Monthly Archives: March 2002
Electronic Arts – Medal of Honor: Allied Assault
Who’d have thought it? A war-based first-person shooter inspired by the Antiques Roadshow. No, it might not involve bursting into Whitby Town Hall and mowing down Hugh Scully with a Browning Automatic Rifle – though there’s an acorn of an idea right there… But Medal of Honor, you see, is all about collecting medals. You…
Astrosell – Astrosell Professional
The e-commerce software scene has stagnated a bit of late and there seem to have been few noteworthy releases in the off-line catalogue builder genre. But while the main players have been busy consolidating position, it appears that someone else has been busy in the programming cupboard. Astrosell has just appeared from nowhere with a…
Intellect – Quattro 22 TFT
After some time spent on the back foot, Intel is once again fighting competitively for the ‘fastest desktop processor’ crown. Its 2.2GHz Pentium 4 is put to good use in this business machine, surrounded by good quality components. For a start, there’s both a DVD-ROM drive and a CD-RW drive, the former from LG and…
Personal laser printers group test
Kyocera’s offering in the personal laser category hasn’t quite caught up with the trends in this market area. It has no USB port, for example, only a parallel one. It has a big footprint and styling which is, at the most polite, boxy. The price is high for a personal printer, too, the most expensive…
Ipswitch – WS_FTP Pro
WS_FTP is the daddy of FTP software. It’s been around for donkeys’ years, back when the Internet was just fields. We used the old 16-bit version on a 486 notebook to transfer files to our first bit of Web space. Ah, memories… So much for nostalgia. What you need to know is that this piece…
Teac – CD-W28PU
Teac’s new portable USB 2.0 CD-RW drive is one of the slimmest and lightest drives that we’ve seen; its dimensions aren’t much greater than those of a standard CD jewel case. The USB 2.0 specification means it’s relatively fast, too, rated at 8-speed write, 8-speed re-write and 24-speed read. When used with USB 1.1 connections…
Saitek – X45 Joystick and Throttle
You can buy a joystick for under £10, but what you get is likely to be all plastic with very little feel and a potential lifespan measured in minutes. If you take your games seriously and want to experience the feel as well as the sights and sound of the environment, you should think about…
Asus – V8460 GeForce4 Ti 4600
The never-ending battle for the ultimate in graphic chipsets for the hardcore gamer has heated up once again. ATI snatched top spot from Nvidia with its powerful Radeon 8500; now Nvidia is set to reclaim the top spot with the new GeForce4 family. Nvidia has always been keen to develop its GPUs to the point…
Epson – EPL-5900
Epson might be well known for its inkjet products, but it hasn’t had anywhere near as much success in the laser printer market. This new EPL-5900 is part of a range of printers designed to change that. Given its compact size and the fact that this particular model doesn’t have any network connectivity as standard,…
Opera Software – Opera 6.01
We’ve reviewed earlier versions of Opera in the past (such as this one). Suffice to say it’s a small (3MB download) and fast Web browser that’s not free – it’s either advertisement-supported or paid-for and has become a popular download over the last few years. It offers several advantages over the big two browsers (if…