If you fancy listening to music on your smart phone there's far better ways than using the built in speakers.

They're called Bluetooth speakers and they come in all shapes and sizes. I've seen them shaped like traditional speakers and in all manner of other shapes including Doctor Who's TARDIS.

Personal computers are about to begin performing better thanks to a new generation of microchips from Intel called Broadwell.

Fifty per cent better, if you can believe the claims of the US based manufacturer of the heart of the personal computer, the central processing unit.

Smart phones equipped with digital music players have made it easy to carry hundreds, if not thousands, of your favourite songs around in your pocket.

If you’re a recent convert to smart phones and your shelves are bulging with loads of old records and tapes it’s easier than you might think to convert them and save yourself a packet on downloading them from whatever service you might use. After all you bought it on cassette or record, so why should you have to buy it again digitally?

The Windows Phone 8.1 update has arrived for the dozens of phones running Microsoft's smartphone platform.

Live Tiles, which deliver live information from all over the internet, are at the heart of the Windows Phone platform. As well as having the ability to change the accent colour of your Live Tiles in Windows 8.1, the biggest change in Windows Phone 8.1 is the ability to change the background of the Live Tiles and replace it with your favourite photograph.

If you've got more than one Windows 8.1 computer, or even plan to log in on someone else's machine, you can ensure you get Windows to look exactly the same on both machines.

This can be extremely useful if you have the sort of mind that craves uniformity and works better when things are the same as last time.

New computers perform well. Older ones slow down. Here's a handful of tips that will help you get performance back.