Monthly Archives: August 2003
Right Vision – Eye-box Max
It’s hard to take a server seriously when it’s shaped like a small metal puppy. However, lurking beneath the canine cover of the quirky Eye-box Max from Right Vision is a reasonably well specified server appliance designed to meet the networking needs of a small business. Strip away the outer casing and inside the Eye-box…
Dantz – Retrospect 6.5
Retrospect from Dantz stands out from other network backup applications in that it’s remarkably easy to use. That’s partly down to a well thought-out management interface, further simplified in the latest 6.5 release, but also because it does away with the need for complex media rotation schemes. As such it’s a good solution for the…
Epson – Stylus Photo 1290S
The chief appeal of the Epson Stylus Photo 1290S is the size of paper it can handle. While many photo printers in a similar price bracket can deal with a maximum size of A4, the 1290S is fine with sizes up to A3. That in turn, though, means that it’s also far bulkier than your…
Focus Multimedia – Encyclopaedia Britannica Millennium Second Edition
This edition of the Britannica encyclopaedia is stamped with a 2002 date, although it has just been re-released this year at the budget price of £9.99. So what do you get, exactly, for your tenner? A full suite comprising the Britannica A-Z, a world atlas, dictionary and various other facets such as a fully featured…
Software602 – 602Pro LAN Suite 2003
For those expecting 602Pro LAN Suite to be all about network management, disappointment looms. However it won’t last long as what you get instead is a whole bundle of communications tools, starting with an SMTP/POP3 e-mail server with anti-virus and anti-spam capabilities, plus Web and WAP mobile clients. Moreover, you also get a proxy Web…
Pentium 4 motherboards group test
The most popular chipset in this group is the top-line Intel 875P that supports dual channel DDR memory and also the latest 800MHz FSB (Front Side Bus) of the Northwood C Intel Pentium 4 processor. Naturally 875P also supports Hyper-threading, but as it is targeted at the workstation market 875P also supports ECC (Error Correction…
Microsoft – Midtown Madness 3
We suspect that many people stuck in heavy rush hour traffic jams have had the fantasy of stepping on the accelerator, veering onto the pavement and pelting past the queued masses, sending sandwich boards and lampposts flying, not to mention pedestrians scurrying for cover into the nearest shop doorway. If only. But if it’s city-based…
BenQ – Joybook 8000
Benq may be a new name for most of us, but the company has been around for quite a while. However, it’s only recently that Benq has stepped out of the shadow of parent company Acer. This strangely-named company has just launched a brand new range of notebooks, with the Joybook 8000 currently the flagship…
AA – Milemaster Plus 2003
It’s easy to review route planning software without ever leaving the comfort of your posterior. However, anyone who has battled with some of the, ahem, ‘less accurate’ online route planning resources will appreciate that this doesn’t actually help when you come to use the things. So, approaching the 2003 edition of AA’s Milemaster Plus, we…
Lindy – 6-in-1 USB Card Reader
At the lower cost end of the hardware market, the products on sale are increasingly tools to do a specific job, and little more than that. And fitting firmly into this bracket is Lindy’s 6-in-1 card reader, a handy device that’s the latest to bridge the differences between the numerous kinds of flash memory devices…