reviews

Wii Music
Ben Woodhead
If you think you're playing music on Guitar Hero you can't have picked up an instrument since you plinked a few notes of Wild Thing when you were 16.

Sonos wireless audio
John Davidson
Looking at the latest version of the Sonos music player, we're pondering whether it, too, might be too much of a good thing.

Far Cry 2 for PS3
Michael Crawford
The most interesting thing about Far Cry 2 is the sun-parched grasslands - they light up so well with a bit of encouragement from a flamethrower.

MotorStorm: Pacific Rift
Michael Crawford
A more appropriate title for MotorStorm: Pacific Rift is MotorStorm: The Search for Traction.

Nikon D90 digital SLR camera
John Davidson
We've just spent the past week reviewing Nikon's new D90 digital SLR camera: the world's first dSLR capable of shooting high-definition video

Apple MacBook
John Davidson
Just try to resist typing on Apple's gloriously shiny new razorback-built aluminium word manufacturer.
BioShock for PS3
Michael Crawford
BioShock offers a diverse arsenal, but on PS3, using it is a drag.
D-Link DSM330 - DivX Connected
Jan Birkeland
I've tested a few wireless media extenders in my time, and I always seem to be hit with the same issues.
Xbox media centre
John Davidson
The XBMC team is set to release a version of XBMC that works not just on modified Xboxes, but on Windows PCs, Macs, Linux machines and on Apple TV media players
Navigating the GPS mire
Rod Easdown
A friend recently spent an entire lunch bemoaning the GPS system he'd bought for a holiday
Dell Inspiron Mini 9 laptop
JOHN DAVIDSON
It's small, light and packs a bit of punch - if only Dell hadn't moved the apostrophe.
Olin MNT-101 mobile note taker
John Davidson
Of the 60 or so A5 notebook pages we filled with handwritten notes for our review of the Olin MNT-101 Mobile Note Taker, 10 pages or so are filled with swearing.
Nokia Navigator 6210
John Davidson
In the immortal words of Fox Mulder, spiritual leader to a whole generation of geeks, I want to believe.
ATI Radeon 4850 and 4870
Scott Bartley
ATI has its mojo back
Toshiba Satellite A300 and U400
Jan Birkeland
It's that time of year again, and by that I mean it's time for Toshiba's bi-annual update of its notebooks in both the consumer and business ranges.
Canon FS11 and HF10 video cameras
Jan Birkeland
Here, we look at two of Canon's new super-compact, flash memory-based video cameras
Acrobat 9 hints at makeover
Peter Moon
If you are a graphic artist, printer or publisher, Adobe's new Acrobat 9 may be a godsend
JumpBox builds path to open-source world
Peter Moon
Pssst! Wanna buy a seven-buck computer ? That's the value proposition from JumpBox Inc, an outfit that combines open-source software and virtual computing, and hopes to make a dollar along the way.
Carbonite online backup
Jan Birkeland
Online backup services aren't new, but very few of them are user-friendly and simple
Lenovo X300 notebook
Darren Gladstone
Lenovo's buttoned-up Thinkpad X300 ultraportable notebook computer may not have the MacBook Air's super-slim and Spartan style, but after firing up the X300, it's hard to not love this laptop.
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