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PCs & Accessories
Packard Bell Maestro 230 LED HD –Top-notch digital viewing from a different angle
Traditionally, asymmetrical entities are not synonymous with beauty, with symmetrically-formed objects being considered more ‘pleasing to the eye’. Although modern technology is so intensely competitive; it is grappling with ways to stand out from its competitors. Packard Bell’s latest venture achieves this desire to be salient and striking in two ways – one, with its asymmetric and striking design, and two, with its emphasis on…
Three blinding mice
Miss a mouse when you’re using a notebook or laptop? Cherry has just released three mice into the world – all of them wireless – to help anyone on the go work just a little bit easier. First out of the cage is the Life Nano, a wireless laser mouse, which features a plug-in nano USB receiver – it’s so small in facet that it…
CrazyTalk Animator Pro review
If you’ve ever watched a video of a talking picture, there’s a good chance CrazyTalk Animator Pro was behind it. The software transforms photos or cartoons into fully-fledged animations, complete with expressive faces and full body movement. And it’s not too difficult to learn, either. Within two hours, we managed to learn enough to create this animated birthday card (happy birthday, Mum!). Once you’ve mastered…
HP TouchSmart610: Multitouch All-In-One PC
Since the launch of the iPhone, PCs have been comparatively boring. Their designs are dull, you can’t rotate them around and poking the screen just leaves dirty marks. Not anymore – HP noticed this desktop short-coming and created the TouchSmart610. It’s interesting to look at, moves in two directions and has multi-touch compatibility. But, and this is the big question – why? No-one doubts that…
Packard Bell’s aesthetically pleasing ixtreme
There aren’t many interesting desktop PCs in the world. Desktops are lumbering beasts in a world where small is cool. So how do you make a desktop system compete for awesome-points against smartphones and laptop? Packard Bell things it has the answer: the ixtreme. Clearly educated by Apple’s marketing department, the ixtreme has copied two very iPad-esque features: putting an “i” at the start of…
TP-LINK release world’s fastest router and other goodies
Anyone who’s disappointed with their wireless broadband connection should be cheered by the announcement of what is being called the fastest router ever. TP-LINK launched the New 450Mbps Simultaneous Dual Band Wireless Gigabit Router at CES, and claims that it offers better speed without interference because it offers an additional 5GHz band. Because many devices such as cordless phones, Bluetooth devices and even your neighbours’…
Roxio Creator 2011 review: 3D LOLcat fun
3D: love it or hate it, it’s here to stay. It’s infiltrated movies, taking over television and now it’s working its way into Roxio’s home video editing software. We got our hands-on with the latest version, Roxio Creator 2011 Pro, to see if adding 3D will make it an Avatar-style success, or just daze and confuse users. The software lets users transform videos and photos…
Karotz: Wireless technology has never been so adorable
When a product boasts of being a “wireless, intelligent, internet rabbit, set to change the way we live”, it’s difficult to take it seriously. When it’s stuffed with wifi, Bluetooth, a webcam and a RFID scanner, however, ears perk up. Karotz is bunny-shaped, pretty adorable device that can: play music, share social media updates, communicate with friends, wake you up, tell you weather, let you…
Viewsonic WPG-360 Wireless Presentation Gateway: Mobile business presentations made affordable
Businesses looking for an affordable way to deliver dynamic and interactive presentations to their clients have a new tool in the shape of the WPG-360 Wireless Presentation Gateway. This device allows you to wirelessly connect a notebook or desktop PC to a large screen display or projector wherever you are. It’s a simple way for anyone who travels to clients in their own office or…
Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex USB 3.0 1.5TB Hard Drive review
Portable Hard Drives aren’t the sexiest of gadgets, but until we manage to move everything into the cloud (which is slowly becoming a Dropbox-based reality) physical hard drives are with us. I don’t use USB keys anymore as it’s pretty easy to move small documents around from my desktop to my smartphone or my tablet (for the second time in this paragraph I have to…
TuneUp 2011 review: Get your computer in shape for the New Year
Like people, computers seem to slow down as they get old. With human ageing, it’s usually losing information that slows things down. With a PC, however, it’s the opposite – too much data. Accumulate enough old and redundant files and even the fastest system will struggle. Over 20 million people have turned to TuneUp to solve these issues. We got hold of the 2011 edition…
Plextor PX-B12OU: 3D movies when you’re on the move
3D films are definitely the next big thing and if you have a 3D-compatible display, but nothing to play them on this could be the solution. The plug-and-play Plextor PX-B120OU is a portable Blu-ray player that comes in at around £92. It looks pretty good, with its ripple design on the top, and can be used to playback in two different ways. First, the Blu-ray…
Guinness World Records iPad app
Until now, the only record related to the iPad was fastest selling tablet computer. Now, thanks to the Guinness World Records: At Your Fingertips app, users can use the Apple device to break three world records – sprinting, spelling and remembering. In possibly the most unique use of an app to date, Guinness World Records will record your score on an online leader-board (at www.guinnessworldrecords.com),…
Prestigio Emporio ION 330 nettop review
You may remember that we went to visit Prestigio a while back (you have been paying attention, haven’t you?) and saw some of their range of brand “lifestyle” goods, targeting men aged 30-50. Although some of this range was simply leather USB keys and mice emblazoned with Ferrari logos (I’m under 30 so am blind to the charms of these items) other more interesting products…
Swiftpoint: The ultra mini-mouse
Hate trackpads? Go on admit it I won’t tell anyone. Trackpads can be amazing – Apple’s multi-touch efforts are pretty swanky and in general the technology has improved since my early days battling IBM Thinkpad nubs. But for detailed work, or frustration free computing … it’s nice to have a mouse. But with laptops getting smaller and lighter (not to mention netbooks with smaller, even…
