Monthly Archives: February 2007
KWorld – DVB-T PE310
The KWorld DVB-T PE310 stands out from the crowd as it uses a PCI Express x1 interface instead of the more usual PCI slot. Depending on your point of view that may seem like a welcome step forward, or possibly a slap in the face for anyone who owns an older PC, but there’s a…
Philips – GoGear SA9200
The latest company to offer a healthy alternative to the Apple Nano is Philips, whose 2GB GoGear 9200 almost exactly apes the weight and dimensions of the industry fave. It’s obviously a pretty stylish device, then, while build quality seems extremely good and the brushed black aluminium finish is sure to appeal. The biggest impact…
Canon – HV10
Unless you live somewhere near Alpha Centauri, you’ll be well aware that all televisions in the UK will soon cease to be analogue and are switching to digital and High Definition. The new technology has naturally revolutionised the camera industry at the same time, ranging from the humble domestic camcorder to professional broadcast equipment. Canon…
Conceptworld – Notezilla
Among those of us who’ve worked in offices – or even just seen pictures of them – the paperless version has long been recognised as a cruel joke. Rather than turning the workplace into a paper-free zone, technology, it seems, is determined to spew out more of the stuff than ever before. This paper overload…
Sega – Sonic the Hedgehog
Every time we see that famous, blue, spiky-haired hedgehog, our minds drift back to the bygone era of the Sega Megadrive. Those simpler times of 2D graphics… and pizzas, empty beer cans and over-full ashtrays; our student days of playing Sonic over and over again for eight hour stretches instead of going to lectures on…
Linksys – WRT300N-UK Wireless-N Broadband Router
The Wireless-N standard, properly known as IEEE 802.11n, has been in draft mode for over three years but is due for final approval in April. As such, the spate of Wireless-N devices that networking companies have had in the background for nearly as long is finally moving into the spotlight. Linksys offers the WRT300N-UK Wireless…
CyberLink – DVD Suite 5 Pro
You can kill two birds with one stone, people sometimes cheerfully remark, as if this were a good thing. They never seem to point out that you’d have to be a vicious, animal-hating sadist to do so; albeit an efficient one. But if it’s efficiency you want, then DVD Suite 5 Pro kills ten birds…
Yamaha – NX-U10
It’s probably the most common complaint about laptops that no matter how much hard drive space you have, how stunning your graphics card or the power of your CPU, when it comes to sound quality it’s hard to rise much above the noise of a tinny old transistor radio. Of course you could plug in…
Brother – MFC-5460CN
Finding a multi-function machine, complete with network connection, fax and an auto-document feeder (ADF) for around £100 (plus VAT) is a rarity, so this new Brother device is interesting, straight out of the box. Styled conventionally in light and dark grey, the memorably-named MFC-5460CN has a full-width control panel at the front with exemplary design….
Focus – Redshift 6 Premium Edition
Astronomers. What winds them up? Is it people who don’t believe in the power of the stars? Those who aren’t open-minded enough to recognise that there could be a correlation between your time of birth and the energy of the planets? Or is it people who confuse the terms ‘astrologer’ and ‘astronomer’? Very probably. We…