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UK domain registrar facing member mutiny • Boardroom bonuses, silenced critics and charity cut-off lead to calls for Nominet to be revamped

Parallels puts Windows on Chromebooks

Public purse used to keep Google honest • Watchdogs are paying Google huge sums to keep scams from the top of search listings, Stewart Mitchell finds

The A-List • The best productson the market, as picked by our editors

If a book isn’t made of paper, is it really a book? • After finishing a 1,093-page tome online and converting his own ebook into print, Dick ponders on the true nature of a modern book

We need to get much better at Zoom calls • If you’re going to make me do a video call, you’re going to have to learn some etiquette first

A broadband reckoning is on the horizon • The side effects of the homeworking revolution are starting to become apparent, and if employers want control they need to pick up the tab

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Readers’comments • Your views and feedback from email and the web

Readers’ poll • As smartphones seem to get more expensive by the month, we asked PC Pro readers the following: being honest with yourself, how much do you think you will spend on your next phone?

WINDOWS 10 TAILOR IT FOR YOU • You cant weak Windows 10’s settings to make it work and look better for gaming, home working and family PCs. Barry Collins reveals its secrets

GAMING • For a gaming PC, you want maximum performance, no mid-game distractions and something that looks a bit special. Here’s how we would tune Windows 10 to optimise for action

HOW TO GET THE LOOK

HOMEOFFICE • If you’re working from home, the battle is to stay focused on the job at hand whilst keeping a nice, clean working environment. Here’s how to set up Windows for work and a minimal new look for your home office PC

FAMILY & SAFETY • When you’re setting up a family PC with multiple adult/child users, it’s imperative that you have everyone using their own accounts – and put restrictions on what the kids can access. At least until they’re old enough to put restrictions on you…

Deep-freeze data that will last 1,000 years • Beneath the Arctic permafrost lies a unique effort to preserve open-source software for a thousand years, writes Dave Stevenson

TURN YOUR PC INTO A 1980s COMPUTER • Hankering for days gone by? Nik Rawlinson revisits one of the earliest editions of Windows, and finds out how to play retro games on your Raspberry Pior PC

Microsoft Surface Duo • A stunning achievement that should make us rethink the role of the phone, but it’s far from perfect

Asus Mini PC PN50 • Based on AMD’s new mobile processors, this compact bare bones system is staggeringly versatile

DellXPS17(2020) • Magnificent performance and a wonderful display make this the perfect laptop for photo editors

DynabookPortégé X50-G-10V • Another solid addition to Dynabook’s growing fleet of slim business laptops, but don’t expect fire works

Huawei MateBook 14(2020) • A slick and attractive 14in laptop with bags of power thanks to an AMD Ryzen 4000H Series processor

AvitaAdmiror • Agreat-looking laptop that is held back by a throttled processor, slow SSD and mediocre battery life

Apple iPad 10.2in (2020) • Not a huge upgrade over last year’s iPad, other than the processorin side, but at this price it remains the de facto tablet

Apple iPhone 12 • It’s difficult to find fault with the iPhone12, but Android phones still have...