Monthly Archives: November 2000
Pentax – EI-200 digital still camera
Of the big-name conventional camera makers, including Nikon, Canon, Olympus and Minolta, Pentax is one of the last to enter the ‘new’ digital market. The Pentax EI-200 is a midrange model with some interesting innovations. Top of the list is image-sensing technology developed by Hewlett Packard. The 2.1-megapixel CCD at the heart of this camera…
AMD – 1.1GHz Athlon processor
Reviews of processors are usually out of date as soon as they are written. For example, AMD has recently announced its new 1.2GHz chip with DDR support in the chipset (see our News section for more information). But actually getting them to journalists takes time. Here’s one we prepared earlier. We recently got hold of…
Britannica – Encyclopaedia Britannica 2001 Deluxe CD/DVD
We reviewed an earlier version of this reference tool in January 2000 (you can read the review here), and found it to be stunning, packed full of fascinating articles which were linked together in ways that drew you in and saw hours or even days of your life being frittered away in new discoveries. Like…
Activision – Dark Reign 2
“Many a mickle makes a muckle”, our Sixth Form Physics teacher used to tell us. “Sod off you barm-cake” we used to shout back, only half joking, tired to the bone of his inane and obscurely clichéd jabberings. Mad as he was, he also prophesised a “Dark Reign” in the year 2000. And with a…
L&H – Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred version 5
Dragon has developed a reputation for delivering very high accuracy rates for its speech recognition software. However, compared to some of its rivals it has lacked some frills and functionality in its command interface. Version 5 reviewed here has addressed some of these concerns. A great deal has happened at Dragon Systems since the release…