Monthly Archives: August 2002
Creative – Modem Blaster V.92 Serial
With all the talk in the media about broadband Internet connections, it’s easy to forget that the vast majority of UK home and small business users still have dial-up access to the Internet. The reasons for this vary – apathy, cost-consciousness and a realisation that you don’t need a ‘huge pipe’ to check e-mails and…
Xara – Webstyle 3
To some people this will be a statement of the obvious, but… graphic design of Web pages is not as easy as it looks. Getting the right balance between download speed, aesthetically pleasing design and functionality is very tricky. Some sites get it wrong by over-doing the graphics, others take the easy route and keep…
Ulead – VideoStudio 6
Video editing used to be the preserve of TV professionals in £100,000 editing suites. Then Adobe and Matrox introduced the hardware and software to make semi-professional PC DV editing systems available at around £4,000. Since then, advances in standard graphics adapters and inexpensive video software have brought the basic tools down to under £100 on…
IBM – Thinkpad A30P
Designed as powerful desktop replacement notebooks, the Thinkpad A series laptops from IBM combine performance with notebook versatility. The latest improvements to the range see the introduction of the new Mobile Intel Pentium 4 Processor-M. Housed in the familiar black, composite, titanium chassis, the Thinkpad A30P is powered by a 1.6GHz P4-M backed by 256MB…
HP – 2280 Business Inkjet
You may be used to flimsy, lightweight and rather cheap inkjet printers, but some are a little more robust – namely those designed for office use. The Hewlett Packard 2280 is one such machine. It’s bigger, more solidly constructed and with far fewer style compromises than the sort of printer that ends up on a…