Monthly Archives: September 2008
Logitech – V550 Nano
Notebooks are pretty handy on the move but, despite trying a range of different methods, designers have never really nailed an affective alternative to a mouse. Most people who can’t cope with a touchpad or ‘nipple’ control end up carrying a wired or wireless mouse around with them, and Logitech has come up with something…
E-TEN – Glofiish M810
E-TEN is getting quite a name for itself as a supplier of Windows Mobile handhelds with high end specifications. The M810 is no exception, bundling as it does a huge array of features including plenty of software add-ons and a built-in sliding keyboard. It doesn’t come cheap SIM-free, but for your money you get an…
Microsoft – Expression Studio 2
Microsoft’s Expression Studio 2 package brings together the cream of the PC giant’s Web and desktop design software and, while it’s unlikely to seriously threaten the mighty market-leading Adobe kings, there are plenty of good reasons for investigating this collection, especially if you are on a slightly more limited budget. The five elements that make…
Roberts Radio – Sound 40
The old-style FM radio is rapidly being replaced by multi-function devices that offer additional features such as digital broadcast reception. The Roberts Sound 40 admittedly forgoes Internet radio and media streaming but does offer an FM radio, DAB support, CD player and the ability to access media stored on SD cards. At first glance it…
Carphone Warehouse & Elonex – Webbook
There are only so many free megabytes of download you can give away to encourage people to take out a wireless broadband contract. The Carphone Warehouse was one of the first to try offering a ‘free’ laptop with a two-year broadband contract, so you have something to download your wireless data onto. The Webbook is…
Microsoft – Too Human
Mixing anachronistic elements isn’t a new idea in gaming, although Too Human’s blend of Viking mythology and science fiction feels fresh nonetheless. The game’s story postulates a futuristic war between men and machines, although humankind has the Aesir – cybernetically enhanced Norse Gods – on their side to even things up. Naturally, you play one…
Gigabyte – GA-MA790GP-DS4H
Gigabyte is one of the first manufacturers to bring out a retail board using AMD’s latest 790GX chipset, in the shape of the GA-MA790GP-DS4H, which is a bit of a mouthful for a nice and feature-rich motherboard. Built around AMD’s Socket A+, the MA790GP-DS4H supports all AM2/AM2+ processors up to and including the latest 140W…
Motorola – Z10
Motorola’s Z10 is a quirky little handset. It follows on from the groundbreaking Z8 in general design. It looks like a slider, and indeed it is a slider, but with a twist. Or rather, with a bend. As you push the upper and lower sections of this phone apart the handset seems to bend and…
Sapphire – Radeon HD4870 X2
When ATI launched the HD4870 graphics card, it surprised many with its blend of near high-end performance with mainstream prices. One of the most surprised seemed to be arch enemy Nvidia, which promptly started chopping prices to try to compete on the bang-for-buck front. So if one HD4870 is good, imagine how good two HD4870…
SAD – MyTube Internet Recorder
Since broadband became widespread and YouTube fever took hold of the computing community, we’ve all watched a lot of online video. And while streaming media’s all well and good, if you see a particularly corking clip it’s not like you can right-click and save it to your hard disk. Sure, you can bookmark it, but…