
Barry Collins
Barry Collins is an experienced IT journalist who specialises in Windows, Mac, broadband and more. He's a former editor of PC Pro magazine, and has contributed to many national newspapers, magazines and websites in a career that has spanned over 20 years.
Today, he's a contributor to Forbes.com, a columnist for PC Pro and ComputerActive, and is the co-editor of BigTechQuestion.com, a site dedicated to helping solve people's tech problems. You may have seen Barry as a tech pundit on television and radio, including BBC Newsnight, the Chris Evans Show and ITN News at Ten.
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Don’t look to the stars for app reviews
Opinion The fixing of review scores in app stores is a major problem
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High-end handsets can take a hike
Opinion Why I'm no longer be paying through the nose for the latest handset
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How to run Windows 10 on a Mac: Bootcamp vs Parallels
In-depth Here are three of the best ways to run Windows 10 on a Mac
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20 new features in Windows 10
In-depth This spring’s big update and a host of add-ons have brought a wealth of new features to Windows 10
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Let’s stick to the software diet
Opinion Bloatware is a problem software developers need to deal with
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The House of Lords will never bring tech giants to book
Opinion The multiple ways politicians have tried to regulate social media are uniformly daft
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Windows 10 needs to go back to basics
Opinion Remote tech support brings home how appalling Windows is when it comes to the fundamentals
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Why I’m leading a browser double life
Opinion There are benefits to using more than one browser
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Can I become a coder?
In-depth Our fortysomething writer rekindles his childhood passion for coding – but can he teach himself Python from scratch?
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Games battles are a taste of things to come
Opinion When we’re streaming our desktops, how will we pay for software? The games industry is going through these growing pains now
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Microsoft 365 is more than a name change
Opinion The Office 365 rebranding could be a sign of things to come
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Is your broadband coronavirus-ready?
Opinion It’s not a stockpile of toilet rolls that you should be investing in to survive lockdown in comfort
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Chromebooks are the Benjamin Button of tech
Opinion While most tech ages like a bowl of fruit, Google's laptops seem more like a fine wine
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Who’s watching you watch them?
Opinion Smart TV services are tracking you more closely than you think
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Dear Jon, I’ve gone and bought a Mac…
In-depth When making the leap from Windows to Mac, it can be hard to make a smooth transition
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Smart motorways aren’t smart enough
Opinion Free sat-nav apps could limit the dangers of so-called smart motorways, says Barry Collins
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Recycling our digital waste is too hard
Opinion We need tools to clear the mountains of data that are building up around us
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Why should Mac users pay for Windows?
Opinion Microsoft's Windows 10 pricing is baffling
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Sonos speakers are environmentally unsound
In-depth Forcing customers to brick trade-in speakers could destroy Sonos
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A breakdown in communications
Opinion Why is it still a struggle for the emergency services to find those they need to help?
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Smashing green tech myths
In-depth Environmentally friendly or snake oil? Here are five of the biggest green technology truisms
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Let’s stamp out snail mail in 2020
Opinion Why do so many businesses prefer the postbox to the inbox?
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How to make AI work for you
In-depth We look at how artificial intelligence in apps and software can make your life easier
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Why should we have to pay a ransom for old email accounts?
Opinion With other free and low-cost hosting options available, holding onto old broadband addresses makes little sense
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