Monthly Archives: November 2006
MSI – RX1650Pro-T2D256E
As the model name suggests, MSI has used the new ATi Radeon 1650 Pro chip in this graphics card. Despite the new name it looks as though the only difference between the Radeon X1600 and X1650 Pro is a die shrink from a 90nm fabrication process to 80nm; the transistor count has remained constant at…
Vodafone – Mobile Connect USB Modem
If you regularly use a laptop for computing away from base, you may miss your broadband Internet connection. It doesn’t have to be that way, though, and all the main network operators have PC Cards which incorporate a SIM and which can be used for fast data access either over the 3G network or, if…
Kodak – Scan Station 100
If you need to scan lots of documents day in, day out, you want a device that’s not only up to the job but capable of doing all the hard work for you. Which is exactly what you get with the Kodak Scan Station 100. Not only can it handle up to 1,000 pages a…
Relic – Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War: Dark Crusade
It was 2004 when Relic first translated the Games Workshop tabletop war game to the PC, with almost universal acclaim. Here was a strategy game that got away from the classic Command & Conquer ‘resource gather and rush’ model and made you push out from your HQ as soon as possible to capture vital targets…
VCOM – SecurErase 8
There have been some pretty horrific stories about identity theft in the press over the last year or so and some of these have highlighted problems with data left on the hard drives of PCs, which are sold on or otherwise disposed of. Everything from account information to government secrets is supposed to have been…
ViewSonic – VP2330wb
It wasn’t so long ago that you could get gasps of amazement and envy from owning a 19-in TFT display. Nowadays the same monitor wouldn’t get a second glance: to impress people now you need something a bit bigger, and with prices continuing to fall on these big panels you could go for something like…
Google – Mini 2.0
Small is beautiful, so they say, but don’t be fooled by the lack of inches on the Google Mini 2.0. It may be half the size of its predecessor (which was pretty small already), but this self-contained search appliance still packs a big punch, enabling small and medium sized businesses to employ Google’s search technology…
Pentax – Optio T20
In 2003 Pentax wowed the compact digicam market with the release of the Optio S. It was small and sleek enough to fit into a pack of cards yet offered a 3x optical zoom thanks to its unique sliding lens design. Over the next three years the design ethic that underlined that success marches on…
Kyocera Mita – FS-2000D
The FS-2000D sits at the bottom end of Kyocera Mita’s workgroup range of mono laser printers. It has quite a large footprint for an A4 printer, and lines that don’t try to hide its function; it’s big and square. The comparatively high asking price is down to its rated print speed and its built-in duplex…
JoWood – Gothic 3
They have a “gothic” night at our local nightclub. However, if you’re a fan of Piranha Bytes’ RPG series and turn up in your full live roleplaying clobber – wooden sword and shield, mock chainmail waistcoat – you get some pretty strange looks. And that’s off people wearing thick layers of black eye makeup, with…