Monthly Archives: October 2010
Adebis – Photo Editor 1.4
We recently found out that we take better photographs when in a state of inebriation, a fact that had hitherto remained undiscovered because it just isn’t sensible to carry expensive electronics with you on a pub crawl, and anyway our mobile doesn’t have a camera: it is in fact a brick from the eighties (well,…
Excalibur – Police Simulator
The police have been the subject of many clichés throughout the decades. They’ve been frenzied whistle blowing cobble-clompers, helpful watch-bearing timekeepers, folk who insist on greeting everyone three times (‘ello, ‘ello, ‘ello), whisky swigging wisecrackers, lunatic drivers with a penchant for alleys filled with cardboard boxes, brutal Gene Hunt style bruisers (he fell down the…
AVM – Fritz!Box Fon WLAN 7390
Ask anyone in the UK what a Fritz!Box is and you’re likely to get blank stares, or worse. This is a great shame, as German-based AVM’s quirky VoIP routers are usually stuffed to the gunwales with tech goodies. The Fon WLAN 7390 certainly is, and replaces the 7270 model as the flagship of the range….
Apple – PlainText, Ringtone Designer Pro, Kiwi Camera, Awareness! Skobbler Lite, Circull
As the leaves turn, our thoughts have been drawn towards the simpler things in life – distraction-free writing, inexpensive ringtone creation, listening while we work, ride and play, the joys of free Satnav in-car or on-foot navigation, and match three puzzle games. When it comes to writing, the iPhone is not necessarily the first device…
Nokia – C6
Nokia’s C6 is designed for those who want the touch version of Nokia’s S60 operating system plus a slide out keyboard. With the newer touch-enabled Symbian S^3 operating system now hitting the streets in the N8, on paper the C6 feels a bit old hat, though there’s no ^3 handset available with a slide out…
Konami – Pro Evolution Soccer 2011
At long last, we’re looking at some overdue changes for Pro Evolution Soccer. Stung by the criticism the game has attracted in years gone by, Konami hasn’t quite gone back to the drawing board here, but it has bothered to come up with some fresh ideas that genuinely manage to raise its proverbial game. As…
Acronis – True Image Home 2011
Another year, another version of Acronis True Image Home hits the shelves. The 2010 version scooped a Recommended award when we reviewed it last year, so we were keen to see whether Acronis could improve on an already impressive product. Owners of the 2010 version will immediately notice the revamped interface. With a less cluttered…
Fujitsu – LIFEBOOK T730
Fujitsu’s T730 updates a long line of convertible Tablet PCs from the company. This latest model allows you to choose a version incorporating GPS, something that is still quite rare in standard notebooks, though you do find it in more ruggedised machines designed for military, industrial and other demanding outdoor circumstances. The build is quite…
Westcott – Green Screen Digital Photography Kit
Digital photography and its associated picture editing software is extraordinarily sophisticated, so clever in fact that sometimes we literally can’t believe our eyes. Yet real photo editing that anyone can do remains stubbornly out of reach, particularly fancier techniques like superimposing one image over another. Or so we’ve always thought. Meet the Green Screen Digital…
Trend Micro – Titanium Maximum Security 2011
The arms race between malware creators and anti-malware software companies is at an epic stage. As the hackers become richer and smarter, security software developers find it increasingly difficult to keep one step ahead when using traditional methods of local protection such as signature scanning, heuristic analysis and so on. Trend Micro is one of…