Monthly Archives: March 2011
Brother – MFC-J6910DW
Laser printers are usually favoured when it comes to low-cost printing, but there’s a growing breed of inkjet printer that offers equally impressive capabilities. Lexmark has perhaps been most active in this sector, but Brother is now attempting to grab a slice of the action with its MFC-J6910DW. A3 printingBefore we delve into the various…
Symantec – Norton 360 5.0
Symantec is one of the most respected security vendors, and one of the key reasons for this has been the success of its Norton 360 product – a feature-packed suite of tools aimed at home users that offers far more than core protection. Now at version 5.0, the 2011 suite focuses more on enhancements to…
JoWood – Painkiller: Redemption
It’s hard to believe that nearly seven years have passed since the original Painkiller was launched upon an unsuspecting public. Since then, the gore-fest has spawned no less than four sequels or add-ons, of which Redemption is the latest (but almost certainly not the last). Old-fashioned goreIf you’re new to the series, don’t worry, as…
HTC – 7 Pro
HTC’s commitment to Windows Phone 7 has so far seen it launch more handsets running Microsoft’s revamped smartphone operating system than any of its competitors. Three models appeared soon after Windows Phone 7 was launched – the HTC HD7, the HTC 7 Mozart and the HTC 7 Trophy. Now, a few months after the initial…
Samsung – ML-1865
Samsung has been making TVs and smartphones for years – and in its Korean heartland, the company even makes cars – but the speed at which the company has swarmed the printer market in recent times has been breathtaking. There’s now a Samsung printer to match almost every conceivable niche. Its latest is aimed at…
Serif – Craft Artist Platinum
The latest version of Serif’s all-singing, all-dancing craft program comes complete with four CDs’ worth of templates and content, themed as weddings, general greeting cards, baby photos and scrapbooks. This gives you all you need to create thousands of unusual projects that go way beyond cards, invitations and posters and allows you to design scrapbooks,…
NetObjects – Fusion XII
NetObjects Fusion has made a name for itself as the Windows web design program for people who don’t know anything about design, and who don’t want to get their hands dirty by learning how to code. It provides a set of design tools that allow beginners to build sites using drag-and-drop, as if they were…
Atari – Test Drive Unlimited 2
Ibiza is famous for many things. Sun, sea and sand, lager-fuelled holidays, world class dance clubs and street car racing. Well, maybe not the latter… but Test Drive Unlimited 2 is set on the fair Spanish clubber’s paradise. The entire island of Ibiza (and later on, the island of Oahu, Hawaii, as seen in the…
Just Flight – DC-3 Legends of Flight
The latest add-on for Microsoft Flight Simulator X to roll out of flight sim specialist Just Flight’s hangar is DC-3 Legends of Flight, which focuses on the Douglas DC-3. This is a legendary aircraft which first flew in 1935, and is still in service today in some parts of the world – albeit in a…
Epson – Stylus SX525WD
There’s no mistaking an Epson home and small business multifunction printer – it comes in uniformly glossy piano black, has smoothly rounded corners, is very compact and usually comes with heaps of software to help make scanning, printing and copying an absolute breeze. The Epson Stylus SX525WD is very much in the grand tradition, fulfilling…