Monthly Archives: April 2009
Ascaron – Fenimore Fillmore’s Revenge
Unless you’re a total adventure game aficionado and have played every animated adventure for the last 15 years, it’s unlikely that you’ll realise that this is the third outing for laconic lonesome cowboy Fenimore Fillmore, following “3 Skulls of the Toltecs” in 1996 and “The Westerner” in 2004. In his latest ramblings he’s hooked up…
Freecom – ToughDrive Sport
If you’re carrying data around with you on the move it’s usually prudent to invest in portable storage that’s a little more rugged and durable than your average external hard drive. Freecom takes an adventurous turn in this market with the Toughdrive Sport, an external, 2.5-inch, USB 2.0 drive for Macs and PCs with outdoors…
Magix – Music Maker 15
It’s never been easier to make music at home and, thanks to the ever increasing number of affordable music editing software programs, there’s no need to splurge out on expensive studio equipment to make something that sounds half decent. The popularity of big names such as Apple’s GarageBand means music editing software companies with a…
Asus – Eee PC 1000HE
Asus was responsible for launching the Eee PC phenomenon onto the world, and the company has not stopped trying to innovate. The Eee PC 1000HE comes with a purported 9.5 hours of battery life, which is a stunning claim indeed. In fact, we found it to be somewhat doubtful. We ran the Battery Eater benchmarking…
Nintendo – DSi
For the second time since it originally launched the machine, the DSi sees Nintendo restyling its popular handheld console and adding fresh ideas and features to give it a further burst of life. In this case, it’s added a few things. There are two cameras, there’s web access, there’s a smaller chassis, the facility to…
Symantec – Norton 360 v3.0
Norton 360 has done a great job of distinguishing itself from Norton Internet Security as a powerful and feature-packed alternative aimed more at novices, and although the latest version doesn’t offer any drastic improvements in terms of features, it’s certainly a big step forward as an overall product. Fans of the suite will be pleased…
GetData – Recover My Files
As long as there are human beings using computers, there’ll be a need for file recovery or ‘undelete’ software. Be it a lost document, some accidentally removed photos or allowing strangers with itchy delete fingers near a machine, files are sometimes deleted when you don’t want them to be. Thus, a cottage industry of generally…
HP – Mini 2140
There was plenty to like about HP’s Mini-Note 2133 netbook, but, as our review back in September last year pointed out, it was ultimately let down by a sluggish processor. Now HP is back with the Mini 2140, and it’s swapped the Via C7-M for a much more netbook-friendly Intel Atom N270 CPU running at…
Pixelar – e-Reader
Despite Amazon’s almost petulant reluctance to launch the Kindle in the UK, there are several ebook readers available here. The cream of the crop is probably Sony’s Reader PRS-505, but there are competitors. New to the list is the Pixelar eReader. At £219.99 in its basic configuration and £239.95 with a leather case and clip-on…
Kalypso – Gobliiins 4
The Gobliiins have returned for the first time since the original three adventures were released way back in the early nineties. Predictably, the game has made the leap to 3D, although it stumbled on the way as the visuals aren’t very impressive. Although to be fair, the look is intentionally cartoony and childish in style….