Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro review
Reviews Later we fired up Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy, an EAX 4.0-enabled title. On the market for 15 years, Creative Labs’ Sound Blaster PC audio-output devices have benefited from long-term evolution.
[March 18, 2004, 6:25]
A guide to VoIP telephony review
Reviews VoIP, or Voice over Internet Protocol, is a method of sending audio voice signals -- or, more specifically, telephone signals -- as data packets over the Internet. By taking advantage of the different charging structure of broadband services, the...
[July 26, 2006, 9:55]
SIP protocol VoIP phones review
Reviews VoIP phones offer the familiar look of a conventional desk phone with similar functionality, but aren’t as plug-and-go. Like so much networking kit, setting up a VoIP phone can be a very frustrating experience because there are often 70 or more...
[October 4, 2006, 12:35]
Compaq Deskpro Workstation 300 review
Reviews The Deskpro Workstation 300 has manageability high on its list of design features. The case is tool free, fastened by two captive thumbscrews. Releasing the drives from their bays is simply a matter of releasing the tool-free front facia and...
[November 19, 2000, 23:00]
Dell Dimension 8100 review
Reviews First thing to notice about the Dimension 8100 is the new black and silver easy-access case, which replaces the familiar beige Dimension box. There's no need for a screwdriver - you just push a button on the lower front panel to release the...
[November 19, 2000, 23:00]
LG GSA-H55N review
Reviews The GSA-H55N has a maximum write speed of 20x for DVD+R and -R media; write and read speeds for other media vary up to maximum of 48x for CD-R. All of these features, and particularly the SecureDisc encryption and authentication, make it an...
[July 30, 2007, 11:07]
Security and wireless networking review
Reviews The huge convenience of wireless networking tends to overshadow its high degree of vulnerability to attack. For marketing purposes, vendors are understandably keen to promote the convenience; unfortunately, the complexity of the measures necessary...
[July 23, 2007, 15:06]
Data retention strategies for SMEs review
Reviews Backup and archiving are activites that many small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) often either don’t think about, or are ill-equipped to handle. However, legislation regarding the storage of email and digital business records is changing, and...
[March 22, 2007, 16:47]
Axstor AX-DC SATA Hot Swap Drive Cages review
Reviews Design In use, individual drives are inserted or removed by lifting a small latch to release a gate that closes over the front of the drive and holds it in place. The gate can then be swung open about a hinge on its right-hand end.
[February 19, 2007, 11:55]
LinkSys SPA941 review
Reviews The twelve, round, keypad buttons are perhaps a bit on the small side (11mm diam.compared to some of other VoIP phones we've seen. Apart from the standard three-letter alphabet groups on the keypad, no text labels are used for the controls.
[October 4, 2006, 12:25]
Polycom SoundPoint IP 301 review
Reviews The LCD status panel is generously sized at 8.5 x 3cm and has three soft keys arranged below its bottom edge, with the two line/account select keys to its right. One of these keys can be assigned as a speed dial number, rather than a second line...
[October 4, 2006, 12:25]
Grandstream Budgetone 102 review
Reviews These phones have a rounded and unassuming appearance. Although the product box shows a much sexier version, in off-white, with translucent buttons, the Budgetones are only available in matt black. Two screw holes in the back of the phone and a...
[October 4, 2006, 12:25]
Aastra 9133i review
Reviews Although the clip-on plastic wedge stand only raises the Aastra 9133i to a modest 20 degrees, visibility of the status display can be improved because the status panel itself is hinged and will swivel, to bring it up to a 45-degree angle with the...
[October 4, 2006, 12:25]
Snom 300 review
Reviews Snom has reduced the apparent bulk of the 300 by moulding extensions for the LCD panel and the end of handset rest, that project from the main body of the phone. The handset has a pronounced curved, sculpted shape that makes it easy to pick up and...
[October 4, 2006, 12:25]
NComputing L230 review
Reviews L230 terminals communicate over the network with a PC that acts as a terminal server, which responds to the mouse and keyboard inputs, processes the requests and returns the results as a GUI display back to each terminal.
[March 10, 2008, 16:11]
Aleutia E1 review
Reviews Aleutia's solution is the diminutive E1, a fan-less computer running a small-footprint version of Linux from a CompactFlash card — there's no hard disk or internal solid-state drive. The E1, which costs £179 (inc.
[February 21, 2008, 13:34]
Inveneo Computing Station review
Reviews The Inveneo Computing Station is a complete mini-desktop computer, with the system unit mounted on the back of a 14.1in. XGA-resolution LCD monitor. As standard, the Computing Station is supplied with 2GB of flash memory for long-term storage...
[February 19, 2008, 11:41]
NComputing X300 review
Reviews Each X300 kit consists of the PCI splitter, three access units and the NComputing terminal services software. Customers will need to add cables, keyboards, mice and monitors. NComputing warns that this entry-level solution is not recommended for...
[February 14, 2008, 15:13]
