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DAVEYWINDERTheNationalCyberSecurityCentreisstill

disseminatingpooradviceonpasswordcreation.Usingthree

randomwords,saysDavey,isnotmuchbetterthan“p@ssword”.

Editor’sletter 7
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Readers’comments 24

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100 BusinessBackup 2021
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THENETWORK

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PAULOCKENDENInthesecondofhistwo-partseriesonusing

technologytosavemoney,energyandtheplanet,Paulreveals

thedirtylittlesecretofthesolarpanelindustry,andexplainshow

he’susingbatterystoragetosavepower.

REALWORLDCOMPUTING

114

LEEGRANTInkjetprintersareoftenirreparable–it’susually

cheaperandeasiertobuyanewmodelthanitistofixanold

one.LeegetscoveredininktryingtomendanoldBrotherMFP,then

isrelievedwhenthecustomerdecidestobuyanewoneinstead.

120

STEVECASSIDYAsmilingSteveCassidyisdelightedtofind

thathisteetharenowfixablewiththehelpofalaptop,an

emailaddressandsomeacrylic.

123 Remembering

SirCliveSinclair

DavidCrookeslooksbackat

thelifeofoneofthegreat

innovatorsofthetech

industry,inventorofthe

machinesthathelpedbring

computingtothemasses.

REVIEWSTHISMONTH

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JONHONEYBALLChangingcoreinfrastructureisnotatask

tobeundertakenlightly.Withanexpensivelicencerenewal

onthehorizon,Jonbitesthebullettomoveallhiscorenetwork

switching,firewallsandWi-FiaccesspointsoverfromCiscoMeraki.

126 Canstartupssave

usfromclimatecrisis?

Innovatorsareusing

technologytotackleclimate

changeandenvironmental

ruin.NicoleKobiereveals

eightofthemostintriguing

greenstartupsacrosstheUK.

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OPERATING SYSTEM

Windows 11 46

LAPTOPS

HPEliteFolio 54

DynabookTecraA40-J-11J 57

LenovoLegion 7 (Gen6) 58

LenovoLegion 5 (Gen6) 60

MSIGL66Pulse 61

HPVictus 16 63

PC

CyberpowerInfinityX105GT

GamingPC 65

SMARTWATCH

SamsungGalaxyWatch4 Classic 68

PICTUREFRAMESPEAKER

IkeaSonosSymfonisk 69

SMARTPHONE

SamsungGalaxyZ Flip35G 70

CLOUDSERVICE

Windows 365 73

MONITORS

AcerB8B248Y 82

DellUltraSharp 25 USB-C 82

EizoFlexScanEV2360 83

EizoFlexScanEV2480 83

AsusBE24EQK 84

DellUltraSharp 24 USB-C 84

EizoFlexScanEV2495 84

HPEliteDisplayE243 85

IiyamaProLiteXUB2492HSU-B1 85

NECMultiSyncEA242F 85

HPZ27uG3 86

HuaweiMateView 86

IiyamaProLiteXUB2792QSN-B1 87

PhilipsModa 27 (4K) 87

AOC27P2C 88

AOCU27P2 88

DellP2722HE 88

IiyamaProLiteXU2792QSU-B1 90

IiyamaProliteXUB2792QSU-W1 90

IiyamaProLiteXUB2796QSU-B1 90

LenovoQ27h-10 91

NECMultiSyncEA272F 91

PhilipsB Line276B9 91

AOCQ34E2A 92

LGUltraWide34WN780-B 92

PhilipsBrilliance346P1C 93

Samsung32inM7SmartMonitor 93

AcerCB342CK 94

DellC3422WE 94

PhilipsB Line345B1C 95

ViewSonicVG3456 95

TecadecBareUnit 94

IiyamaDS1002C-B1 97

BACKUP

BarracudaBackup 490 102

NakivoBackup&Replication10.4 103

RetrospectBackup18.1 104

VeritasBackupExec21.3 105

WIFIACCESSPOINT

NetgearWAX620 106

NAS

QnapTS-h1886XU-RP 107

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CantheSamsungGalaxyZ

Flip3finallybringfoldables

tothemainstream?