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Davey Winder
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I have been Contributing Editor at one of the biggest selling UK computer magazines, PC Pro, since the first issue back in 1994. I am also a contributor to Forbes, SC Magazine UK, Infosecurity Magazine, The Times and Sunday Times (via Raconteur Special Reports), Outpost24, Privacy Central and Digital Health Intelligence. As well as covering the cybersecurity news/analysis/features/opinion/blogging beat, I've been fortunate enough to have more than 20 books published over the years. The most recent, Being Virtual: who you really are online, was published as a joint venture by The Science Museum and Wiley in 2008. This was part autobiography and part study of the psychology of online identity, and is well worth hunting down in a bargain bin if you can find a copy. I have the distinction of being the only three times winner (2006, 2008, 2010) of the Information Security Journalist of the Year title, and back in 1996 I also won the Technology Journalist of the Year award for a PC Pro feature 'Threats to the Internet.' In 2011, I was presented with the 'Enigma Award' for a 'lifetime contribution to information security journalism' but can report that I'm still alive, working and actively looking for work! If you need a cybersecurity writer (I also wear other hats such as gadget reviews - I'm a top 100 reviewer at Amazon for example) then please email me and let's see if we can work together.
Latest articles from Davey
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The Microsoft Entertainment Desktop 8000 costs twice as much as the previous 7000 version, but what does the extra 1000 give you? We get typing to fin...
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It is rather hard these days to come up with anything approaching a unique selling point as far as hands-free Bluetooth headsets are concerned. Indeed...
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If you have read our review of the Unison i-X5 iPod speakers then you will already know that we have been blown away by the sound quality that Cygnett
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I cannot recall ever seeing a larger USB memory drive than the Corsair Padlock, and I’m not referring to the meagre 2GB capacity either. Nope, this is
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For most people, most of the time, using anything other than a combination of a keyboard and mouse is mostly useless. Alternative input devices come a...
The DSM-520 is entering a pretty crowded sector of the entertainment technology marketplace, namely that of putting high definition video content on t...
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I have been a fan of the JBL OnStage iPod speaker dock for some time now, having stumbled across one when it first launched and I didn’t want to spend
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Do not make the mistake of thinking about the SPH200D in terms of being a normal cordless telephone with the addition of Skype functionality as a bonu...
The Noxon iRadio is the latest in this streaming internet radio device family, and the styling will quite simply polarise opinion. We were split down ...
Serious road warriors will know all too well about the serious problem created by serious heat in a very serious area of the trouser department by the...
OK, confession time: I am not the greatest fan of PC gaming on the planet. The fact that I have just splashed the cash for a PlayStation 3 tends to su...
Hands up everyone who has an iPod or another MP3 player, a mobile phone, digital camera and maybe a portable games console such as the PSP or Nintendo
Because I am a journalist I get to do journalist things like travel to interesting places, I am writing this review in a hotel room in Rome for exampl...
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There are two big truths that need to be stated right at the start of this review so we all know where we stand: Truth 1. Listening to music through t...
Ever since UK airports have limited the number of bags you can take aboard a flight as cabin luggage to one, carrying a laptop has become problematica...
The RangeBooster N series is not new, but the processor inside the DIR-655 is and it’s the fastest yet which means you get the quickest and most relia...
Sometimes the idea of something is better than the reality: having that last pint that pushes you over the edge, Windows TabletPC Edition and now to a...
Mac laptop users have long since come to expect a remote control to come as part of the design led computing experience, and some PC Media Center lapt...
The rugged exterior of the ABSplus, as the name implies, will withstand life in your shoulder bag, or carry on luggage for long haul flights, or prett...
The concept of a dedicated add-on card just for gamers really isn’t anything new. Heck, who didn’t go out and buy a dedicated graphics accelerator
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