Monthly Archives: August 2011
Palo Alto Audio Design Cubik speakers
Those with an ear for quality will know that you have to spend a bit of money on a decent set of speakers if you expect them to do justice to your music. US-based audio design company Palo Alto attempts to deliver on this at a reasonable price – claiming comparable sound quality to BOSE…
RIM BlackBerry Bold 9900
The BlackBerry Bold 9900 is the first to hit the shelves from a number of new handsets recently announced by maker Research In Motion (RIM). We took a look at a SIM-free sample from Vodafone. Every inch a BlackBerryThe BlackBerry Bold 9900 is every inch a BlackBerry device. There’s no doubt from the first glance,…
From Dust by Ubisoft
Ubisoft’s latest offering is a downloadable strategy god game with a shamanic (or some might say hippy) vibe – but controversy surrounding Ubisoft’s promise not to employ digital rights management (DRM) anti-piracy protection on the title has meant that the PC port of this Xbox game has been met in some quarters with somethign less…
BitDefender: Total Security 2012
Deciding on the best antivirus software or security suite to protect your PC from viruses and other malware such as adware, spyware, Trojans et al. isn’t the easiest task. Often it seems to be a case of how much you’re willing to spend, and how much time and effort you’re prepared to put in to…
HP TouchPad
The HP TouchPad tablet – the world’s first, and seemingly last, webOS-powered tablet – failed to take the world by storm when it launched, but a last-minute stock clearing reduction has slashed the price to a mere £89, and triggered a flood of tablet purchases unlike anything we’ve seen before. With HP having officially abandoned…
Can’t find an HP TouchPad? Get the three best budget tablet bargains here
The price crash on the HP TouchPad causing stampedes to buy the WebOS-powered device at online retailers, many eager buyers are likely to be sent away empty-handed, having failed to secure the £89 16GB or £119 32GB models. But fear not – IT Reviews can point your in the direction of three iPad 2 rivals…
Audio Essentials by NCH Software
Thanks to computer-led audio recording, mixing and editing of multi-tracks, adding effects, budding bedroom musicians or DJs needn’t just dream of being top of the iTunes charts – packages like NCH Audio Essentials aim to bring professional quality at a fraction of the cost of a conventional recording studio. NCH Software has built its reputation…
Western Digital Scorpio Blue 1TB (WD10JPVT)
While SSDs get all the plaudits for speed, the good old mechanical hard disk drive still can outdo its flashier cousins when it comes to offering huge capacities at a reasonable cost – which in turn means very low cost per gigabyte. A prime example of this is the latest member of Western Digital’s Scorpio…
Pirates of Black Cove by Paradox Interactive
Everyone, it seems, loves a pirate – and thanks in no small measure to the recent Pirates of the Caribbean films, their popularity shows no signs of diminishing. Paradox Interactive have decided to ride the crest of this wave by devising a tongue-in-cheek budget version of every pirate cliché, throwing in a mix of Sid…
Sony SMP-N100
Media streamers are all about the video you can actually watch with them. And that’s why we love Sony’s first network media player has stolen a march on rivals by not only offering wide format compatibility, but access to streaming web TV from BBC iPlayer and Lovefilm. Until recently, the most important thing about a…