Monthly Archives: March 2012
Toshiba Qosmio X770-136
The Qosmio X770 is expensive, let’s make that clear up front. It tips the scales at the best part of two grand, and for that sort of money, you’d expect something special. Exactly how special is this high-end Toshiba offering? And what sort of value for money does it represent, at £1,700? Weighty proposition The…
Quiet PC Serenity Z68 Gamer Xtreme
As we noted when we last looked at a Quiet PC system, gaming PCs are the most notorious machines – when it comes to making a racket. What with super-sized graphics cards bristling with multiple fans, they can make a noise not too dissimilar to an incoming hovercraft, on a windy day at Dover (if…
Sony Vaio VPC-L22Z1E
Sony’s all-in-one PC might not have a very sleek name – as the VPC-L22Z1E doesn’t so much roll off the tongue, as stumble and fall flat on its face – but it does feature some smart and sleek lines. It’s one of the thinner all-in-ones we’ve seen, measuring just over 5cm at its thickest part…
Samsung Omnia W smartphone review
Windows Phone is now firmly established as a smartphone operating system, while being well into its first major update. Hardware partners are bringing out more handsets, and Nokia has even said it will concentrate on the OS going forward. Samsung’s second Windows Phone, the Omnia W is small and attractively priced. But does it offer…
Mario & Sonic At The London 2012 Olympic Games
There was a sense of hell freezing over when Nintendo and Sega’s respective mascots, Mario and Sonic, first appeared alongside one another in a videogame. But few things build bridges faster than a pile of cash, and the commercial success of Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games, back in 2007, has made this London-centric…
Adobe Photoshop Elements 10
Only part of Adobe’s brief for Photoshop Elements is producing fancy photos. The other part is organising and distributing them through a variety of media conduits. Elements 10 shows Adobe’s concentration on the second part of this brief, though there are some interesting changes to its editing features, too. When the program starts, you’re asked…
LG Prada 3.0 smartphone review
LG and Prada have teamed up before to produce Prada branded handsets. There have been three outings including this current one, and they are few and far between. The first collaboration was in 2007, then again in 2009, and now the third joint handset has just swayed down the catwalk. The idea is that LG…
Hauppauge myTV 2GO
The myTV 2GO is a neat USB-powered Freeview receiver about the size of two Zippo lighters stuck together, with a small, extendable aerial that’s designed to fire a live digital TV signal over a wireless network to any iPhone or iPad running the free myTV 2GO app. It includes a camera-sized rechargeable battery – rated…
Panasonic KX-MB1520
When you think of multifunction printers for use at home or in small businesses, you generally think about the heavyweights in the industry such as Canon, Brother, Kodak, Epson and HP. However, Panasonic has recently started making inroads, at the lower end of the cost scale and the Panasonic KX-MB1520 is targeted specifically at entry…
Synology Diskstation DS212j
Network storage has come a long way in recent years, with advanced features now on offer – from even modest devices. Synology’s Diskstation DS212j is another good example, offering some industrial-strength capabilities, in an affordable two-bay enclosure. With its white all-plastic case, it looks quite stylish, but it needs to be dismantled in order…