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sleek multi-faceted handset with fast processor - 20/11/2009
Samsung's Jet has a lot going for it, but Samsung has decided to focus attention on the 800Mhz processor that beats at its heart. This, says Samsung, gives it the ability to play back multimedia well, ...
upgraded one-on-one combat - 20/11/2009
There was a time near the dawn of console gaming when it seemed that the world was hooked on one-on-one combat games and at the centre of this craze was a game that saw its birth ...
slider phone with tempered glass number pad - 19/11/2009
Mobile phone manufacturers try hard to differentiate each handset they produce in terms of both looks and services. This can result in some quite bizarre looking devices, or, as in the case of the Crystal GD900 ...
family tree builder with integrated online support - 19/11/2009
In a world where even Microsoft Word finally looks like someone bothered to design it, family tree programs have suffered under sinfully ugly interfaces. This, combined with the fact that they typically shipped with CDs stuffed ...
wireless multifunction printer with an extra-large touch-screen display - 18/11/2009
As far as first impressions go, Lexmark's Interact S605 doesn't disappoint. Gracing the front of the chassis is an extra-large, colour touch-screen display. We've seen touch-screens on printers before, but nothing quite like the Interact 605's ...
Web site maker with interesting new additions - 18/11/2009
Serif likes jumping up version numbers in twos and WebPlus X4 is the immediate successor to WebPlus X2, which itself followed version 10. Given the good feature set of X2, it's something of a surprise that ...
inexpensive, good quality digital camera for newcomers - 17/11/2009
With so many digital cameras on the market, it's especially bewildering for the first-time buyer to decide where to start and how to get to grips with all the digital technology, when so many cameras seem ...
22-inch widescreen TFT with more features than average - 17/11/2009
NEC is better known for its reference-quality monitors than for providing bargain-basement gaming panels, but with an asking price of £181, this 22-inch example will certainly be within the realms of affordability for most PC enthusiasts. ...
possibly the best racing this side of Gran Turismo - 17/11/2009
While PlayStation 3 owners have their patience tested to the limit by the continual non-arrival of Gran Turismo 5 (confirmed arrival in Japan is now March 2010), it's given Microsoft a window of opportunity to sneak ...
300W RMS of THX power and a host of unique features - 16/11/2009
Perennial peripheral manufacturer Razer rarely does anything by halves, with its range of keyboards, mice and headsets amongst the finest on the market. With the Makos the firm has entered the highly competitive speaker market, where ...
rugged netbook for the road or the classroom - 16/11/2009
The latest addition to Dell's Latitude line of business notebooks is the diminutive 2100, but Dell's latest netbook isn't only aimed at business types: the company is also aiming it at the highly lucrative education segment. ...
12-megapixel compact camera with auto panorama mode - 16/11/2009
"The camera never lies" is one of those sayings that now seems truly outdated in this age of digital image manipulation. Even basic budget cameras like this J30 come with some image gimmickry built-in, such as ...
MP3 player with superior sound quality - 13/11/2009
It seems hard to imagine a world where there are any other MP3 players of note aside from the unavoidable iPods and yet it wasn't that long ago that Creative's Zen range made a big stir ...
class-leading desktop replacement with ATi's flagship mobile GPU - 13/11/2009
Asus has carved itself an impressive reputation in the notebook market, with the majority of its models offering just the right mix of quality, design and value. The W90 represents the firm's flagship desktop replacement, and ...
high speed Powerline mains networking adapters - 12/11/2009
As a seasoned IT journalist you'd think I might know better than to base a buying decision on marketing blurb. But no, when Belkin launched its new Gigabit Powerline HD adapters claiming gigabit speeds over mains ...
fast mono laser printer with low running costs - 12/11/2009
Laser printers have plummeted in price over recent years, and if you're willing to sacrifice colour printing and a few other extras, it's possible to pick up models for under £100. At £99, Samsung's ML-1915 certainly ...
home recording music software - 11/11/2009
Logic Express and its more powerful relative Logic Studio share a past typical of many software products that have been around for a while. They started life designed by a different company, on a different computer ...
oversized Windows Mobile smartphone - 10/11/2009
Toshiba is known for laptop computers but not so much for phones and smartphones. Its TG01 is a Windows Mobile smartphone with some good points and some very irritating ones. The physical design is both ...
sixty million words spread over seventy-six thousand articles - 09/11/2009
There are some simple rules in life. If you want to know the time, ask a policeman. And if you want to know the capital of Sri Lanka, ask Encyclopedia Britannica 2010. Either that or Google, ...
the choice between Windows and Linux is not so simple - 12/10/2009
I'm a late adopter of technology. I tend to wait until the bugs have been ironed out before jumping on any bandwagon. That's particularly true when running a business, since the learning curve (and bug-fixing) associated ...
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