Monthly Archives: October 2007
South Peak – Two Worlds
Much has been made of the revival of role-play gaming thanks to the arrival of the latest chapter in the Elder Scrolls series, Oblivion. It has huge maps, classy graphics, a lot of open-ended play and a decent storyline. With, of course, hordes of varied enemies to crush, spells to learn and weaponry to collect….
Apple – iLife ’08
Apple’s iLife suite comes free with each new Mac sold, but is also available as a standalone package. The new version, designated iLife ’08, has been heavily revamped, with major rewrites to the core applications iPhoto and iMovie. As before, Apple’s emphasis is on ease of use and iPhoto now organises your photos through Events….
BitDefender – Total Security 2008
The choice of possible guard-dogs for your PC is certainly wide ranging. Some security suites are more effective than others, some are more comprehensive, and BitDefender’s effort definitely has the latter base covered. It offers the expected virus and spyware protection, firewall and anti-spam, as well as some more in-depth features such as phishing protection…
Abit – iL-90MV
Most motherboard manufacturers at one time or another have dipped their toes in the mobile CPU motherboard market, with varying degrees of success. Some give it up as a bad job while others doggedly keep going. Abit’s current mobile motherboard is the iL-90MV which has a few things going for it, not least a reasonable…
Systran – Systran 6 Home Translator 2007
Most people have at one time or another found the need to translate text from a Web page or document into another language. Although there are free tools that can help, the most popular being Google Translate, many users may well have a need for a more integrated and flexible solution. Systran 6 Home Translator…
Wolf King – Timber Wolf
Arriving in packaging that leaves you in little doubt that it’s a gaming keyboard we’re talking about here, those who seemingly make it past that barrier without noticing have no room for confusion when the Timber Wolf is removed from its box. Because this USB keyboard (no PS2 adapter included) has quite a footprint, courtesy…
Genius – G-Shot DV5133
The Genius G-Shot series has always aimed squarely at the lower end of the market, for those people who want to have as many multimedia functions as possible crammed into one compact, easy to carry machine. To that end the DV5133 doesn’t disappoint, as it aims to be a still and video camera, Web-cam, music…
Archos – 605 WiFi
The portable media player has really come of age in the last year, with new generations launched from a variety of manufacturers. One of the founders of the genre, Archos, has just introduced its Generation 5 players, with the 605 one of the first to be released. The 605 is a smart, metal-cased unit, the…
HP – Officejet Pro K5400dn
It’s becoming the norm for small offices and home users to buy a printer that’s multifunctional, including the usual trio of copying, scanning and printing functions – and if you’re lucky it’ll send a fax as well. However, the problem with most all-in-one printers is that they’ll do all their functions reasonably well, but only…