Now ten years old, Sony's Advanced Intelligent Tape (AIT) format has doubled in capacity every two years, enabling the latest AIT-5 drive to cram 400GB of uncompressed data onto each cartridge. However, performance hasn't kept pace, ...

For as long as I can remember, Windows has relied on passwords for security. And for as long as I can remember, passwords have been a pain. Keep them short and they're easy to crack. Too ...

TerraTec's Noxon iRadio has a front face that doesn't, at first glance, give too much of the game away. With a minimal number of front-mounted controls and a design that harks back to the look of ...

During December 2006 it became legal to use portable FM radio transmitters in the UK. You are most likely to have heard of this concept in the shape of the iTrip FM transmitter for Apple's iPod, ...

Navman's TravelAssist is a mobile phone-based GPS solution that brings NavPix photo navigation to your handheld. It uses the latest Navman mobile maps and comes supplied with a choice of Bluetooth GPS receivers sporting the latest ...

According to Ofgem's 2005 annual report, every year eight out of ten users suffer interruptions to their power supplies, though the winter storms of 2002/3 pushed that figure up to nine out of ten. Even a ...

If you regularly use a laptop for computing away from base, you may miss your broadband Internet connection. It doesn't have to be that way, though, and all the main network operators have PC Cards which ...

Consumer CAD equipment has always been a bit of a mixed bag; very few companies find a way to effectively combine the natural ergonomics of traditional media with the accuracy of digital input. Selwyn Electronics' DigiMemo ...

It is no longer enough to produce a dedicated navigation system that can get you from A to B by shouting "at the next junction, turn left" and similar phrases. Navigation systems have to do a ...

At first glance the Pulsar 590A seems to be a chunky stereo headset which sits on a rather stylish stand, but looks a bit over-designed. After a fair amount of use, this impression remains, but the ...

At first glance the Globetrotter is nothing more than an external LaCie Mobile hard drive with Mandriva Linux pre-installed. Yet Mandriva (until recently known as Mandrake) really has a winning combination here, which becomes apparent when ...

The principles behind DESlock+ aren't difficult to grasp. The package includes a Windows application that lets you protect sensitive data by encrypting it, using either the popular 3DES (Triple DES) algorithm, the even more secure AES ...

The eBay phenomenon, where people around the world sell whatever they want to seemingly endless queues of eager online buyers, has become an industry in itself. One of the latest products to service online auction sellers ...

I'm a bit of a rucksack junkie. I have different rucksacks depending on how much I need to carry at any one time, and whether I am hiking or just going to the supermarket - yes, ...

There's something totally captivating about the idea of writing onto paper and having your words of wisdom automatically translated into machine readable (and editable) text. Logitech has already had one stab at bringing to market a ...

This is a very difficult product to categorise. It claims to increase the life of any Lithium-Ion battery and takes the form of a simple sheet of black film with some attractive metal flecks, which you ...

Most accessory kits for notebook users are designed purely for international travellers, containing foreign power plugs and phone jacks. The Notebook Road Warrior Kit, on the other hand, is for everyone, offering a core set of ...

Back in the old days, microscopes to keep the kids entertained were a messy business. Collecting the samples to view on the various slides was a challenge, as was keeping all the bits in one place. ...

Memory sticks are all the rage now, especially if you're in a high-pressure profession, constantly on the go and wanting to keep a reasonably large amount of data with you at all times. The chances are ...

In an age where PC gaming is a serious business and multiplayer gaming via the Net is the biggest growth area, the dedicated gamer is demanding higher quality in everything from graphics and frame rates to ...