Monthly Archives: March 2007
Sony and Sega – Ridge Racer 7, Resistance: Fall of Man, Virtua Fighter 5
A console is only as good as its games, so let’s see what the launch line-up for Sony’s PlayStation 3 looks like. We’ll start with Ridge Racer 7. For so long, the Ridge Racer franchise was considered a bit of a Sony-only franchise. The first games in the franchise did no harm for the original…
Epson – Stylus Photo RX560
Gone are the days when you needed three different pieces of equipment to do your printing, scanning and copying. But as the all-in-one market continues to expand, it’s often difficult to decide between so many similar products, except on the obvious factors like price and specialisation. Epson’s Stylus Photo series has the advantage of having…
EA Sports – UEFA Champions League 2006-2007
If your cash-in alarm bells are ringing, then they rightly should be. UEFA Champions League 2006-07 is the latest game from the EA Sports football game production line that, since the end of 2005, has seen FIFA 2006, World Cup 2006 and FIFA 2007 already. This is its fourth action football release in some eighteen…
Pinnacle – SoundBridge HomeMusic
Many people now keep their music in digital form on their computers, downloading the tracks they want to play to a portable music player which they can take with them when they leave the house. When at home, though, music entertainment is often more fragmented, with CD players or radios in different rooms in the…
McAfee – Total Protection 2007
McAfee’s Total Protection is an all-in-one solution for the home user that crams an impressive amount of tools and applications into a single suite. These can either be installed as a complete collection or, unlike many other multi-application security suites, McAfee makes it pretty easy to install specific elements only (for example, just Antivirus if…
Sweex – Portable Media Center 40GB
Sweex’s latest gadget cleverly plugs into a couple of expanding trends in the PC marketplace. First there’s the growth in hard disk recorders, spearheaded by Sky+ boxes, but with plenty of others hanging onto their coat tails. Second, it also takes influence from network media devices that plug directly into a screen and stream media…
Panasonic – KX-TG915OES
Skype is a genius technology, especially for anyone who has friends or family living overseas, as it slashes the costs of phoning them, from extortionate to free. The simplest way to use Skype is with a headset that plugs into your laptop or PC, but the obvious downside is that you are tied to your…
Sony – PlayStation 3
To be fair to Sony, the actual hardware was never really going to be in much doubt. And after your first few hours in the company of the PlayStation 3, you’re likely to be impressed. Several initial thoughts went through this reviewer’s head. Firstly, the machine’s really quite heavy. Secondly, aesthetically, it’s really quite smart….
UbiSoft – Far Cry Vengeance
The hype machine for the Nintendo Wii would have you believe that every game that crosses the machine turns to gold. That’s blatantly not the case, as in truth only two or three of the first round of releases have proven themselves worthy of replay value. And one of those was given away free with…