significantly more expensive, although neither are cheap by modern smartwatch standards. With that in mind, you might be on the lookout for a great deal or bundle....

This isn’t about go-faster bragging rights though. Yes, you can copy enormous files to an SSD in record time, but it’s the massive boost that the drive will give you your computer’s responsiveness that will shock you most: applications launch almost instantly, web pages load faster, and Windows simply feels a lot faster. SSDs come in different sizes and shapes so we’ve tested a range of different types, predominantly modern M....

Note that the shows – and films – on offer on Netflix UK may differ from the selection available to US subscribers, but you can still watch US Netflix from the UK. Assuming you’re sticking with the UK edition, there are scores of TV shows to choose from. We’ve taken the hard work out of deciding to watch, so sit back and work your way through our choice of the best TV shows on Netflix in the UK....

The phone is not dissimilar to the KeyOne, TCL’s last BlackBerry that sported a physical keyboard underneath its touchscreen. The Motion attempts to continue the touchscreen legacy of the DTEK50 and DTEK60 of 2016 and reassert the BlackBerry brand in the Android space. When is it coming out? The Motion is widely available globally as of February 2018. It’s available in major markets including US, UK, and many other European regions from local operators and directly from TCL....

For the rest of us, I’d say it’s the best of both worlds: you can use fresh beans and get a delicious espresso and there are enough settings (grinding fineness, water temperature, infusion profile) to play around with to get a really great extraction. But fundamentally, this is a reliable, easy to use machine that delivers consistently good coffee. And for its price point, it’s superb. Because the Barista Max has an inbuilt coffee grinder and milk frother – and comes with a tamper, milk jug and portafilter – you won’t need anything else in your coffee-making kit....

With six USB outputs in total, two of which are compatible with Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0, this CHOEtech Desktop Charger is seriously fast. It has a 60W total output, which is double that of many desktop chargers on the market, and means that with all six ports in use each can average a fast 10W output. Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0 is an awesome technology for devices with which it is compatible....

Yesterday we reviewed the MiPow Power Tube 3000, which includes Bluetooth connectivity so you can pair it with an app and monitor the remaining capacity and device temperature – a hot topic, thanks to a recent EE Power Bar fire-safety scare. Today we have the Choetech Portable Power Bank, the first power bank we’ve seen to include support for Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0 – and not only for charging your devices but also for refilling its own battery, which means you could refill this high-capacity bank in just 7....