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IM viruses finally come of age review
Reviews Over the last four years, I've been saying that instant messaging (IM) is a security threat waiting to happen. Although a few random computer viruses over the years have exploited IMs, there's been a definite increase in IM-borne virus activity...
[April 4, 2005, 12:45]
Microsoft MSN 8 review
Reviews As with AOL, you pick one of four age settings for each member: at the strictest setting (age nine or under), children must obtain permission before exchanging mail with strangers, entering a chat room, downloading a file or accessing all but a...
[November 26, 2002, 10:58]
The Wealth of Networks review
Reviews If you want to understand the Internet Age, it's essential reading. Many people assume that all this voluntary cooperation is just a phase we're going through on our way back to capitalist markets. But what if it's not?
[April 24, 2007, 15:10]
HP Compaq NX9005 review
Reviews In this age of ‘legacy-free’ kit, it’s becoming rare to find a notebook with a serial port or a PS/2 port for an external mouse or keyboard, but the NX9005 has both. Design You might think that this would mean no surprises, but in an odd way, there...
[October 14, 2003, 9:50]
Outlook 12 (beta 1) review
Reviews Bill Gates believes that citizens of the information age don't suffer from data overload, but instead ache from a lack of relevant content. If only we could better organise the incessant streams of digital data flowing at us, Microsoft's founder...
[November 18, 2005, 15:50]
Actiontec Wireless-Ready Multimedia Home Gateway review
Reviews In a time of space-age designs, this product's unassuming, plain exterior is oddly refreshing. This little home networking nucleus measures just 17.8 by 20.3 by 5.1cm and can sit horizontally or vertically on or under your desktop.
[November 18, 2001, 23:00]
Dell UltraSharp 1907FP review
Reviews The attractive UltraSharp 1907FP has a slim bezel, a brushed-aluminium neck and a fairly small Y-shape base that together contribute to its space-age feel. It offers loads of flexibility: you can tilt the panel forward and backward 25 degrees...
[February 28, 2006, 12:45]
Samsung SyncMaster 172W review
Reviews Cinematic convention crossed over into the television age in America in the early 1950s, when the same aspect ratio was adopted as the standard for TV tubes. In fact, this ratio has a hallowed ancestry dating back to the dawn of cinema in the late...
[June 25, 2003, 10:59]
Mobile devices: a buyer's guide review
Reviews Widespread wireless internet connectivity has seen to that, ushering in the age of the teleworker and the mobile professional. Work is no longer something that exclusively means commuting to an office and sitting at a desk from 9 to 5.
[September 26, 2007, 13:44]
Browser benchmarks: IE, Firefox, Opera and Safari review
Reviews When Tim Berners-Lee presented his employer CERN with the first browser, WorldWideWeb, to facilitate information flow between the different departments in the European nuclear research centre in Geneva, he little suspected that it would cause a...
[May 23, 2008, 16:40]
Fireworks MX 2004 review
Reviews For starters, the program finally ditches that microscopic on-screen type that made the interface virtually unusable for anyone over the age of 40. Setup & interface Fireworks 2004 MX is a medium-grade overhaul, but Macromedia added enough new...
[August 26, 2003, 10:57]
Dell UltraSharp 3007WFP review
Reviews The narrow black bezel is capped with silver bars along the top and bottom edges, and a heavy Y-shaped metal stand features a brushed silver coating that gives the design a retro space-age look. The Dell UltraSharp 3007WFP is both big and bright.
[January 18, 2006, 13:20]
Sony VAIO PCV-RX1 review
Reviews The GeForce2 MX chipset is beginning to show its age, and the RX1's 3DMark 2001 score of 2,375 is less than half of the typical scores for more recent cards. The VAIO PCV-RX1 is based around a 1.7GHz Pentium 4 and comes with 256MB of RDRAM as...
[February 4, 2002, 23:00]
TomTom MOBILE 5 review
Reviews Unfortunately it took an age to pair with our Nokia 6670: in fact, we had to turn the handset on and off a few times to get started. Design & features In our first review of TomTom MOBILE we were impressed by the fact that you could run navigation...
[August 23, 2005, 10:50]
Flash MX review
Reviews Further improvements in this release -- such as a more fully fleshed-out object model, the addition of case and switch syntax, enhancements to event handling -- all contribute to the impression that Flash is finally coming of age.
[March 6, 2002, 23:00]
Wacom PenPartner review
Reviews However, this could just be down to operator age and condition! In the box, you get the tablet itself, the pen, a CD containing drivers and JustWrite Office 4.0 software, plus a quick start guide. Setup is simple: load the drivers and software (for...
[May 25, 2004, 13:00]
OmniPage Pro 11 review
Reviews The PDF Import facility is perhaps an admission that scanning paper documents is less relevant in the Internet age. New features in version 11 include PDF import and export, a built-in document editor and, it's claimed, general improvements to...
[July 10, 2001, 0:00]
Microsoft Works Suite 2003 review
Reviews Other than this face-lift, Works 7.0 really shows its age. You’ll need to clean out your hard drive because Works requires a big chunk of space. A typical installation chews up about a gigabyte, but at least you get to decide which parts of the...
[October 23, 2002, 12:56]
Photoshop 7.0 review
Reviews For instance, though we couldn't quite restore the bloom to an old photo of a rose, we easily took a few days off its age. Photoshop 7.0's standard Adobe look and feel, complete with drop-down palettes and menu options, remain relatively unchanged.
[February 28, 2002, 23:00]
Inside a notebook battery pack review
Reviews As the cells age, some will lose capacity faster than others -- and if one cell becomes flat before the others, it can actually start to charge in reverse, which is a highly dangerous condition. Lithium ion batteries aren't so much popular in...
[August 17, 2006, 13:20]
