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Who Started the Fire?
June 19, 2013
in Entertainment
Review : Macabre Mysteries Curse of the Nightingale Focus Multimedia
Ever received an invitation for an event that happened years ago? If so then you will feel at home with the opening of this next game.
Gigabyte Notebook
June 19, 2013
in Laptops/PCs/Apple
A name I know for powerful PCs, here a notebook running Windows 8, it does however not have ‘touch’. So is it a desirable thing to have a fast powerful notebook that runs an operating system that uses a front end that restricts it?
Audio Cleaning Lab 2013
June 18, 2013
in Software
Review : MAGIX Audio Cleaning Lab 2013
As technology advances, so older formats tend to go unsupported. However sometimes help is available to convert the older formats into one that can be used on modern equipment.
Samsung Galaxy SIII mini
June 17, 2013
in PDA's
This is an Android phone, however if you can cope with the smaller size it can do quite a number of things that you would expect to need a larger device to complete. This is a 112 gram device that slips easily into a pocket or purse.
Karcher Window Vac
June 16, 2013
in Homes and Gardens
This is a device that could persuade me to clean windows more often. As I live in a bungalow height is not a problem, the main problem is that previously when cleaned they look no different than they did before I cleaned them.
From VHS to Optical
June 15, 2013
in Entertainment
Review : Honestech VHStoDVD
As technology advances, data stored on legacy devices needs to be transferred to the latest format to ensure the content continues to be readily available.
Doro PhoneEasy 520X
June 14, 2013
in Phones
Doro are the biggest UK name in phones for the hard or hearing or those with limited sight. I have looked at at several designs and shapes over the years. So when one arrives with a new feature it immediately gets my interest.
Kobo Goes HD
June 13, 2013
in Entertainment
Review : Kobo Aura HD
A last minute invitation saw me attending the launch event for Kobo’s latest eReader device.
Rise of the Snow Queen
June 12, 2013
in Entertainment
Review : Focus Multimedia Dark Parables Rise of the Snow Queen
Witches never seem to rate highly on most people's popularity lists. Part of this unloved quality could be down to the actions of the Snow Queen, a central character in this next game.
Samsung Chromebook Series 3
June 12, 2013
in Laptops/PCs/Apple
While I saw a prototype unit a couple of years ago at Google, earlier versions of Chromebooks have passed me by. Rather different to a PC notebook and also different from a Google Tablet a Chromebook is a category of its own.
A Boxee Box
June 11, 2013
in Entertainment
Review : D-Link Boxee Box media player
The Boxee Box could be regarded as a hybrid product. D-Link, the source of this particular offering, has combined the free Boxee media software with its own hardware kit in order to offer the user a solution to the conundrum of creating a home-based media centre for their entertainment needs.
HP PhotoSmart7520
June 10, 2013
in Printers/Scanners
This is a multi-function unit which means it also has fax as well printing, scanning and copying, I actually recently found a business that still uses fax, my local Pharmacy as urgent prescriptions can be sent from doctors surgeries.
Finding Windows 8
June 9, 2013
in Software
Review : Windows 8 The Missing Manual
Now that Windows 8 is well and truly here -- even though an updated version will probably be out within the year -- there is a need for a detailed manual. This is particularly important because it is a significant redesign focussed on a touch-screen interface. "Windows 8 The Missing Manual" should meets the needs of power users as well as the rest of us who need to get to grips with this new environment.
Trainers and Laptop Bag
June 9, 2013
in Health and Beauty
Review : KSO TrekSport & STM Velo 2 Medium
Like most men I spend a lot of time in trainers for one reason only, they are comfortable, these however are rather different. Like most there are occasions that a notebook needs to travel with me and this bag from STM is also a little different.
Making Matches to Solve a Crime
June 8, 2013
in Entertainment
Review : Avanquest Night in the Opera
Why would some unknown person murder a travelling opera singer? It is up to you to solve the crime by playing a series of Match-3 boards.
Art Rage 4 Software
June 7, 2013
in Software
By the time anything gets to version 4 it should be mature; however this has something that few such products have and that is the ability to work just as well with touch screens such as those for some recent Windows 8 PCs it supports fully.
A 23-inch LED Panel
June 6, 2013
in Entertainment
Review : AOC i2360p
Rather than give this next product an easy-to-remember name, its developers have opted for the model number of i2360P.
A Trip Back in Time
June 5, 2013
in Entertainment
Review : Focus Multimedia JFK Conspiracy
Asked to list the top ten world influencing events of the past 50 years, I am sure many, if not all, would include the event that happened on the 22nd November 1963.
Watch & Care V120
June 5, 2013
in Cameras
How do deaf or hard of hearing parents manage to hear when their baby is crying? Something like this offering Amplicomms the people known for ultra-loud phones have produced this small module to allow them to see as well as possibly hear.
An Oyster for all Seasons
June 4, 2013
in Entertainment
Review : Damson Oyster
Never having eaten an oyster, I am unsure whether this delicacy would suit a side dish of damsons but why talk of food when technology is available.
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