CONTENTS
4 OCTOBER2020|COMPUTER SHOPPER|ISSUE
Contents
Issue 392 October 2020
Regulars
6 Letters
Your monthly missives ofwit and wisdom,
tips and tricks, and moans and groans
8 Mel’sWorld
Artists and musicians are escaping the
parasitic clutches of record companies,
agents and managers thanks to new
technology.Mel Crouchercelebrates their
freedom with ajaunty tune on his kazoo
10 Kay’sCorner
Are you fedupwith software companies
messing with your settings, automatically
updatingapps or sticking an unwanted
shortcut on your desktop?KayEwbank
has some tips on how to fight back
11 Rants &Raves
Some products are so farcically bad they’re
almost good.James Archerpays tributeto
the misfits, the glorious failures and the plain
bonkers ideas of the computer world
122 Zygote
If you think things are bad here,inAustralia
they’re running out of beer after acouple
of cyber attacks on amajor brewery.Zygote
wonders if the company’s IT team could
organise anything at all
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94 The 2 5BestGadgets
Make your home smarte
and better connected
forboth work and play
with our selection of
the 25 best gadgets
you can buy right now,
from self-cleaning
water bottles and
homebrew kits to
smart desk lamps
102Retro:Raidersof
Gaming’sLostArt
David Crookesspeaks to the technology
archaeologist who has devoted his life
to tracking down
the unreleased
video games and
forgotten hardware
that never saw the
light of day
86PiProjects
The versatile Pi is
the perfect base for
ahost of projects to
keep you busy this
summer,whether it’s
setting up awildlife
camera or blocking
online ads. Our
step-by-step guides
show you how
Features
Learn
110 Helpfile &BusinessHelp
Got aPCproblem, app annoyance or
Windows woe? Fear not:Simon Handby
is here to answer all your queries
114Advanced Projects
Clive Webstershows you how to set up and
use the new Raspberry Pi High Quality Camera
120 Howto... MoveYour
Business Online
Our new series forsmall businesses kicks off
with aguide to creating aweb presence
News
All the latest news and views from the
technology world, including:
12 Need to Know
UK government bans Huawei from 5G
network, and Twitter suffers the biggest
hack in its history
14 From the Lab
In-depth coverage of all the latest scientific
and technological advances
15TheLowdown: LiDAR
We examine how the 3D distance-measuring
tech made it from the moon to the new iPad
gets
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