Monthly Archives: January 2009
Microsoft – Windows 7 Beta
Perhaps it’s a changing of the tide within the walls of Microsoft, but the decision to allow as many people as demand dictates to download and try a free beta of its next operating system has proven to be a good one. For two reasons, really. Firstly, it demonstrates an openness that would serve the…
LG – Renoir KC910
How many pixels do you want from the camera on your mobile phone? If you are hooked into the ‘more is better’ way of thinking then perhaps you are barking up the wrong tree. A good digital camera relies on a lot more than just pixel count, and if you want to take high quality…
Toshiba – 500GB External Portable Hard Drive
With digital media playing such an important role in the modern home, it’s important to have a couple of backup devices handy to avoid the annoyance and potential replacement expense involved in losing data. Additionally, games consoles and playback devices such as media streamers may not offer internal storage, or that provided may be insufficient,…
SouthPeak Games – Ninjatown
Somehow the idea of a cute and cuddly Ninja warrior sounds like a contradiction in terms, but when you learn that this game is based on a much larger collection of cute cartoon figures known as Shawnimals, it all starts to make sense. Now it would be tempting at this point to dismiss this as…
FileMaker – FileMaker Pro 10
While other databases have either been brushed aside by Microsoft Access or sidelined in favour of products that handle specific tasks like inventory, contact management and time billing, FileMaker Pro just keeps on going, courtesy of a relatively friendly interface that doesn’t send novices running for the hills and a set of features under the…
Nikon – D700
You can pretty much guarantee that as Nikon announced the launch of the D700, thousands of recent camera buyers expressed their frustration at having parted with their cash for either the Nikon D300 or the D3. Which ever way you look at it – whether you’re taking the stance of a serious amateur or hardcore…
EA – Rock Band 2
According to AC/DC, first there was light, then there was sound, then there was drums (sic), then there was guitar… And then rock and roll was born. It skips a couple of bits of the evolutionary timeline – like when Adam took one of his spare ribs and made a Fender Precision bass out of…
Ascaron – A Vampyre Story
Animated adventure games with a strong undercurrent of humour went through their Golden Age in the days of LucasArts’ Full Throttle and the Monkey Island series, and dedicated adventure fans have had to wait a long time for anything recently that comes close. It therefore comes as no surprise that A Vampyre Story is the…
Kodak – ESP 7
If you’re after a new printer in this day and age there seems little reason not to go for an all-in-one, such is the range of models and relatively cheap prices available. If there’s one drawback to these it’s that, typically speaking, they don’t offer such good results for photo printing as you’d get from…
BenQ – V2400W
BenQ has been steadily building a reliable reputation for multifunction monitors that suit a variety of sources, but until recently hasn’t given much research and development time to pushing back the style boundaries. However, that changes with the 24-inch widescreen V2400W HD monitor which is currently basking in art-world glory after winning both the iF…