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Archos - TV+
media streamer and PVR - 16/05/2008
Archos is best known for its music and media players, which are among the best liked, by those not buying Apple. The TV+ box is something of a departure for the company; a media streamer and ...
Belarc - Belarc Advisor 7.2
find out what really lives inside your PC - 16/05/2008
Traverse the computing message boards and forums of the Internet, and there's always going to be a new post from a user struggling to identify the components that are sat inside their PC. Be it identification ...
Focus Multimedia - Insaniquarium
and keeping fish is supposed to be a relaxing pastime - 15/05/2008
So here's the thing. In casual game masters PopCap's latest title - now out on the shelves of the UK thanks to a deal with Focus Multimedia - there's a fish tank that you need to ...
Sega - Viking: Battle for Asgard
classy third-person action RPG - 15/05/2008
Okay, we're not going to do the usual horny helmet gags. Or mention looting and pillaging, or braided moustaches. The Vikings have been stereotyped for too long. Their needs, hopes and dreams were much the same ...
Epson - Stylus DX9400F
adequate All-in-One printer - 14/05/2008
The ongoing attraction of All-in-One printers shows no sign of diminishing and the latest Epson Stylus is designed to cram as many functions as possible within a compact body. Measuring a tidy 435 x 219 x ...
Greenstreet - Family Tree Heritage
getting back to your roots - 14/05/2008
Judging by the amount of family tree software available, it's clearly one of the more popular pursuits to take up on your PC. That isn't surprising, as the alternative (pre-digital) method of hunting through musty old ...
MWG - Atom Life
Windows Mobile smartphone with extras for music fans - 13/05/2008
Even if you are a big smartphones fan, the chances are you won't have heard of MWG before. The branding is new to the smartphone scene, and devices are only available SIM-free. None of this stops ...
Franklin - TGA-490 12 Language Speaking Global Translator
pocket-sized speaking language translator - 13/05/2008
Everyone of a certain age remembers those old-school monochrome electronic organisers from the likes of Casio, ususally featuring day to day essentials such as a calculator, address book and calendar. They never really took off in ...
Sony Ericsson - W960i
candybar style smartphone with 8GB of storage - 12/05/2008
Sony Ericsson is probably best known for its Walkman and Cybershot branded handsets, but the company also turns its hand to smartphones. There have been several smartphones over the years, all running the UIQ operating system. ...
AVG - Internet Security 8.0
comprehensive Internet protection suite - 12/05/2008
AVG Internet Security 8.0 is the latest version of the complete home security package from the company that made a name for itself by offering powerful, free antivirus software to the masses. It's a pretty comprehensive ...
HP - iPAQ 314 Travel Companion
impressive satellite navigation and more - 09/05/2008
With established brands like TomTom, Mio and Garmin churning out featured-packed navigators with wanton abandon, it's a little surprising to see a company that's relatively inexperienced in this sector trying to get involved. HP certainly isn't ...
Magix - Movie Edit Pro 14
solid video editing but not enough to threaten Adobe just yet - 08/05/2008
Come version fourteen, you have to suspect that there's not too much else you can add to a program to fundamentally alter the way it works, and the way you interface with it. That proves to ...
Gigabyte - GA-EP35-DS3R
power-saving P35 motherboard - 07/05/2008
Right, were you paying attention at the back? Did you spot the 'E' in the product name for Gigabyte's latest P35 motherboard? No? Well, it's easy to miss at first glance, but as far as Gigabyte ...
Epson - EMP-DM1
digital projector with DVD drive - 06/05/2008
There's a convenient alternative to LCD or plasma widescreens, which gives you a much bigger screen for less money. Home cinema digital projectors are far from the dim, fuzzy picture-makers of a few years back and ...
Asus - EAH3870 TOP
factory-overclocked HD3870 - 06/05/2008
Just like the old adage of waiting ages for a bus and then three coming along at once, you wait six months for a true mid-range graphics card and then a whole host of them suddenly ...
Sennheiser - MX 560
outstanding in-ear headphones - 05/05/2008
Sennheiser has built a deserved reputation for designing high-performing ‘phones at reasonable prices, and if you're not willing to spend hundreds of pounds on high-end models from companies like Shure, they should be your first port ...
Firebox - Video Watch
2GB wrist-mounted media player - 05/05/2008
If you're going to carry a media player, how best to keep your pocket from being picked? Strap it to your wrist, of course, which is exactly what you do with the Video Watch. This device ...
Logitech - Squeezebox Duet
wireless media streaming system - 02/05/2008
The acquisition of SlimDevices by Logitech back in 2006 certainly seems to have been a successful one, allowing the consumer to benefit from the former's prowess in the wireless audio streaming market and the latter's ability ...
Palit - GeForce 9600GT Sonic 512MB
shot in the arm for the mid-range market - 02/05/2008
The last round of high-end graphics card launches saw plenty of cards at the top end, but nothing to speak of in the highly lucrative mainstream market. True, both ATI and Nvidia attempted to redress the ...
Babies again
Humans versus machines, but not in the Terminator sense - 08/11/2007
In my previous editorial I compared my daughter's early behaviour to that of a simple computer program. A few people got in touch and called me a nerd. Can't think why. What quickly became apparent, though, ...
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