Raspberry Pi 2 goes on sale for less than £25 – with support for free Windows 10
New Raspberry Pi has a faster processor, more RAM and six times the performance of the original, and comes with support for a free version of Microsoft’s new Windows 10A new more powerful Raspberry Pi...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi 2 is camera shy: flash causes mini-computer to switch off
New faster Raspberry Pi 2 sensitive to Xenon camera flashes due to a weakness in one of the power-supply chips on the exposed boardThe new, more powerful Raspberry Pi 2 credit card-sized computer has a...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi becomes best selling British computer
Sales of cheap, credit card-sized units top 5m says company, eclipsing the Sinclair ZX Spectrum in the 1980sOver 5m Raspberry Pis have been sold since its inception in 2012, making it the best selling...
View ArticleThe latest ‘kidtech’ kits: tried and tested
Our young reviewers try the the Raspberry Pi 2, the Kano, the MakeyMakey and moreChildren should have the opportunity to be creators, not just consumers of technology. I learned how to code when I was...
View ArticleDavid Cameron, the 'snooper's charter' will not make us safer
The UK government appears to have swallowed a fly – and it’s not the bad guys who’ll die, but our libertyShe swallowed the dog to catch the cat/She swallowed the cat to catch the bird/She swallowed the...
View ArticleHow to turn your old house into a smart home
Connected appliances, heating and more are making homes smarter. But what can you do if you live in a centuries-old dwelling?Smart home technologies mean your heating comes on at the right time, you...
View ArticlePremier Farnell falls on profit margin concerns
Component distributor down 4% while Playtech hit by £250m placing planPremier Farnell has seen its shares drop sharply on worries about falling profit margins.The electronic components specialist is...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi manufacturer ousts chief executive after run of bad results
Laurence Bain led Premier Farnell, which makes the educational mini-computer, for three years but saw stock plunge to a six-year low in JulyPremier Farnell, which makes the Raspberry Pi mini-computer,...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi's latest computer so cheap it comes free with magazine
Made in Wales and selling for just £4, the Pi Zero comes with any purchase of the £5.99 MagPi magazineThe latest version of British computer Raspberry Pi has become the first computer to be given away...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi: share your projects and home hacks
The British-made computer is as comfortable in the classroom as on the kitchen table – we want to hear about your successful (and not so!) projectsThe Raspberry Pi has become one of the easiest and...
View ArticleBest reader Raspberry Pi projects – and some of the most pointless
From musical tweetbots to rejuvenated and repurposed arcade games and cameras, here are some of the best hacks and projects you told us aboutSee more and share your Raspberry Pi projects and ideasAfter...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi 3: the credit card-sized 1.2GHz PC that costs $35
Raspberry Pi foundation launches new model as it announces 8m devices have been sold in four years, making it the UK’s all-time bestselling computerThe Raspberry Pi foundation has launched the latest...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi maker to sell company for £615m to Swiss Dätwyler
Shares in Premier Farnell, maker of £20 educational computer for children, rise by 50% as sale is announcedPremier Farnell, the maker of the low-cost Raspberry Pi mini computer, has agreed to sell...
View ArticleThe Guardian view on the Raspberry Pi: small is beautiful | Editorial
The digital world gives us convenience at the price of control. The Pi reverses that balanceThe Raspberry Pi was expected to sell around 10,000 units when it was launched in 2012. It has now sold 10m,...
View ArticleRobots beware, kids are in training for the jobs of tomorrow
After-school tech clubs and Raspberry Pi are reigniting hobbyist computing and creating a talent pipeline“We need to train kids for jobs that don’t exist yet,” says Simon Riley, founder of the...
View ArticleShare your best Raspberry Pi or Arduino projects
We were thrilled with your creative contributions last time we asked– a year on, we want to see what you’ve been making in 2016Click here to see your contributions so far via GuardianWitnessMore than...
View ArticleMirrors, lights, sawdust, lasers
This developer had never built anything from wood before, but his bedroom was a bit dark - so he built a full-length sparkly portrait mirror with LED lighting and a laser range finder.It’s terrifying...
View ArticleQuadcopters to Alzheimer's solutions: readers' best Raspberry Pi projects
Imaginative readers shared their home tech projects – here are some of our favourites, from their visionary solutions to the delightfully pointlessSolutions for a relative’s Alzheimer’s disease, a time...
View ArticleShould I buy my eight-year-old son the laptop he is badgering us for?
Gareth’s son wants a laptop, but he might end up spending too much time playing games. If he got a Raspberry Pi would he learn more about computing?I just read your helpful article about laptops for...
View ArticleWhy we need to blow a Raspberry at big tech… | John Naughton
The Raspberry Pi has notched up 30m sales – fulfilling the promise of user-controlled programming and inspiring childrenI’m writing this on my nice new Raspberry Pi. If you’re not a geek, this may...
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