Monthly Archives: July 2006
HP – Officejet 4355
This is definitely the era of the all-in-one printer, scanner and copier, with each model vying to offer more facilities and/or cheaper prices than their rivals without sacrificing too much in the way of quality or longevity. Hewlett-Packard recently released a batch of nine such multifunction devices to cover modest to higher-end budgets ranging from…
Qtek – 8500
Windows Mobile Smartphones are around and about in a range of different guises, both on operator contracts and SIM-free. But it has been a long time since I’ve seen the format used in a flip phone or clamshell style, and Qtek’s 8500 is the first time Windows Mobile 5.0 for Smartphone has appeared in a…
Epson – P-4000 Multimedia Storage Viewer
Photography has changed so radically with the introduction of digital cameras that new accessories have had to be developed to enable the serious snapper in the field (both professional and semi-professional) to be able to view and assess the quality of their images before deciding which ones to delete and which to publish. To meet…
Nuance – Scansoft PaperPort 11 Professional
With most categories of software application there are at least two major offerings, but with consumer document management, PaperPort is the only real global player. It’s designed to provide a specialist desktop geared to creating and handling documents, especially those generated by scanning originals. Any document in the PaperPort workspace can be one or more…
Intel – Core 2 Duo E6700
In June 2003 Intel released the 3.2GHz Northwood Pentium 4 and after that it entered a black period with the Prescott core which failed miserably to produce decent clock speeds despite a move to a 90nm fabrication process. To add to Intel’s woes, Prescott consumed huge amounts of power and therefore shed enormous amounts of…
Freecom – ToughDrive XXS
Memory cards and flash drives go up to around 2GB in capacity, 2.5-inch hard drives kick in at around 30GB, but there’s a gap in the middle around the 5GB mark which is not well served, except by audio players. Freecom has a simpler and possibly more robust device, which is ideal for carrying up…
THQ – MotoGP 06
Make no mistake about it, this is a cracker of a bike racing game. In fact, if it was Christmas, this would be one of those deluxe twelve packs of silver-plated crackers with not just party hats, but real presents like watches inside of them. And jokes that are actually funny. MotoGP 06 is damned…
Nokia – E61
Think ‘mobile e-mail’ and you probably think ‘BlackBerry‘, especially if you happen to be thinking about mobile e-mail in a corporate setting. But Nokia might be about to change all that, with its E series handsets. There are four devices in the series at the moment, and the one that is causing the most stir…
Zybert Computing – Z1 GEM
If you’ve seen one Linux-based server appliance, you’ve seen them all – right? Well, perhaps not, as the Z1 GEM from Zybert Computing is a little different. Yes, you get the usual file and print sharing facilities, and yes, it includes integrated e-mail and Web servers and a browser-based GUI to manage everything. In addition,…
SoftwareXpress – The Internet BabySitter
When it comes to research, debate, news, reviews, or a million and one other functions, the Internet has become an indispensable resource to many people. But it’s also a dangerous virtual realm, particularly when it comes to your kids being online. Aside from obvious concerns like the easy availability of porn, there’s a growing awareness…