Monthly Archives: January 2008
Shuttle – SG33G6 Deluxe Barebone
With many other companies now seizing the small form factor initiative, times have been a bit tougher for Shuttle of late. But its latest release, the SG33G6 Deluxe Barebone PC, shows why its products remain held in such regard, in spite of the newer competition. Because right from the off, you can’t help but be…
UBiQUiO – 503G
The UBiQUiO 503G is a Windows Mobile 6 Professional PDA. It is brimming with features and – very unusually for a Windows Mobile device with a touch-screen – incorporates a miniature QWERTY keyboard on its front fascia. More usually these types of keyboards are found on non-touch-screen, Windows Mobile 6 Standard PDAs. The presence of…
THQ – Warhammer 40,000 Squad Command
There can be few games that have spawned so many offspring in such different formats as the Warhammer series. Whether you’re playing on massive table tops in your local Games Workshop, collecting the cards or fighting massive real-time strategy battles on the PC, the attraction of futuristic permanent combat shows no sign of waning. Having…
Pentax – Optio S10
Pentax has been onto a winner since starting the Optio S series back in 2003, and with each succeeding model the company has been refining, improving and embellishing, so that you feel you own one of the most stylish and versatile compact digital cameras around. For a start, the all-silver aluminium casing looks ultra-cool, with…
Eidos – Kane & Lynch: Dead Men
The people who made Kane & Lynch clearly love the movie ‘Heat’. From the opening, where you find yourself in the midst of an escape from a prison truck, to an ensuing selection of action sequences that pit the convicts of the title (and an assortment of others) in mass shoot-outs against law-enforcement officials, cinematic…
Saitek – R660 GT Force Feedback Wheel
There are a lot of steering wheel peripherals to choose from these days, from the likes of the simulator-grade Logitech G25, which is costly but the sworn companion of many serious virtual drivers, through to cheap and cheerful, twenty quid budget wheels (which are generally a bit rubbish). Saitek’s effort sits squarely in the mid-range,…
Lexmark – X500n
This is a colour, laser-based multi-function device intended for the small office or workgroup, and is priced at a very reasonable level. It’s a substantial device, so much so that the A4 flatbed scanner, complete with its Automatic Document Feeder (ADF), doesn’t overhang the printer section (as is usually the case with such machines). Paper…
Wesco – Doctor Who USB hub and Web-cam
It’s perhaps inevitable, given the programme’s current sky-high appeal, that Doctor Who would intertwine with the humble PC. Surprisingly, though, we’re not talking about a videogame yet. Instead it’s a pair of quite straightforward USB peripherals that lend themselves to the programme’s fanbase. Peripheral one is the Tardis USB hub. This is, at heart, a…
Pinnacle – Video Capture for Mac
There are several products available to capture analogue video on the PC, but far fewer for the Mac. Pinnacle has turned its attention to this shortfall by introducing the inspiringly-named Video Capture for Mac. This hardware and software combination product is a neat solution for any Mac owner who has a collection of TV recordings…