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PCG offers help with IR35-proof contracts
News The Professional Contractors Group (PCG) has created a series of draft contracts that it believes self-employed workers could use to avoid falling foul of IR35. The PCG has updated the draft contracts following its recent unsuccessful judicial...
[September 25, 2001, 10:20]
PCG seeks funding to fight test case on tax
News The Professional Contractors Group (PCG) issued a call on Thursday for funds to help support a case which, it says, has huge tax implications for tens of thousands of IT contractors and other small businesses.
[November 5, 2004, 12:28]
PCG: New case law will defeat IR35
News The Professional Contractors Group (PCG) has predicted that it can still save its members from the IR35 tax, despite Friday's defeat at the Court of Appeal. Speaking to ZDNet UK shortly after the ruling, PCG chair Jane Akshar said that a series of...
[December 21, 2001, 13:33]
Sony VAIO PCG-R600HEP review
Reviews The only problems with the VAIO PCG-R600HEP concern pricing: the system unit isn't exactly cheap, and most users are likely to need the docking base a well. The R600HEP is based on what is now the old-style Mobile Pentium III, with 256KB of Level 2...
[December 4, 2001, 23:00]
Sony VAIO PCG-F809K review
Reviews The VAIO PCG-F809K is a typically stylish and feature-rich notebook from Sony that commands an equally typical price premium. Clad in Sony's familiar purple and grey VAIO livery, the F809K is a bulky system weighing 3.2kg (3.6kg with the AC adapter...
[December 5, 2000, 23:00]
Sony VAIO PCG-FX301 review
Reviews If you're looking for a solid workhorse of a notebook, and you require brand-name support, you could do worse than choose Sony's VAIO PCG-FX301. The FX301 is also one of the first notebooks to feature AMD's new 800MHz Mobile Duron processor...
[September 14, 2001, 0:00]
Sony VAIO PCG-C1VE review
Reviews This is tailor-made for ultraportable notebooks such as Sony's VAIO PCG-C1VE, where the design trade-offs are hardest to optimise. The VAIO PCG-C1VE could be mistaken for any other member of the C1 ultraportable range, although closer inspection...
[October 30, 2000, 23:00]
Sony VAIO PCG-FX604 review
Reviews The VAIO PCG-FX604 can't be described as exciting, but it's well designed, has a big screen and a good keyboard, and performs well so long as you don't expect too much from it. Sony's VAIO range is perhaps best known for combining eye-catching...
[May 28, 2002, 19:04]
Sony VAIO PCG-VX71P review
Reviews If you’re a Sony fan and you need an ultraportable system with a decent-sized screen, the VAIO PCG-VX71P should appeal. Based around Intel’s low-voltage 850MHz Mobile Pentium III-M processor and 256MB of RAM, supported by the integrated 815EM...
[July 2, 2002, 18:20]
Sony VAIO PCG-FX109K review
Reviews The VAIO PCG-FX109K provides plenty of features and delivers the performance to support them. This is no ultraportable: weighing 3.1kg minimum and measuring 32.4cm by 26.6cm by 5.5cm it's neither small nor light -- and it gets heavier if you...
[May 21, 2001, 0:00]
Sony VAIO PCG-QR10 review
Reviews The design of the PCG-QR10 certainly isn't going to appeal to business users. The tilt stand doubles as a carry handle, allowing you to pick up the PCG-QR10 quickly -- providing you remember to remove any cables first.
[May 11, 2001, 0:00]
Sony VAIO PCG-GRX316SP review
Reviews If you need copious screen space for editing video, the VAIO PCG-GRX316SP's eye-catching 16.1in.display provides it in spades, and the ATI Mobility Radeon chipset has the pixel-pushing power to drive it.
[March 10, 2002, 23:00]
Sony VAIO PCG-R600HEP review
Reviews The VAIO PCG-R600HEP might have plenty of features, but they're also available on cheaper systems. This isn't a fast machine. The R600HEP's low benchmark scores are partly due to the relatively slow processor used -- an 850MHz Mobile Pentium III...
[January 24, 2002, 23:00]
Sony VAIO PCG-GR215SP review
Reviews Instantly recognisable as a VAIO, the PCG-GR215SP plants a considerable footprint wherever you plonk it down. As far as speed is concerned, the PCG-GR215SP is predictably fast, thanks to its impressive complement of system components.
[November 20, 2001, 23:00]
Sony VAIO PCG-NV109M review
Reviews Special Sony features aside, this is a well-appointed system -- as it should be for £1,701.28 (ex. VAT; £1,999 inc. VAT). A 1.6GHz Mobile Pentium 4 processor keeps 256MB of DDR RAM busy, while a beautifully bright 15in.
[June 28, 2002, 12:55]
Sony VAIO PCG-GRX516SP review
Reviews Multimedia content creation applications like video editing require plenty of processing horsepower, a beefy graphics subsystem and lots of storage -- all of which the GRX516SP duly delivers. The CPU is Intel's 2GHz Mobile Pentium 4.
[November 20, 2002, 11:10]
Sony VAIO PCG-Z1SP review
Reviews Generally, the PCG-Z1 is comfortable to type on; this is helped by the fact that the rear of the system is slightly raised by the battery pack, which runs the length of the system. Notable for its absence from the PCG-Z1 (and apparently all future...
[March 12, 2003, 11:52]
Sony VAIO PCG-C1VFK review
Reviews The C1VFK's predecessor, the C1VE, was the first notebook to ship with Transmeta's battery-friendly Crusoe processor, and this new model uses a TM5600 chip with a maximum clock speed of 667MHz, compared to the C1VE's 600MHz.
[July 31, 2001, 0:00]
Sony VAIO PCG-FX209K review
Reviews The FX209K is a fast system, thanks to the 1GHz Mobile Pentium III processor tucked inside the black and blue magnesium alloy/plastic chassis, but the components installed alongside are less impressive in a system designed for digital video/audio...
[July 4, 2001, 0:00]
Sony VAIO PCG-TR1MP review
Reviews Design The VAIO TR1MP sports the most impressive notebook design we've seen from Sony in a while. The system's 27cm wide by 18.8cm deep by 3.47-3.58cm high case is reminiscent of the old VAIO C1, although the TR1MP's slightly larger footprint...
[September 10, 2003, 16:05]
