Monthly Archives: November 2003
Epson – Stylus C84
One of the major new features of Epson’s Stylus C84 is its support of DURAbrite inks and papers. This new Epson technology claims the double benefits of water-resistance straight out of the printer and fade-resistance of up to 80 years. This is achieved using new pigmented colour inks and we can confirm that its water-resistance…
UbiSoft – XIII
It’s a real disappointment, XIII. This reviewer’s hand was hovering, twitching over the trusty book of journalistic clichés, with full intent of jumping towards the old reliable ‘style over substance’. And yet it soon became clear that such a move would be folly. For XIII is that rarest of beasts; it’s got both style and…
Microsoft – Office 2003 Professional Edition
There’s little realistic hope that in a review of this size we can possibly get across the intricacies and details of Microsoft’s latest edition of its hugely successful Office suite. And, being perfectly truthful, there’s a good chance that the improvements this time around won’t mean the world to the majority of users anyway, with…
Activision – Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Everyone wants to be a Jedi. Come on, admit it – even if you’re not enticed by the swish of the lightsabre, the telekinetic powers and mind persuasion tricks are surely irresistible goodies. In this Star Wars RPG from Bioware, the makers of the classic Baldur’s Gate series, the main character can travel either the…
HP Compaq – NX9005
There’s a place for radical innovation, for daring leaps of imagination and design, and the corporate notebook is not it. The point of the big business workhorse portable is that it must be a safe bet. Heck, you might be responsible for buying thousands of the things; what you cannot risk is something untried and…
Lindy – USB 2.0 6-in-1 card reader
We recently reviewed another of Lindy’s card readers, and at first glance there’s not a huge amount of difference between that one and this. For example, this card reader, like its predecessor, can read and write Sony Memory Stick, Compact Flash, Smart Media, Secure Digital, MultiMedia Card and IBM Microdrive memory cards, via its four…
Asus – SK8N
When Asus announced its SK8N motherboard for the AMD Opteron processor, there was a certain amount of confusion. After all, Opteron is a server chip that can run in two-way, four-way or eight-way configurations, yet this is a single Socket-940 processor motherboard, so it would appear to be tailor-made for the 1xx series of Opteron…
Nintendo – Gameboy Advance SP
The Gameboy Advance SP initially came out back in the Spring of this year; it has been a massive success thus far (shipping over a million units across Europe) and two new coloured versions have just been launched. We decided to get one of these chaps in and give it a thorough road test to…
Logitech – Laptop Value Pack
Laptops and notebooks have traditionally come a poor second to their desktop counterparts when it comes to peripherals like cameras and mice. Part of this is due to the practical problem of attaching the peripherals and part of it is to do with the variable spec of the computers, particularly where image manipulation is concerned….
Iomega – Predator CD-RW 40x12x40
If you want to add a CD-RW drive to your PC, but don’t want the hassle of digging around inside it, this stylish, external, USB 2 device from Iomega could be a great alternative. Based around the kind of portable CD-RW drive found in a notebook, its clean silver and deep blue case is just…