Technology

Nokia Lumia 530 scrapes barrel, costs €85 Microsoft unveils the Lumia 530, a new super-budget Windows Phone 8.1 handset that will launch in August

Serif Affinity Designer beta free on OS X Serif's free beta gives illustrators and graphic designers a significantly cheaper alternative to Adobe's Creative Cloud

Corel AfterShot Pro 2 High quality RAW processing, but the unambitious updates mean Adobe Lightroom is still the better buy

Vodafone to fill 100 rural 'notspots' Vodafone Open Sure Signal pledges to fill 100 rural 'notspots' and is asking communities to apply for a free 3G signal boost

Canon PowerShot G1 X Mark II The best image quality we've seen from a compact camera, and a well-rounded package too

Orange spews out spam texts, says 'whoops' EE-owned network blames technical glitch after it sent some customers 90 promotional texts in just four days

Nvidia Shield tablet specifications, controller revealed Nvidia's Shield tablet is now official, complete with controller accessory, following weeks of leaks

Xiaomi Mi 4 smartphone officially revealed Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi upgrades its flagship handset with faster internals and a password-beating wearable

Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition review With excellent platforming and hours more content than the original game, this is the best version of Guacamelee yet

Dell Precision M3800 Good for processor and graphics-intensive tasks, but its touchpad and issues with display scaling spoils it

AOC U2868PQU The best budget Ultra HD monitor we've seen, with excellent image quality and many inputs

Xara Web Designer 10 Premium A slick and easy to use WYSIWYG web editor, Xara Web Designer 10 Premium is capable of producing sophisticated sites for multiple platforms

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX400V review Lots of impressive features but image quality from the Sony HX400V is unexceptional