Monthly Archives: May 2009
Freecom – Mediaplayer II
We’re expecting big things from the media streaming market this summer. With online services like YouTube and the BBC iPlayer booming and home media collections expanding, 2009 could be the year when these versatile devices become more commonplace in the modern home. Freecom is the first of what seems to be a series of manufacturers…
Mezmer Games – Stalin vs Martians
The three independent developers of Stalin vs Martians must have been big fans of the Command & Conquer: Red Alert series, probably admiring the crazy OTT scenario of Russians tinkering with time, using strange forces like Armoured War Bears, Sonic Dolphins and telekinetic Japanese schoolgirls, together with a driving soundtrack to keep the adrenaline up….
Avanquest – Miffy’s World Of Colour & Shapes
Aimed at the younger end of the educational software market, Miffy’s World Of Colour And Shapes is the latest title to be rediscovered and republished by GSP/Avanquest. As part of that process it’s fully able to run on Windows Vista and, perhaps most appealing of all, it’ll set you back less than a fiver. For…
Fujitsu – Lifebook T1010
Fujitsu Siemens has recently dropped the Siemens part of its name, but its laptop ranges remain unchanged. So the Fujitsu Lifebook T1010 is a Tablet PC, designed (so the company’s marketing suggests) to appeal to students. Certainly its white outer shell is trendy. It is a little large for carrying, Tablet PC style, in the…
Three – INQ1
The INQ1 is branded by 3 as the world’s first social mobile phone. That is because of the highly integrated nature of its Facebook client, and the fact that it has IM and free Skype calling built in too. Add in the fact that it is a sturdy little mobile phone which looks quite good,…
Sony – SingStar Pop Edition and Wireless Microphones
We’re now up to the sixth SingStar release on the PlayStation 3 (following SingStar volumes one, two and three, plus the dedicated Queen and Abba discs), and it’s fair to say that we all pretty much know what we’re going to get. SingStar Pop Edition, the latest version, again delivers a disc with the same…
Cyberpower – Gamer Infinity Yang
Cyberpower has a name for making fast, overclocked, high-end and, it must be said, expensive gaming systems, many using exotic features like watercooling. But here’s a gaming system at the other end of the spectrum: the Gamer Infinity Yang, a £550 Intel-based system (if you’d prefer an AMD-based system then there is the Gamer Infinity…
Lexmark – X4975ve
Lexmark could tag their logo with the phrase ‘All the All-in-Ones’ and they’d have no argument here. There are over 30 machines in the range, where some might say five would do. The X4975ve fits near the top and is one of the Professional range, which means high-capacity cartridges and a five-year warranty. Decked out…
AMD – Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition
AMD’s new Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition is the fastest member of the Phenom II family of quad core CPUs. The previous king of the Phenom II line-up was the X4 810 with a clock speed of 2.6GHz, however the X4 955 BE makes a massive leap to 3.2GHz. Phenom II is very similar…
Easeus – Partition Master 3.5
Once upon a time, anyone wanting to mess about with disk partitions went out and bought PartitionMagic. But times have changed and the magic has gone out of what’s now a Symantec product, a lack of development leaving it looking outdated with no support for Vista, let alone Windows 7. Others have, naturally, come forward…