Archive for the 'Reviews' Category

Review: Viewsonic VX2240w monitor

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

Paul Monckton, Personal Computer World, Thursday 17 January 2008 at 00:00:00

A budget yet stylish display with HDCP support

Stylistically, like most of Viewsonic's range, the VX2240w looks better than many monitors in this price range. Its thin black bezel and gently curving rear end are complemented by a...

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Review: Blaupunkt Travelpilot Lucca 5.3 satellite navigation

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

Will Stapley, Personal Computer World, Thursday 17 January 2008 at 00:00:00

A high-end sat-nav device complete with voice control

Better known for its car stereo and speaker systems, Blaupunkt also has a range of sat-nav devices. The Travelpilot Lucca 5.3 is its high-end model with maps covering western Europe....

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Review: Crucial Ballistix PC3-12800 2GB kit

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

Simon Crisp, Personal Computer World, Thursday 17 January 2008 at 00:00:00

Still early days for DDR3

Crucial has been quite late to market with its DDR3 memory modules, which is perhaps understandable as the demand for DDR3 is still in its early days and the price...

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Review: 02 XDA Stellar smartphone

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

Will Stapley, Personal Computer World, Wednesday 16 January 2008 at 00:00:00

Built-in GPS, slide-out Qwerty keyboard and Copilot Live 7

Based on the Tytn II handset from HTC, O2's XDA line-up includes some pretty impressive models, and the XDA Stellar is the first to include both built-in GPS and a...

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Review: Appliances boost log management

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

Dave Bailey, IT Week, Wednesday 16 January 2008 at 00:00:00

LogLogic 4 allows real-time analysis of data logs to aid compliance and risk mitigation

LogLogic's turnkey appliance-based system for the capture and processing of log data should appeal to any enterprise that is required to demonstrate compliance with corporate governance regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley...

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Review: Kingston USB2 Media Reader

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

Simon Crisp, Personal Computer World, Wednesday 16 January 2008 at 00:00:00

Keep you memory cards safe

If you've ever damaged your memory card accidentally when it has been positioned so that it sticks out of your card reader, Kingston's USB2 Media Reader aims to help you...

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Review: Gigabit switch offers flexibility

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

Martin Courtney, IT Week, Tuesday 15 January 2008 at 00:00:00

D-Link's Layer 3 Gigabit Ethernet switch provides room for LAN and WAN growth

D-Link's xStack DGS-3427 is a Layer 3 managed Ethernet switch aimed at companies looking to connect branch office LANs into a central network backbone, and who may require fibre-optic Gigabit or...

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Review: Brother HL-2170W laser printer

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

Emil Larsen, Personal Computer World, Tuesday 15 January 2008 at 00:00:00

Laser and wireless technologies combine in this ?150 printer

The HL-2170W is a squat mono laser printer and one of the cheapest we've seen with built-in Wifi. As well as 802.11b/g wireless, you get Ethernet and USB ports....

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Review: Fujifilm S8000fd digital camera

Monday, January 14th, 2008

Anthony Dhanendran, Computeract!ve, Monday 14 January 2008 at 00:00:00

Half-compact, half-SLR

The S8000fd is the latest 'hybrid' camera in Fujifilm's range, replacing the S7000. That camera is ancient in digital photography terms, having been released all of four years ago....

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Review: Canon Powershot SX100 IS digital camera

Saturday, January 12th, 2008

Gavin Stoker, Computeract!ve, Saturday 12 January 2008 at 00:00:00

A good value camera that's easy to use

The eight-megapixel SX100 IS, with its 10x optical zoom, is a new class of camera for Canon. It contains a monster of a lens but is easier to use and...

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