Bag yourself a notebook review
Reviews You can sling it on your shoulder or carry it in one hand, and despite the silver finish it doesn't particularly scream 'steal me'. But this isn’t purely a matter of aesthetics: it helps if your bag doesn’t effectively carry a big sticker saying...
[December 9, 2002, 13:16]
Alarm over 'pharming' attacks review
Reviews Gerhard Eschelbeck, CTO of Qualys, a vulnerability management company, told me recently that pharming is simply a new name for a relatively old concept: domain spoofing. For example, if you type www.zdnet.co.uk, this request goes to your nearest...
[February 21, 2005, 9:35]
What ZDNet UK's editors want for Christmas review
Reviews I recently got to meet Apple’s global iPod marketing supremo, who talked me through the specs of the new machine. Anyway, if he wants me to redesign that global sleigh positioning system to use the new European satellites, he'd better deliver -- or...
[December 16, 2004, 8:50]
System Mechanic 4 Professional review
Reviews The utility suite requires at least a 120MHz Pentium processor; Windows 95, 98, ME, NT 4.0, 2000 or XP; 128MB of RAM; and 60MB of hard disk space. System Mechanic 4 Professional, which is distributed in the UK by ITRED, installs from either a 34MB...
[March 31, 2004, 9:25]
Gadgets for Christmas review
Reviews The ERS-7 has also got built-in Wi-Fi, so with the appropriate wireless hub and broadband connection, you can control it from a POP3 email account, sending commands down the telephone line -- even getting AIBO to play back pre-recorded messages...
[December 3, 2003, 10:45]
Sony Ericsson GC85 review
Reviews The GC85 card and Wireless Manager run under Windows 98SE, ME, 2000 (SP4) and XP -- no Mac support here. None of the UK's mobile network operators currently provide EDGE support, although Orange is reportedly planning to.
[December 8, 2004, 12:40]
Philips DVDRW228 review
Reviews The drive is compatible with Windows 98, NT 4.0, 2000, ME and XP. Or you can call Philips’ technical support: the UK customer care centre is open between 8.30am and 6pm Monday to Friday, and between 9am and 6pm on Saturdays; calls are charged at...
[September 13, 2002, 9:10]
Google Spreadsheets: a first look review
Reviews Its simple interface reminds me more of a very early Excel, or Lotus 1-2-3, than a modern spreadsheet. Google's online spreadsheet, now in limited beta, is no competitor to Excel. It may prove extremely useful for people who occasionally need to...
[June 7, 2006, 12:35]
Internet Explorer's shrinking numbers review
Reviews I spoke with Gary Schare, director of Windows product management at Microsoft, who cautioned me against getting all wrapped up in these numbers. Schare told me that for every patch cycle, the Microsoft team sits down and looks at the current...
[October 16, 2006, 13:00]
Why you should ditch Norton AntiVirus review
Reviews This year, however, I saw a demo for an application that had me running home to install it and raving about it to friends and family. Every year, I take a look at the latest crop of antivirus software.
[November 8, 2004, 13:23]
Best Firefox plug-ins for work review
Reviews That saves me some time. A co-worker tried it, loved it, and told me that he told his friends about it and that by letting him know about Browster, I had "saved 300 peoples' arms and hands". I've found myself enjoying the pages that StumbleUpon...
[June 8, 2006, 9:05]
Whom do you trust? review
Reviews And, frankly, having Microsoft monitor and fix your broken computer strikes me as disingenuous. Rolling out a new managed-care solution for desktops strikes me as another step in the right direction -- assuming, that is, that the company really...
[February 6, 2006, 10:45]
Internet Explorer 7 Beta: a first look review
Reviews Those still running Windows 2000, ME or even 98 SE will be forced to continue using IE 6 or commit to a Windows XP OS upgrade. It's been almost four years since Microsoft refreshed its venerable Internet Explorer browser.
[July 27, 2005, 23:55]
