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

Exclusive! Get award-winning NordPass password manager free for two years

By Desire Athow published 19 October 23

The world’s best free password manager deal is exclusive to TechRadar

Oh, hello Threadripper Pro 7995WX — AMD launches world’s fastest desktop CPU ever but things are about to get very, very confusing for power users

By Desire Athow published 19 October 23

Professionals and creatives can now choose between Ryzen, Ryzen Threadripper, Ryzen Threadripper Pro and Epyc.

Ultimea Thor T60 triple laser 4K projector review

By Desire Athow published 11 October 23

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New kid on the proverbial block bides time to shine in the UST limelight

Finally! Toshiba launches its first 22TB hard drive — while Seagate and WD race towards 30TB

By Desire Athow last updated 27 September 23

Japanese company unveils 10-platter monster as rivals contemplate next step.

Three phones on an orange background showing Google apps

7 unsung Google apps and tools that we love (and you should use too)

By Mark Wilson published 24 September 23

Do you use Google Keep, Family Link, Flights and more? If not, we're here to explain why these unsung apps could be for you.

LG to launch new smart monitors that can open documents without a PC —but shame they’re not 4K

By Desire Athow published 23 September 23

Cheaper smart monitors are on the way but with a lower resolution.

The world’s most powerful laptop is now on sale — here is where you can buy or preorder the Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 X3D

By Desire Athow published 22 September 23

The only laptop with a Ryzen 9 7945HX3D processor and an Nvidia RTX 4090 GPU is here.

Eweka review

By Desire Athow last updated 20 September 23

Updated No frills, no hassles, just speedy newsgroup access for a fair price.

OWC unveils 64TB mobile storage server — it’s a SSD NAS complete with padded carry case

By Desire Athow published 20 September 23

Great for digital image technicians, independent 3D contractors and VFX studios

Intel Xeon 5th gen scalable processors emerald rapids

Intel unveils 288-core Leviathan 5th-gen Xeon CPU — but there could be an even bigger beast coming

By Desire Athow published 19 September 23

144, 288 and more cores on the horizon but just remember that they’re single-threaded

This SSD vendor wants to use software to boost storage performance for free - here’s how

By Desire Athow published 19 September 23

Interview: Solidigm tells us why it looks to software to optimize SSD performance

AMD unleashes intriguing new EPYC server CPUs — and its main feature could be key for Ryzen’s future

By Desire Athow last updated 19 September 23

EPYC 8004-Series 'Siena' processors bring 64 cores and 128 threads to the table

"Thunderbolt 5, for creators and gamers"

Apple could be the big winner of Intel’s Thunderbolt 5 announcement - here’s why

By Desire Athow published 16 September 23

External GPU I hear you say? There’s a solution that could work.

Netac Z Slim portable SSD outside during our test and review process

Netac Z Slim review: Too slow and too expensive for what it offers

By Desire Athow published 14 September 23

The SSD vendor needs to go back to the drawing board to deliver something more convincing.

The Sandisk Professional G-RAID Mirror External HDD

Western Digital launches new 22TB and 44TB Sandisk Professional external hard drives

By Desire Athow published 14 September 23

Thunderbolt 3-based storage devices emerge in Amsterdam during IBC2023

New 96-core AMD Threadripper Pro 7995WX tested on unannounced Dell Precision 7875 workstation

By Desire Athow published 14 September 23

Core boost and higher clock frequency should ensure continuing AMD domination.

Remember the venerable tape from the VHS era? It’s back with a vengeance and a 50TB capacity

By Desire Athow published 6 September 23

New technology is more expensive than archrival LTO but offers more capacity per tape.

Obscure startup plans 10,000 TB cartridges with 'cheap' material used in restrooms

By Desire Athow last updated 5 September 23

Updated Updated: Ceramic may displace holographic, DNA and silica as the next big thing in exotic storage

Ryzen Threadripper CPU Sitting On Top Of Product Box

AMD’s unannounced 96-core monster just crushed Intel’s best CPU to claim world record

By Desire Athow published 16 August 23

The Ryzen Threadripper Pro 7995WX is here, well almost

Exclusive: Samsung wants to kill off hard drives with this 256TB SSD

By Desire Athow published 10 August 23

Snippets of information have emerged in a press release but Samsung remains coy on further details.

Here’s the chip that could make 100TB SSDs mainstream in 2024 but you won’t be able to use them

By Desire Athow published 9 August 23

SK Hynix demos 321-layer 4D NAND at Flash Memory Summit just weeks after 238-layer parts went in mass production.

Quad Nvidia RTX 6000-based workstations finally go mainstream

By Desire Athow last updated 9 August 23

Updated New RTX workstations can deliver up to 192GB of GPU memory and much more

How to sell online: 14 ways to sell your products in 2026

By Desire Athow last updated 9 August 23

Updated Whether you want to start selling on your own website or via an online marketplace, our guide has you covered.

This obscure 5G Android tablet promises to last 113 days in standby thanks to the biggest battery ever built in such a device

By Desire Athow published 8 August 23

Chinese challenger brand Oukitel delivers an outlandish Android tablet that will turn heads.

Bargain 61TB SSD is faster than expected in real-life tests, likely to cost under $3,500

By Desire Athow published 2 August 23

Solidigm SSD going for the HDD jugular with a surprisingly nippy performance and relatively affordable price tag.

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