Monthly Archives: October 2004
Samsung – CLP-500
So the thought of a sub-£500 (including VAT) colour laser printer appeals to you, and why wouldn’t it? But – and it’s a big but – before you rush off and buy Samsung’s new 600 x 600dpi (dots per inch) CLP-500 printer you should be aware that it comes with a set of starter cartridges…
Sapphire – Radeon X600 Pro
The first examples of the new PCI Express graphics cards are hitting the shelves, but for now they are all aimed at the mainstream and value segments of the market. High-end PCI-E cards are on their way, but because the demand for high-end AGP cards is still high, expect a trickle more than a flood…
Sony – Micro Vault Pro 2GB
Could the days of the flash drive already be numbered? That’s one conclusion you could draw from Sony’s new Micro Vault Pro. Slightly smaller than a cigarette packet, the device is a 2GB portable storage solution that simply plugs into your PC via a USB connection. It gets bonus points for having the USB connection…
Asus – P5GD2 Premium Wireless
Motherboard manufacturers haven’t wasted much time in implementing Intel’s latest mainstream chipset, the i915. The new chipset brings support for several new technologies with it; PCI Express graphics and expansion slots, DDR2 memory and Intel’s new socket for the Pentium 4, the 775-pin Socket T. The new socket is a radical departure from the old…
AVerMedia – AVerTV DVB-T 771
A typical TV tuner card for a PC gives you four terrestrial channels, or five if you’re in a five area. This is analogue TV, which has done well for us over the last 50 years, but is rapidly being outclassed by digital TV. AVerMedia’s funkily-named DVB-T 771 is a full implementation of digital TV,…
Astaro – Security Linux V5.0
Viruses, worms, trojans, spam, spyware – the number of Internet threats gets larger every day. As, too, does the armoury of tools needed to protect against them. Hence the rise of integrated solutions, such as Astaro Security Linux, which not only tackle everything in one go but, because the component tools are all designed to…