Monthly Archives: February 2005
Avanquest – Starry Night Complete Space and Astronomy Pack Deluxe
If you’ve ever been to the outback of Australia, you’ll know that the night sky is a breathtaking display of clarity, with pin-sharp stars glistening against a pristine black backdrop. Go out on a wet Wednesday night in Manchester and you’ll be lucky to see the flashing tail-lights of a 747 coming down towards the…
VoIP enabled ADSL routers group test
Made in Sweden, the Intertex IX66 is a little wonder of a device with a huge amount to offer, both as a router and, uniquely, also as an SIP server. Moreover, by downloading optional add-on software, it can even be turned into a VoIP switchboard, making it a great product for small businesses looking for…
Tiny – Omega LX2400
The base price of a desktop PC has to include around £70 for a copy of Windows, making it hard to buy at much below £350. Well, that’s the received wisdom, but in practice there’s another choice, one the government of Venezuela has recently made in vowing to switch all administrative departments to Linux, the…
Evesham – Quest Explorer S26
Low, otherwise known as ‘lowestonweb.com’, is a division of Evesham Technology with the simple remit of selling kit at the lowest price available, at least in the UK. Its first venture into notebooks is the Quest Explorer S26, and its asking price is £100 cheaper than, for example, Dell’s cheapest, standard notebook. It’s certainly the…
Digital Blue – QX5 Computer Microscope
Back in the old days, microscopes to keep the kids entertained were a messy business. Collecting the samples to view on the various slides was a challenge, as was keeping all the bits in one place. Not forgetting, of course, the need to squint through the viewing lens to find out what was going on….
UbiSoft – Alexander
Beware games that are devised as movie tie-ins, especially if there’s even a hint that they are being rushed out to match the film’s release date. Apart from the occasional notable exception (like The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay) it’s rare that such games live up to anything like the promise of their…
Buffalo – LinkStation Network Storage Centre
Sharing data across a network is great. It means everyone who has access can do things like see photos, listen to music and work on documents, no matter what computer they are actually stored on. Unless, of course, that computer is switched off. What you need in order to allow universal access to data across…
NetObjects – Fusion 8.0
If you want to build a small, or even medium sized, Web site then NetObjects Fusion version 8.0 could be the tool for you, especially if you have no interest in getting involved in HTML. Fusion allows you to quickly build an easy to navigate website without requiring any programming skills whatsoever. Fusion comes with…
Dell – Axim X50v
Dell’s Axims have always caused other Pocket PC manufacturers trouble, being both well-featured and good value for money. The company has recently released a new set of Axims, and as is the tradition for Dell, there are three in the range, offering low, medium and high specifications, and available at appropriate prices. The basic Axim…
Acoustica – MP3 Music Suite
Calling MP3 Music Suite a suite is, to be blunt, a bit of a deception. Calling it four programs bunged onto a CD is far closer to the mark. For a suite, by its very nature, hints at some glue to hold everything together. In this case though, there’s not even a menu. When you…