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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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

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

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.

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Amazon October Prime Day vs Amazon Prime Big Deal Days: A lesson in bad marketing?

By Desire Athow Published 3 October 24

Did Amazon do itself a disservice by not going for Amazon October Prime Day?

I used the cheapest foldable smartphone in the world — so should I kick my trusty Samsung Galaxy Z Flip3 5G to the curb and replace it with Blackview's Hero 10?

By Desire Athow Published 24 September 24

Opinion The Blackview Hero 10 is still too expensive for its own good

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Best lead generation tool of 2026

By Desire Athow Last updated 17 September 24

Updated We list the best lead generation tools, to make it simple and easy for you integrate existing marketing or CRM software for better analytics and KPIs. to increase customer base and maximize sales.

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Best small business server of 2024

By John Loeffler Last updated 21 August 24

Updated We compare the best small business server models for small and medium businesses.

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Interview: How businesses saw the light on UST projectors

By Desire Athow Published 13 August 24

We talk projectors with Tan May Lin, Regional Director of Printer and Visual Products and Regional Director of Brand and Communications, Epson Southeast Asia.

Global Windows outage plunged banks, airlines, and more into chaos – here's everything you need to know

By Marc McLaren Last updated 19 July 24

Breaking A software update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike caused a massive outage in Microsoft Windows PCs across the globe. Here's that latest plus everything that happened

Best WAP of 2024

By Steve Clark Last updated 19 July 24

Updated We tested the best WAP for improving Wi-Fi coverage - and these are the top picks we recommend.

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Best laptop power bank of 2024: Top-rated portable laptop battery chargers and power banks

By John Loeffler Last updated 12 July 24

Updated We've rounded up the best portable laptop battery chargers and power banks currently on the market.

Early Prime Day monitor deals are now live: grab a touchscreen display for only $39.99

By Desire Athow Published 3 July 24

Slash the cost of getting an extra screen for your laptop, desktop or even your smartphone

Best Linux laptops of 2024

By Collin Probst Last updated 21 June 24

Buying Guide We compare the best Linux laptops for running your operating system of choice smoothly.

WordPerfect review

By Desire Athow Last updated 17 June 24

Review WordPerfect provides good value for the money

Exclusive: An affordable 16TB PCIe SSD is on the way — Chinese firm behind world’s first 2TB microSD card plans another world’s first and, yes, we’re chasing a review sample

By Desire Athow Published 30 May 24

AGI is on a roll with the world’s largest PCIe SSD that will appeal to business users.

Best free software uninstaller of 2026

By Desire Athow Last updated 30 May 24

Updated We list the best free software uninstallers, to make it simple and easy to remove all of the files associated from programs that you want to remove.

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Microsoft, just give up on the whole Windows-on-Arm idea — the fixation on Apple and the Qualcomm dalliance could end up harming the very partners that stood by your side for 40 years

By Desire Athow Published 21 May 24

12 years after Windows RT, Microsoft wants to push Arm as an x86 replacement

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Dell bets big on Qualcomm processors with new stunning flagship business laptop — Latitude 7455 is Dell’s thinnest Latitude to date but will businesses warm up to Windows on Arm?

By Desire Athow Published 20 May 24

Intel and AMD have one more rival to worry about as Qualcomm takes on x86 stalwarts, but are the features enough to woo businesses?

HP embraces Qualcomm for its halo business laptop as industry prepares for third force — but mysterious Windows 11 64 NextGen Premium may well be key to the success of WoA circa 2024

By Desire Athow Published 20 May 24

HP embraces new Qualcomm AI PC offerings with two new laptops.

Apple could revive a legendary product it killed 13 years ago — heir to Xserve to run on M2 Ultra silicon according to reports but no sign of Mac OS X Server yet

By Desire Athow Published 10 May 24

Apple throws down the gauntlet at Google and Microsoft in the race toward AI domination

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