Month: July 2006
Pocket LOOX N100: Lightweight GPS and MP3 gadget
What do you need most when you're on the move and not entirely sure where you're supposed to be going? Music and a map. That's where the Fujitsu-Siemens Pocket LOOX N100 Series personal navigation assistant (PNA). It's a very light…
Sky Broadband: The Americans kick ass
There were times today at the Sky Broadband launch I had to remind myself I was actually in Britain. First was the weather of course (sweltering heat, more LA than London). Then there were the 'folks' on stage to use…
Zyxel P-660HW: ADSL2+ router/modem on a budget
Looking for a home networking solution on a budget that's better than what your ISP provided when you signed up for broadband? If so, the Zyxel P-660HW could be for you. It's the entry-level offering in a new range…
Symantec slate Vista 'less secure than XP'
Microsoft's next generation of Windows, Vista, has been picked apart by Symantec, makers of PC anti-virus and security software, and their basic conclusion? Windows Vista could be less secure than Windows XP. Anyone else feeling a little nervous? Granted,…
Sanyo ICR 1000 dictaphone: great for those who like to talk
Long gone are the days of dictaphones with fiddly little tapes that kept jumping out and unspooling themselves. It's all digital now, and with that comes the promise of more versatile and longer recording times, and compatibility with a PC…
Video and audio streaming around the home still a decade away?
It may not be what the likes of Philips – with their connected home concept – and other manufacturers want to hear, but a leading music technologist, John MacFarlane, CEO of Sonos, says that neither consumers nor technology is…
Review: Canon Selphy CP510 photo printer
The Propaganda The Canon Selphy CP510 sits in the middle of their compact photo printer range. It's supposed to offer the best value printing in the range, at 22p a print. Being a dye-sublimation printer, it feeds the photo…
Creative's G500W 5.1 wireless speaker system
Last year we showed off one of Creative's new set of speakers aimed primarily at gamers, but good for music and movies too: the Gigaworks ProGamer G500 system. Now, add a 'W', and you get the new Gigaworks G500W…
Can Your PC Read Your Mind?
Rumours continue to circulate that computer programs have been developed that can read your mind and might even be a security risk. The Mystic Ball demonstrates how the technology works and in our exhaustive tests it scored an astounding…
Rock first in UK to ship notebook with Intel Core Duo T2700
Notebook manufacturer Rock has announced it will be first in the UK to ship notebooks with Intel's Core Duo T2700 CPU fitted – the notebook in question being the Xtreme CTX T2700. In addition, the video card has also…
