Desire Athow

Desire Athow

Managing Editor, TechRadar Pro

Désiré has been musing and writing about technology during a career spanning four decades. He dabbled in website builders and web hosting when DHTML and frames were in vogue and started narrating about the impact of technology on society just before the start of the Y2K hysteria at the turn of the last millennium.

Then followed a weekly tech column in a local business magazine in Mauritius, a late night tech radio programme called Clicplus and a freelancing gig at the now-defunct, Theinquirer, with the late Mike Magee as mentor. After an eight-year stint at ITProPortal.com, where he discovered the joys of global techfests and transformed the publication into one of the biggest tech B2B independent publishers, Désiré moved to TechRadar Pro where he has been the editor for nine years.

He has an affinity for anything hardware and staunchly refuses to stop writing reviews of obscure products or cover niche B2B software-as-a-service providers. He is an avid deal hunter and can be found lurking around on various deals forums.

Articles by: Desire Athow

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Best landing page builder of 2025

By Desire Athow Last updated

Updated We list the best landing page creators, to make it simple and easy to create and customize an online sales page to better advertise your business.

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How to create a website in 2025: A step-by-step guide

By Owain Williams Last updated

Updated Want to start a website, but not sure how? This step-by-step guide will walk you through everything you need to do.

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Phoenix Browser Review: Features, Usage, and Competition

By Desire Athow Last updated

Read our detailed review of the Phoenix browser to gauge if this fast and feature-rich browser is worth your time or not.

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Epic Browser Review: Features, Usage, and Competition

By Desire Athow Last updated

Updated Our detailed review of the Epic browser will help you judge this easy-to-use and secure browser’s suitability for your needs.

Maxthon browser review
Maxthon Browser Review: Features, Usage, and Competition

By Desire Athow Last updated

Updated Check out our detailed review of Maxthon to see how its diverse range of features and beginner-friendly interface can be a game-changer for you.

Tor browser review
Tor Browser Review: Features, Usage, and Competition

By Desire Athow Last updated

Updated Tor gets a lot right when it comes to browsing freedom and security, but it’s not as user-friendly or convenient as you’d hope.

Brave Browser Review
Brave Browser Review: Features, Usage, and Competition

By Desire Athow Last updated

Updated Check out our comprehensive analysis of the Brave Browser to see how this fast, reliable, and privacy-respecting browser can make the internet more fun for you.

Vivaldi browser review
Vivaldi Browser Review: Features, Usage, and Competition

By Desire Athow Last updated

Updated Our detailed review of the Vivaldi browser is all you’ll need to decide if this fast and secure platform is best suited to cater to your online activities or not.

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Google Chrome Review: Features, Usage, and Competition

By Desire Athow Last updated

Updated Read our thorough review of Google Chrome and learn all about its best features, options, and security protocols before you give it a try.

Opera browser review
Opera Browser Review: Features, Usage, and Competition

By Desire Athow Last updated

Updated Check out our detailed review of Opera to see how this feature-packed, lightweight, and secure browser can supercharge your browsing experience.

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Mozilla Firefox Review: Features, Usage, and Competition

By Desire Athow Last updated

Updated Firefox offers top-notch security and a seamless browsing experience. Read our detailed review to find out how this memory-efficient browser can transform the internet for you.

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Microsoft Edge Review: Features, Usage, and Competition

By Desire Athow Last updated

Updated Our Edge browser review will help you decide if its energy-efficient model and lag-free performance is worth the download.

Kioxia LC9 245.76TB SSD
Kioxia unveils 246TB SSD behemoth — the LC 9 is the largest SSD ever launched and can store 52,000 DVD movies

By Desire Athow Published

LC9 snatched the capacity crown from Solidigm for now, but the race to the storage champion is only getting started.

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Best router VPNs

By Sam Dawson Last updated

Updated Whether you're working with a preconfigured VPN router or want to set up hardware yourself, my top router VPN picks have you covered.

Space Forge Satellite
Could they be the next Arm? Space Forge innovative nursery-in-the-stars could spell new generations of super materials and yes, sky’s the limit

By Desire Athow Published

Budding British tech startup could help bring to life ultra-high quality semiconductors

SPhotonix 5D Memory Crystal
'A 1,000-year-plus memory crystal': SPhotonix’s CEO tells us how its glass-based data tech is the future of high-density archival storage

By Desire Athow Published

We talk durability, density, and the future of data storage with Ilya Kazensky, CEO of SPhotonix.

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British astronaut Tim Peake wants to ‘put the data centers into space’: Here’s why

By Desire Athow Published

I discuss AI, data centers, nuclear fusion, ChatGPT and saxophone playing with Tim Peake/

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Hostinger's exclusive free web hosting deal gets 50GB SSD storage

By Desire Athow Last updated

The world’s best free web hosting deal is exclusive to TechRadar

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I honestly thought it was a typo when I saw the price of this 24TB Seagate Barracuda HDD - and it got me questioning everything

By Desire Athow Last updated

This massive 24TB hard drive from Seagate costs just $0.1/GB and I'm still not convinced it's not a misprint.

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I scoured every last corner of the internet and this is the cheapest student laptop deal I could find with an Nvidia RTX GPU

By Desire Athow Last updated

Prime Day The HP Victus 15 is one of the best budget laptops around for students, creatives, and gamers - and this price makes it even better

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A challenge for creators and gamers - can anyone beat this PC deal that's still going for under $900? I covered Prime Day and nothing comes close

By Desire Athow Last updated

Prime Day With these specs at this price, I don't believe anything can beat this mini PC deal.

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Prime Day docking station deals: Amazon's sale might be over, but you can still save if you're fast

By Desire Athow Last updated

Prime Day July's Prime Day has ended and these are the last deals on docking stations and USB hubs that I can find

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Price of Samsung 9100 Pro 4TB SSD hits all-time low for Prime Day - shock 30% discount brings it to $385

By Desire Athow Published

Prime Day Samsung’s fastest SSD to date is now available at its lowest price ever

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I've found 9 productivity boosting home office gadgets in the Prime Day deals — and they start from just $1.49

By Desire Athow Published

Updated Comfort, organization, and productivity shouldn’t break the bank - these 9 smart gadgets start at just $1.49 for Amazon Prime Day.

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This huge 24TB Seagate external hard drive has probably never been this cheap on Amazon Prime Day - $260 for a total home backup HDD

By Desire Athow Published

With an impressive 24TB capacity, you can grab a great deal on Seagate's Expansion external hard drive this Prime Day

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