Monthly Archives: July 2002
Matrox – Parhelia 512
For a long time it seemed that Matrox was content to leave the high-performance 3D graphics card market to others, instead concentrating on mainstream ‘DualHead’ business chipsets. But now that’s changed, with a totally new chipset and a radical new card, the Matrox Parhelia 512, on sale with 128MB of memory. The Parhelia 512 is…
ScanSoft – Dragon NaturallySpeaking 6
Speech recognition is an application which has been ‘nearly there’ for a long time. Early examples worked to an extent, but needed a lot of training and had to be pulled up immediately they made mistakes, in case they learned bad habits. That’s no longer true. Dragon NaturallySpeaking 6, under its new owner Scansoft, needs…
Focus Multimedia – Ordnance Survey Interactive Atlas of Great Britain
Ordnance Survey maps are the staple of ramblers, walkers, climbers, cyclists and other outdoorsy types all over the UK. They’re highly detailed maps showing contours, roads, railways, rivers, lakes, sites of interest and all sorts of other useful information. So having them all on a CD sounds like an excellent idea. And in principle, that’s…
Sony – Vaio PCG-SRX41P
The Vaio PCG-SRX41P is not quite the smallest notebook PC from the Sony stable. That accolade belongs to the tiny, wide-screen C-series, but the SRX41P is considerably smaller and lighter than most rival manufacturers’ notebook offerings. It tips the scales at just 1.26kg and its dimensions are 25.6 x 19.4 x 2.8cm. A development of…
Epson – Stylus Photo 950
Predominantly black, with a translucent plastic cover, the Stylus Photo 950 is a dedicated photo printer that certainly looks as though it would be at home in a photography studio. In addition to the printer mechanism itself, there’s a paper cutter in the box that can be used to automatically trim photographs that have been…
Serif – Internet Design Suite
Serif’s Internet Design Suite incorporates three of the company’s design-oriented products; WebPlus 7 home page creator, PhotoPlus 6 image editing package and 3DPlus 2, which generates 3D effects for logos and text headings. Together they represent a fairly comprehensive Web development package that will allow the creation of home pages and small business Web sites,…
Toshiba – Satellite Pro 6100
Toshiba’s latest model in the business-oriented Satellite Pro range is the 6100, a two-spindle desktop-replacement notebook that comes packed with features at a reasonable price. Powered by a 1.7GHz Intel Pentium 4-M SpeedStep processor, along with 256MB of 266MHz DDR memory, the Satellite Pro 6100 has plenty of power to get the job done. If…
Fujitsu Siemens – Lifebook E-7010
Fujitsu-Siemens has recently revamped its Lifebook range, making these notebooks smaller and lighter than earlier models. Top of the new range is the E-7010 powered by Intel’s new Mobile Pentium 4 Processor-M. Stylish, in a silver and slate grey chassis, the E-7010 we looked at used a 1.7GHz CPU which drops to 1.2GHz when running…
Internet Security Systems – BlackICE PC Protection
Formerly known as BlackICE Defender, this package is designed to give your PC total protection against Internet-borne attacks. Unlike conventional Firewall products, however, it also has the ability to keep an eye on the applications that are installed on your hard drive, raising the alarm if any of these try to do something they’re not…