Articles by 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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Looking for a great deal on a big portable monitor this Black Friday? Check out these 5 affordable large displays on the go

By Desire Athow published 28 November 24

Portable monitors don't always have to be small - these will surprise you.

Save hundreds on the Motorola Thinkphone, probably the best smartphone deal for businesses this Black Friday

By Desire Athow published 27 November 24

Motorola's ThinkPhone is a fantastic smartphone for those looking for a sturdy, classy Android handset

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I am an SSD expert; this 2TB Samsung 980 Pro is at its lowest price in 2024 and is Amazon’s best-selling solid state drive this Black Friday

By Desire Athow published 27 November 24

This Samsung SSD deal is music to our storage ears as the 980 Pro drive falls to its lowest price in nearly a year.

Best event management solution of 2026

By Desire Athow last updated 27 November 24

Updated We feature the best events management solutions, to make it simple and easy to manage all aspects of an event, from programs to speakers to attendees.

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5 reasons why all businesses need a mini PC

By Desire Athow published 26 November 24

Small in size but mighty in versatility, all hail the mini PC.

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Best Buy has the cheapest external HDD storage right now — 20TB for $250 beats Amazon Black Friday offers hands-down

By Desire Athow published 26 November 24

If you need tons of storage for gaming, this WD 20TB External USB 3.0 hard drive is on sale for $250.

The Samsung 990 Pro 4TB SSD is now down to $268.99 for Black Friday; a 42% saving and its lowest price in 2024

By Desire Athow published 26 November 24

Just in time for Black Friday, you can save big on this 4TB Samsung 990 Pro SSD

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Top benefits of managed VPS hosting

By Desire Athow last updated 21 November 24

VPS hosting offers the flexibility of a dedicated server without the high costs.

Microsoft convinced AMD and Nvidia to build a CPU with extraordinary features but it will never go on sale: 4th gen 9V64H has 96 cores and uses InfiniBand technology

By Desire Athow last updated 20 November 24

Build exclusively for Microsoft Azure, this processor is set to deliver jaw-dropping performance

Hurry! Save $900 on this award winning 4K UST projector for Black Friday and it even comes with a pair of free 3D glasses

By Desire Athow published 18 November 24

This ultra short throw triple laser 4K projector is at its lowest since January 2024.

Solidigm launches yet another 123TB SSD after Phison, WD and Samsung with a likely price tag of $14,000

By Desire Athow published 13 November 24

Enterprise SSDs are rapidly becoming the go-to solution to prop up a moribund storage market

The new 2024 Mac Mini is Apple’s IBM PC moment and this tiny computer is the final nail in the desktop PC’s coffin: here’s why

By Desire Athow last updated 12 November 24

The M4 Mac Mini with 16GB of RAM and a sub-$500 price tag is unbelievable value for money

Want to store hundreds of PS5 games or 100 hours of 8K video? Grab Amazon's cheapest 40+TB attached storage ever before stocks vanish

By Desire Athow published 11 November 24

Early Black Friday means bargains everywhere you look

Best document shredder of 2024

By Steve Clark last updated 7 November 24

Buying Guide We compare the best document shredders for the home and office - protect your data with these recommended paper shredders.

Best customer experience (CX) tool of 2026

By Desire Athow published 28 October 24

Updated We list the best customer experience (CX) tools, to make it simple and easy to collect customer feedback to help provide business insights to improve sales, support, and branding.

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Best microSD cards of 2024: top picks for your micro storage needs

By John Loeffler last updated 15 October 24

Updated Looking for the best microSD cards? We tested the best and these our top picks based on price, reliability and warranty.

AMD releases details of 288GB MI355X accelerator: 80% faster than MI325X, 8TB/s memory bandwidth

By Desire Athow published 10 October 24

Rival to Nvidia Blackwell has some tasty specs, but will it be enough to catch up with Nvidia?

Meet AMD’s new 192-core CPU monster; the EPYC 9965 is its most expensive processor ever at nearly $15,000

By Desire Athow published 10 October 24

At nearly $15,000, this is the most complex microprocessor AMD has ever designed.