Ian Evenden

Bath, England

Freelance Technology Journalist at Freelance

Often mistaken for an adult. Freelance games, tech & science journalist writing articles in all sorts of places and editing them in others. evenden(at)gmail

Articles

Best triathlon bikes: Top picks for speed and performance

2 days ago | standard.co.uk | Ian Evenden

Shopping | ES Best Home | Health & Fitness | Cycling | BikesGet a boost to your tri times with these specialised bikes for speed and efficiency, helping you finish your race faster. The Standard's journalism is supported by our readers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.
This little tablet is so much more than just an e-reader (but it's not for everyone)

3 days ago | creativebloq.com | Ian Evenden

E-Ink devices have come a long way since the first Amazon Kindle. This tablet from Pocketbook runs Android and comes with a stylus, sports a colour screen and has a battery life that’s measured in weeks rather than hours. It looks like an e-reader, but in fact it’s closer to a tablet in its functionality. It is, however, far from perfect. The slow screen updates make typing passwords a chore, and you have to keep within the device’s limitations.
Best antivirus software that will keep your tech safe

3 days ago | msn.com | Ian Evenden

Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.
Best antivirus software 2025, tried and tested

3 days ago | independent.co.uk | Ian Evenden

1BitDefender total securityBest: Overall VPN included: YesWhy we love it Lots of features Reasonably fast Protects many different devicesTake note VPN very limitedAvailable on mobile devices as well as PCs and Macs, BitDefender packs a lot into its apps.
Rough, tough and really expensive – I tested the fastest possible SSD

4 days ago | creativebloq.com | Ian Evenden

TODAY'S BEST DEALSIf you’re looking for something that can transfer data as quickly as possible to and from that fancy new MacBook of yours, then LaCie has you covered. You’ll need Thunderbolt 5 to get the best out of it, but if you can satisfy its craving for data there's little else that can touch it. Add to this the armoured casing that provides IP68 protection from dust and water, and you have the ideal accessory for anyone making movies in the desert.
The 'low-end' 2025 iPad is still a high value tablet

6 days ago | creativebloq.com | Ian Evenden

Without a desktop-class M-chip inside it, merely a version of the iPhone 15’s A16, the bottom-rank iPad may look like it has much less to recommend it to creatives than the Air and Pro models.
HP Omen Max 16 gaming laptop review

1 week ago | pcgamer.com | Ian Evenden

Today's best HP Omen Max 16 dealsThe 16-inch gaming laptop is a wonderful invention. The slightly larger screen over a 15.6-inch model, made even wider thanks to modern slim bezels, looks great, and allows for a chassis that's just that tiny bit roomier, so we get full-size keys, numpads, even speakers. They're not as ridiculous as 18-inch laptops—those silly machines—and you can actually use them as portables instead of being tied to keeping them on a table somewhere.
I tried a 2-in-1 laptop that beats BOTH Surface Pro and MacBook Air in creative tests... but it's pretty pricey

1 week ago | creativebloq.com | Ian Evenden

TODAY'S BEST DEALSThe best way to describe the ASUS ROG Flow Z13 is ‘a bit like a Surface’. But while Microsoft’s line of tabletty laptops is highly business-oriented, this has gaming written all over it. ‘For those who dare’ is ASUS’ latest motto, and we dared to run Photoshop and DaVinci Resolve on the Z13, to mixed results.
The Thunderbolt 5 Anker Prime TB5 docking station offers blazing speeds and multiple connections

1 week ago | creativebloq.com | Ian Evenden

Thunderbolt 5 is a step forward in connectivity, but it comes with the issue that, if you’re using anything other than a Mac Studio, you don’t get many ports. Using the convenient, reversible, compact USB-C connector to charge, hook up external monitors and perhaps connect to a dongle that provides USB-A, card reading and Ethernet as well as reserving one port for a fast external SSD can become a bit of an organisational nightmare if you’re using the kind of computer that only has two ports.
Apple Mac Studio M4 Max review

1 week ago | pcgamer.com | Ian Evenden

Today's best Apple Mac Studio M4 Max (2025) dealsThe feeling when you take a piece of new hardware out of the box is unsurpassed in the field of human experience. Whether it's a motherboard or a USB SSD or a goddamn printer, unboxing is great fun. People even make videos about it. And however you feel about Apple, you have to admit that the Cupertino phone company does good packaging.