Rosie Khdir
Rosie is a technology journalist who covers all the latest technology news, product releases and emerging social media and computing trends for PC Site.
McAfee warns of online shopping scams
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
As Christmas creeps nearer more people use the Internet to avoid the hoards of shoppers on the high street. Security firm McAfee is advising online shoppers to be vigilant against potential hackers and cyber thieves. The firm recently releases a guide alerting user to the twelve most popular scams of Christmas and added warning has [...]
Lenovo ThinkPad T410s review
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
The Lenovo ThinkPad T Series has had a bit of a revamp and these new models mean business. The latest edition of the T410s is definitely one to consider if you are after a lightweight yet powerful laptop. This 14.1 inch model comes with all the top components and some great energy-saving features. What we [...]
Acer Aspire One 532 review
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
We are all looking for that netbook that lasts as long as we need it; a PC that isn’t just ultraportable so long as you’re near a power plug. The Acer Aspire One 532 is a netbook that can last up 10 hours, is as light as a feather and is very robust. What more [...]
Acer reveals the innovative ICONIA dual-screen laptop
Friday, November 26, 2010
When you thought you’d seen it all, Acer comes along and reveals a dual-screen laptop. Rosie Khdir looks at the Acer ICONIA a notebook that has not one, but two 14 inch displays. Acer has really out done itself, and every other manufacturer in the futuristic computer stakes with the ICONIA. This new notebook looks [...]
Dell Precision M6500 review
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
The Dell Precision M6500 is a large mobile workstation that comes with just about every choice of optional feature available. Strong, powerful and comfortable to use it is a truly impressive PC that will strongly appeal to multimedia professionals. However, this exceptional build quality and performance doesn’t come cheap. Although prices start at a reasonable [...]
Dell Optiplex 380 review
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
The Optiplex 380 desktop is a powerful and versatile machine that provides small to medium businesses with a cost-effective, energy efficient source for computing. With the Optiplex line, Dell has really shown its commitment to designing customer inspired desktops that are ergonomic and easily serviceable. What we like best One of the best features about [...]
McAfee WaveSecure for Android wins Software of the Year 2010 Award
Monday, November 22, 2010
It was recently announced that McAfee WaveSecure for Android has won the award for Software of the Year 2010. After almost 30,000 UK software fans voted online for their favourite PC and mobile software apps, during October and November, it was revealed that McAfee came out on top for mobile device security. Image by: lwallenstein
Microsoft Xbox 360 with Kinect sensor review (4Gb + 1 game)
Monday, November 22, 2010
For those of you who have been attracted to the Xbox way of gaming by the introducing of the Kinect, this bundle is the one for you. You can get a brand new Kinect controller with either a 4 Gb or 250 Gb Xbox 360 as well as the Kinect Adventures game which comes as [...]
Australian Teenagers give away personal information online
Monday, November 22, 2010
According to security vendor McAfee half of Australia’s teenagers share their personal information with strangers online. McAfee revealed that one in five teenagers have had mean or hurtful information about them posted on social networking sites and that more that half had hidden their Internet activities from their parents. Moira Cronin, a mother of two [...]
Dell named among Top IT Vendors by IDG’s Computerworld
Monday, November 22, 2010
It has been revealed that Dell has been named among the Top Green IT Vendors for 2010 in the October edition of Computerworld. Scot Finnie, editor in chief, Computerworld, said: “These top organisations are truly stretching now, exploring innovative new ways to apply technology to reduce energy consumption. They know that achieving green IT isn’t [...]
