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Mandrakelinux 10.1 PowerPack+ review
Reviews Integration into existing Windows and Unix/Linux networks is straightforward, the accompanying documentation is comprehensive and easy to read, and access to a range of support services is included as part of the package.
[January 6, 2005, 9:35]
Search and enjoy: 7 search toolbars reviewed review
Reviews If you're still going to the Google or Yahoo home page to do Web searches, you're missing half the fun -- and you're unnecessarily exerting your fingers. Toolbar plug-ins for Microsoft's Internet Explorer -- and now Firefox -- make it easy and fast...
[January 7, 2005, 14:45]
Apple iMac G4 1.25GHz review
Reviews Design The Apple iMac has seen a speed bump with this release, but its physical design remains the same. The 10.4kg iMac consists of a half-dome base that contains the SuperDrive (CD-RW/DVD-R) and external expansion ports.
[December 2, 2003, 9:25]
Backup Exec Desktop Pro v4.5 review
Reviews The basic £26 (ex. VAT) product provides automatic device detection, support for a wide range of devices including SCSI tapes and CD-R/RW drives, compression, spanning of backups across multiple media and a wizard-driven interface.
[February 12, 2001, 23:00]
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 review
Reviews Inevitably a lot of the changes are hidden away under the surface, with an enhanced 2.6 kernel responsible for most of the performance and scalability gains. Kernel support for NUMA (Non-Uniform Memory Access), for example, allows deployment on...
[December 6, 2004, 8:35]
Yoggie Pico Pro review
Reviews The Pico Pro from Yoggie is an innovative mobile security device that's designed to extend corporate-level security to travelling notebooks. It's a Linux 2.6-based appliance on a USB stick, powered by a 520MHz Intel PXA270 processor and 128MB of...
[October 9, 2007, 15:30]
Photos: CeBIT day one review
Reviews Springtime for CeBIT CeBIT 2007 is kicking off in unprecedentedly clement weather for Hanover in mid-March — sunshine, gentle zephyrs, blossom on the trees. It's enough to put a spring in the collective step of the tech journalist pack as they...
[March 14, 2007, 14:45]
Dell Adamo: a first look review
Reviews One of the most buzzed-about new notebooks of 2009 is Dell's Adamo, a high-end, ultra-thin 13in.model that starts £1,649 and shares a design sensibility with the MacBook Air and HP's Voodoo Envy 133. After teasing the system at CES 2009, Dell...
[March 17, 2009, 11:57]
Stratus ftServer 6200 review
Reviews As VMware has no built-in cluster support, the Stratus VMware bundle is the only way to build what is in effect an active/active cluster for VMware ESX Server. We tested the VMware bundle using an ftServer 6200 fitted with 8GB RAM, two internal SAS...
[June 2, 2008, 10:04]
Canon LV-S1 review
Reviews Canon’s LV-S1 is a compact SVGA (800 by 600 pixel) projector, with a brightness rating of 1,000 ANSI Lumens. The contrast ratio of 300:1 is the equal lowest in our group test, although at short projection distances we still found the image to be...
[August 16, 2002, 15:40]
Panda Antivirus Platinum 7.0 review
Reviews Installation and interface Panda Antivirus Platinum 7.0 is easy to install, whether you use the installation CD or download the program. We chose the latter route and transferred the 29MB setup file to our test PC in minutes.
[January 9, 2003, 9:06]
Chrome OS: screenshots review
Reviews You log into Chrome OS (or 'Chromium OS' to give it its pre-supported name) with just your username, which is your Google Account, and your password. Something stronger may be advisable if this is to be the one barrier between the world and your...
[November 24, 2009, 9:21]
Athlon XP/2200+: encoding performance review
Reviews MP3 encoding Intel’s intensive efforts to get software producers to optimise their program code for modern processors -- Intel CPUs, naturally - continue to bear fruit. The MP3 encoder MusicMatch Jukebox has been optimised in version 7.0 for Intel...
[June 18, 2002, 16:15]
Optimising and securing your network review
Reviews Because wireless signals often travel beyond the physical confines of your home or office, you must take extra precautions to secure your network. Otherwise, any hacker on the street with a suitable radio can gain access to your network.
[February 6, 2003, 14:55]
Red Hat Linux 9 Professional review
Reviews Setup & interface Usability improvements dominate this upgrade. Red Hat 9 dramatically improves the OS's display of fonts, something that Mandrake Linux also does well in its recent 9.1 release. Mandrake's fonts still look sharper in the OpenOffice...
[May 13, 2003, 10:03]
Belkin Wireless PDA keyboard review
Reviews At 13.2cm by 9.1cm by 2cm, closed, with stand attached, and 249g, the Wireless PDA Keyboard isn't the heaviest of the lot (the Targus keyboard takes that title), but it wasn't as compact as ThinkOutside's Stowaway keyboard either.
[October 22, 2004, 9:15]
Ability Office 2002 review
Reviews Ability Office doesn't let you choose which components you want to install, but dumps all of its bits and pieces on your PC. Still, it consumes only a minuscule 20MB, just a fraction of what Works eats up.
[May 8, 2002, 15:41]
VMware Workstation 4.5.2 review
Reviews VMware Workstation works by enabling multiple operating systems and their applications to run concurrently on a single physical machine. The clever part is that these operating systems and applications are isolated in secure virtual machines that...
[November 22, 2004, 15:30]
SuSE Linux 9.1 Professional review
Reviews There are two client versions of SuSE Linux available, Personal and Professional. The former, which costs 29.95 euros (~£20), is aimed at simple desktop productivity and includes OpenOffice.org plus various Internet tools.
[May 18, 2004, 9:30]
Apple Boot Camp (beta) review
Reviews Apple has released Boot Camp, a free download that lets you run Windows on an Intel-based Mac. The 83MB download is available as beta software, and Boot Camp will be included in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard later this year.
[April 10, 2006, 9:05]
