Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

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Adrian Kingsley-Hughes is an internationally published technology author who has devoted over two decades to helping users get the most from technology -- whether that be by learning to program, building a PC from a pile of parts, or helpin…g them get the most from their new MP3 player or digital camera. Adrian has authored/co-authored technical books on a variety of topics, ranging from programming to building and maintaining PCs. His most recent books include 'Build the Ultimate Custom PC', 'Beginning Programming' and 'The PC Doctor's Fix It Yourself Guide'. He has also written training manuals that have been used by a number of Fortune 500 companies.

All opinions expressed on Hardware 2.0 are those of Adrian Kingsley-Hughes. Every effort is made to ensure that the information posted is accurate. If you have any comments, queries or corrections, please contact Adrian via the email link here. Any possible conflicts of interest will be posted below. [Updated: February 23, 2010] - Adrian Kingsley-Hughes has no business relationships, affiliations, investments, or other actual/potential conflicts of interest relating to the content posted so far on this blog.

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Must-have Mac/PC utility gets better: Parallels Toolbox 4.5

I have a small number of utilities that I use pretty much every day, whether I'm on a PC or Mac. Parallels Toolbox is one of those, and it just got a lot better.

April 8, 2021 by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Enterprise Software

Must-have Windows and Mac utilities get new features

Parallels Toolbox and Parallels Access get a new set of features.

July 28, 2020 by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Enterprise Software

Windows 10 and MacOS: Here are the six apps I install first

Here are the six apps I install first, whether I'm setting up a Windows 10 PC or a Mac.

May 5, 2020 by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Enterprise Software

Give your Windows PC or Mac a spring clean and performance boost with Parallels Toolbox

Need to give your Windows PC or Mac a bit of a spring clean? Make some space on your hard drive? Find duplicate files that are hogging space? Free up RAM? See what you have stored in the multitude of ZIP files you have on your system? Parallels Toolbox is the toolkit for you.

March 23, 2020 by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Enterprise Software

Firefox: Power user tips and tricks

I've been playing a lot with the new Firefox 74 release over the past few days, and there's a lot built into this browser. Here are some tips and tricks I've used to make the browser my own.

March 16, 2020 by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Enterprise Software

Top 10 WordPress plugins for a fast, secure blog

If you run your own blog on WordPress then you know how important it is to have a fast and secure website. Here are some plugins that will help you speed up and secure your WordPress blog.

August 13, 2019 by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Enterprise Software

Just how fast is Firefox Quantum?

Can Mozilla's new Firefox Quantum browser unseat Google Chrome as the fastest browser?

November 15, 2017 by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Enterprise Software

How much does Google pay Apple for that default search spot on the iPhone? $1 billion

On the face of it Google and Apple appear to be fierce rivals in the mobile space, but that doesn't stop the Cupertino giant from taking a king's ransom from the search giant in exchange for the search bar on the iPhone.

January 22, 2016 by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Enterprise Software

And the best web browser for the iPhone is…

If you want the best performing browser, there's only one choice on iOS, but there's a third-party browser worth keeping an eye on.

January 20, 2016 by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Enterprise Software

What's the best web browser for the Mac? The benchmarks are in

One Mac, four browsers, five benchmark tests. Which is the best web browser for the Mac?

January 19, 2016 by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Enterprise Software

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