
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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Windows would be better running Chrome OS
Opinion Google should be taking Chrome OS to Windows users, not vice versa
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Rocketbook Wave review: A bit of a write-off
Reviews A clever – but ultimately flawed – attempt to bring pen and paper into the digital age
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What does your boss know about you?
In-depth Think your private messages on work systems are safe? Think again. Here's what your boss can see on Slack, G Suite and Office 365
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How the cloud cooled my phone's meltdown
In-depth Barry Collins narrowly avoids data disaster when his handset gets overheated
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Google: um, hang up on the idea of being "human", okay?
Opinion Attempting to con people into thinking they're talking to a human is Google's dumbest idea yet
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Please don't destroy the dedicated desktop OS
Opinion Convergence means compromise, but don't take away my full-fat desktop OS
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It's time for all of us to become health data donors
Opinion Farming the data we generate on devices could lead to the next medical breakthrough
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You will only see what Google wants you to see
Opinion Chrome’s ad-blocking is an act of enormous self-interest on Google’s behalf
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When in Rome, don't rely on the expensive roaming
Opinion Rip-off roaming is alive and well, but free Wi-Fi satisfied my hunger for data
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Hey, you, get me off of your cloud (it’s way too expensive)
Opinion Adobe’s playing a dangerous game if it thinks it can force Creative Cloud users to do what it wants
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Alexa, what’s happened to Siri?
Opinion Barry Collins thinks Apple’s vanishing voice assistant is symptomatic of bigger problems
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Is a nasty surprise in Store for Microsoft?
Opinion A wounded Microsoft might just make developers pay for its Windows Phone failure
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Apple's battery of excuses for poor performance
Opinion Apple slows its own devices as much as the dwindling battery does, says Barry Collins
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Blockchain: an internet we can trust?
In-depth From securing virtual currencies to cars that pay for themselves, blockchain is going to disrupt everything
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Don’t rip up the rulebook, rip up Ofcom
Opinion Barry Collins despairs at Ofcom’s failure to make dishonest ISPs obey the rules
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Wunderlist: Much to-do about nothing
Opinion Barry Collins is sick of his favourite apps being eaten up and spat out by tech giants
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Stop your children phubbing you
Opinion Barry Collins tackles a very modern problem - getting kids to put their phones down
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A penny for your tweets
Opinion Barry Collins comes up with a likeable way Twitter can solve its cash crisis
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The anti-social network
Opinion Barry Collins wants an ASBO placed on Facebook’s latest mobile ‘feature’
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Who cares if voice assistants listen to us?
Opinion Barry Collins likes that Alexa listens to everything he says – nobody else does
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Porn site checks will leave us all exposed
Opinion The government’s plans to protect children will put adults at risk, warns Barry Collins
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Inside BT's Labs: The future of broadband
In-depth BT says it’s going to have “ultrafast” broadband in 12 million homes by 2020 — is that a pipe dream?
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Are you really living in a broadband ghetto?
Opinion Barry Collins reveals the flaws in Britain’s broadband speed league tables
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Apple’s upgrades downgrade our devices
Opinion Our phones and tablets should come with an expiry date, argues Barry Collins
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