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A KALQ-ulated Gamble: the KALQ Keyboard
Despite its intentionally obtuse layout, the QWERTY keyboard has been a part of our lives since it debuted on a typewriter in the 1880s. However, the increasingly thumb-driven nature of smartphone and tablet typing has revealed previously unseen flaws in the QWERTY layout. The time is right for a new…
Carrot Car Insurance: Driving Costs Down for Kids
First timer drivers face a Herculean task when it comes to getting insured on their first car. At the moment the Bank of Mum and Dad is the easiest way to get a son or daughter insured on a reasonable car without paying a fortune on insurance premiums – but…
Windows 8 review of reviews: Fireman’s poles, tiles and hyperbole?
Let’s for one minute, strip away the hysteria and PR hyperbole that accompanies every Windows release and get down to the brass tacks of this latest release. Is it really the best thing Microsoft has produced since the dawn of time as it would lead us to believe? Microsoft is…
The Changing Face of Software
The days of floppy disks and CD-ROMS are well an truly over. Not only can we download most of our software online now, but the growth of the open-source market means we can usually find free alternatives to popular tools. These don’t always have the same features and functionality as…
CyberLink’s PhotoDirector 3 review: Lightroom streamlined
CyberLink’s PhotoDirector 3 is out, and we’ve decided to put it through its paces. Not just by reviewing it, but by putting it up against the number one PC photo management and editing tool – Adobe Lightroom 3. Can it topple the editing giant? Yes – if you’re a beginner…
PowerDVD 12 Ultra: CyberLink goes mobile
It’s all about mobile nowadays, and even PowerDVD is in on the act. The multi-purpose media playback software is now in its 12 iteration, boasting two killer mobile features: PowerDVD Mobile and PowerDVD Remote. The PowerDVD Mobile app lets users play, share and wirelessly stream their videos, music and photos…
myTwonky and Twonky Video for Android
PacketVideo announced recently the release of myTwonky (beta) and Twonky Video for Android. These free products provide the user with easy access to an existing library of music, photos and videos, as well as new content from the Web, whenever and wherever on your Smartphone, PC or Mac. Aww, how…
MAGIX Music Maker MX software: Sweet beats on the cheap
As a brand, MAGIX is famous for putting out music creation software that can be messed about with by beginners (for a laugh, this writer tried to make a electro-rap-rock crossover track to help the review, and it sucked) as well as those more advanced musicians. If you’ve always dreamed…
Colour Splash Studio Mac review
If you’ve ever wanted to recreate “the little girl in the red jacket” effect from Schindler’s List then a new app has just hit the Mac App Store just for you, and rocketing in at number one you’re apparently not alone in your desire. Whilst not the only app that…
FX Photo Studio Mac app review
Remember when Photoshop first came out? All of a sudden filters were *everywhere* – especially the cut-out comic effect. While I worked at a student paper almost every other piece of art-work we saw come in had been processed in some god-awful way and it was a relief to see…
SongGenie 2 and CoverScout review
I used to work as a music reviewer way back when CDs meant something, so while half of my physical music collection comprises proper CDs with cases and covers, the other half is a mess of flimsy plastic or cardboard sleeves with track names printed on if you’re lucky or…
Nuance OmniPage 18: Document conversion made fast, flexible and dare we say … fun?
For an academically inclined nerd I have a surprising amount of upper body strength, a fact I attribute solely to lugging weighty tomes regarding 18th century agrarian poetry around campus for three years. But if you already have a sensible exercise regime in place, you might be looking to cut…