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BUY IT!<br />
★★★★★<br />
Buy It<br />
SECURITY SOFTWARE<br />
Kaspersky Internet<br />
Security 2016<br />
£19.99 from www.snipca.com/17874<br />
Tested: Issue 437<br />
Kaspersky Internet Security 2016 has won<br />
our past six antivirus tests. Compatible<br />
with Windows 10, the 2016 edition is<br />
available at an exclusive reader discount<br />
on our Software Store. Go to the link<br />
above for a one-device licence, or buy a<br />
three-device licence for just £39.99 at<br />
www.snipca.com/17903.<br />
ALTERNATIVE: Avast Free Antivirus<br />
Almost as good as Kaspersky, but<br />
sometimes blocked legitimate software.<br />
Free from www.snipca.com/16493<br />
WEBDESIGN<br />
Xara Web Designer<br />
Premium 11<br />
£70 from www.snipca.com/16955<br />
Tested: Issue 453<br />
Th is visual web-design program makes<br />
creating sites more like laying out a<br />
document than writing HTML code, and<br />
sites can be ‘responsive’, meaning they<br />
look right on both big and small screens<br />
without extra work. A basic version is<br />
also available for half the price.<br />
ALTERNATIVE: Serif WebPlus X8<br />
Comes with lots of templates, but<br />
creates separate desktop and mobile<br />
versions instead of responsive sites,<br />
and can be slow to use. £90 from<br />
www.snipca.com/14964<br />
COMPETITION<br />
Win 1 of 2 Crucial BX200<br />
SSD 480GB<br />
Crucial’s<br />
powerful and<br />
fast range<br />
of BX200 SSDs<br />
provides sequential read and<br />
write speeds of up to 540MB/s and<br />
490MB/s respectively on all types of<br />
data. Additionally, compared with a<br />
standard hard drive, it is more than 13<br />
times faster and 40 times more energy<br />
efficient - resulting in longer battery<br />
life and a cooler, quieter PC. To enter,<br />
email your address to cacomp@dennis.<br />
co.uk with ‘crucial’ in the subject line by<br />
midnight 22 December.<br />
Crucial’s BX200 SSD is available in<br />
three sizes – 240GB, 480GB and<br />
960GB, priced £66.99, £116.99 and<br />
£234.99 respectively. You can find out<br />
whether they will work with your PC<br />
on Crucial’s website: http://uk.crucial.<br />
com/gbr.<br />
MULTIFUNCTION PRINTER SOLIDSTATE DRIVES SECURITY CAMERA<br />
Canon Pixma MG6650<br />
£76 from www.snipca.com/17334<br />
Tested: Issue 455<br />
Crucial BX100 1TB<br />
£235 from www.snipca.com/16017<br />
Tested: Issue 445<br />
Y-cam HomeMonitor HD<br />
£135 from www.snipca.com/11646<br />
Tested: Issue 420<br />
It may look like something that James<br />
Bond would have to defuse, but this<br />
low-cost, all-in-one printer is an<br />
excellent choice. Running costs are<br />
reasonable too – buy the XL cartridges<br />
and running costs work out at 7.7p per<br />
colour page or 2.4p for black and white.<br />
Th is makes it very affordable to run.<br />
ALTERNATIVE: Canon Pixma MX495<br />
It’s slow, and black ink is pricey, but<br />
this cheaper MFP has a paper feeder<br />
and fax too. £48 from www.snipca.<br />
com/17174<br />
A blindingly fast, high-capacity SSD<br />
at a lower price than ever before. If<br />
you’ve been put off buying a SSD<br />
because of the cost, then now is<br />
finally the time to take the plunge.<br />
ALTERNATIVE: Samsung 850 Pro<br />
256GB An even faster SSD, but it is<br />
much more expensive per gigabyte.<br />
£110 from www.snipca.com/16498<br />
A home-security camera that’s well<br />
priced and easy to set up. Plus, it has<br />
great picture quality, useful apps and<br />
there’s no need to subscribe to any<br />
extra services. It’s a worthy successor<br />
to the original HomeMonitor, our<br />
previous favourite security camera.<br />
ALTERNATIVE: D-Link Wireless N Day<br />
& Night Camera A good-value security<br />
camera with excellent night vision.<br />
£94 from www.snipca.com/15275<br />
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9 – 22 December 2015
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