Monthly Archives: October 2010
Avanquest – Hallmark Card Studio Deluxe
With Christmas looming in the not-so-distant future, one’s thoughts turn to last-minute panic, desperately late gifts bought from the local garage and frantic scrabbling through kitchen drawers to find a final card so you can reciprocate the one that – curses – arrived unexpectedly that morning. Enter Hallmark Card Studio Deluxe, a card maker for…
Samsung – BX2350
Samsung’s BX2350 is a stylish entry into the consumer-oriented LCD display market and is an LED-backlit, TN-based panel finished with an attractive Perspex bezel. The 23-inch model on test stands out from much of the competition immediately due to the expensive-looking, chrome-finish angular stand that locks firmly into the screen and offers a stable base….
Parallels – Parallels Desktop for Mac 6
Parallels Desktop for Mac version 6 allows you to run Mac, Windows and Linux applications side by side without re-booting and switch information between the two easily and efficiently. The latest version reviewed adds several significant performance enhancements and also makes it possible to use your Windows virtual machines – and their applications – wirelessly…
EA – DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue
DeathSpank is not a typical name for a role-playing game hero. But then DeathSpank isn’t a typical hero, and neither is Thongs of Virtue a typical RPG, as you can probably guess. If you’ve played the original DeathSpank game then you’ll know the score. Equally, if you’ve experienced Hothead Games’ On the Rain-Slick Precipice of…
Canon – PIXMA MP280
It was only about nine months ago that we looked at the predecessor of the Canon PIXMA MP280 – the MP270 – and were genuinely impressed with the performance, features and quality of that extremely economical All-in-One inkjet printer. We were therefore holding our breath for even greater things from the MP280, but unfortunately the…
Certero – PowerStudio
One sure-fire way of saving money is to turn PCs off when they’re not being used. Windows even has built-in tools to help; for example, by powering off monitors, hard disks or even the whole PC after a given period of inactivity. Enforcing these controls across multiple PCs, however, takes time and effort and a…
Android app round-up: Flash, Geocaching, A Online Radio, ConvertPad, BioWallet Signature, Ocado on the Go
This month we’ve been busy using our Android handset to look at Flash movies, find hidden treasures, listen to radio from around the world, convert every kind of measurement imaginable, protect our passwords and do a bit of shopping. Quite a rounded life, then. This one might be a bit cheeky to describe as an…
Toshiba – AC100-10Z
Android seems to be flavour of the month at the moment as far as smartphones are concerned, and it is set to start making inroads in the tablet market soon as well. Toshiba is among those set to launch an Android-based tablet, but in the meantime the company has come up with the AC100, an…