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Remembering the days when a floppy disc (a real floppy) were more than enough for data and an operating system make this device seem more than huge in capacity.
Pop fans, scouts & guides plus military personnel use them. So maybe it is time budding photographers should consider using a tent a photographic studio for certain tasks.
Navicore Personal is one of the growing range of navigation systems that can run on handheld products. In the case of Navicore this a modern Symbian phone.
Digital Freeview television and radio on your computer sounds like a media junkies dream. However frustration and disappointment could follow.
My first experience of a television tuner card, just over five years ago, was a Hauppauge unit. Maybe because of this, along with an element of rose-tinted nostalgia, I have always had a soft spot for the company's range of analogue and digital tuners whether these were external USB devices or of the PCI card variety.
Assuming you are not ashamed of your handwriting then this simple product from Data Becker may well let you add that something to your letters and emails.
Want an extra phone line? There are many ways of getting one apart from the more obvious BT or cable phone services. Broadband is one such candidate.
The promotion of VOIP has in no small part been promoted by Skype and others who allow Free calls computer to computer, but the quality is not always as good as that from a phone and there are problems, you both need to be at a computer and you could not call anyone on a normal phone line. This last problem was solved in the case of Skype by 'Skype Out' where for only a small charge you could ring a normal phone.
Hold that pose! Theres a camera out there just for you and it could well be the latest Acer model.
Multi Function Machines are getting smaller and neater, they now occupy a footprint smaller than an inkjet printer took not that long ago. Sometimes as here they are called All In Ones.
Why restrict your MP3 player to just music? It could just as easily acts as a talking book.
Corel are a graphics company, here they bring out a product that comes from their purchase of Micrografx another graphics company.
Ever fancied being able to pull together all your media content from everywhere for viewing or listening on a TV? In theory the Pinnacle ShowCenter 200 can do this.
With the weather warming up and the daily commute getting you hot under the collar, chill out watching videos on this cool device!
Personal audio can provide a welcome distraction from the drunks, loonies and other weirdos who travel on public transport. However while earphones stop you from hearing these oddballs, you can still see not to mention, smell them. Although the portable smell vaporiser hasn't materialised yet (iPong anyone?), technology might provide a solution to the other problem.
As the developer of LightScribe Technology, you would expect HP to include this capability with its new DVD burner. And such is the case.
Are you ashamed of your mobile? Dont worry new phones are appearing on a regular basis.
While other areas of IT appear to be slowing down the onward march of innovation within the mobile telephony sector continues to show little signs of letting up. Taking the example set by Sony Ericsson as it continues to produce more and more models designed to attract market share, you wonder when saturation point will be reached.
Having looked at Video and DVD, DVD and Hard Disc, it seems a logical progression to look at a unit that has all three and that is what the JVC DR-MX1S is, now if only the name was something catchy.
Setting up a home wireless network is becoming increasingly popular. NETGEAR offers its RangeMax brand for consideration.
Home networks, especially those involving the burgeoning wireless technology, have seen a recent surge in popularity. Throw in broadband to the mix and the possibilities become almost irresistible. Central to the home wireless system is a router such as the RangeMax Wireless Router (WPN824) from NETGEAR. At first glance, this router looks as if it has a white leather cover but this illusion is shattered as soon as you touch the moulded plastic device.
Another year, another birthday, so another chance to treat myself. As regular readers will know my passion is Jazz and so a couple of True Stereo offerings are always very acceptable.
Everybody looks for a bargain. Wanadoo believes it has an offer you might not be able to resist.
A simple tool to do a simple job, it is small enough to fit on a keyring and yet it will not only do the job it is designed for but another and just for good measure it even acts as a torch.
It is a maximum of 9x4x1cm including the substantial link that allows you to place it on a keyring. The weight is less than 50grams including it's battery. The Kensington WiFi Finder Plus will find out where the best signal is, surely something that is far more simply done with this small gadget than opening your notebook and after waving it around finding no signal.
Laptops might be getting lighter but can still weigh you down. How about letting the floor take the strain?
When you hear the name Canon what do you expect, cameras, inkjet printers, scanners, multi function machines or even calculators well there is at least one more item they do.
Giving this it's full name Canon Laser Shot LBP 3000 will probably help, it's a laser printer. It is quite small at 37x25x22cm and weights only 6.5kilos. Unlike inkjet printers lasers produce pages at the speed they state or even slightly exceed it. The claim for this unit is 14PPM and using the normal method of ignoring the first and last page I got very nearly 16PPM. 15.
Fed up with your laptop dying at the wrong time, then maybe a second battery is the answer.
A month ago (6/5/05) I told you about my first successful foray into Linux with Linspire 5, at that time I used to get a single error message when I booted up. This is now resolved by spending £4 at a local computer fair.
The component I was missing was a 10/100 card and to fair to Linspire it was listed as a required component. So open the case and insert the card, boot up and no error message. Now with the ZyXEL modem (reviewed 30/5/05) to attempt to connect to the Internet. All the required information resides on the ZyXEL box so plug it in to the 10/100 card and you are connected.
Fashion is not compulsory. Be a leader and not a follower by looking at an alternative to the iPod device.
For some considerable time my FireWall has been ZoneAlarm, the one drawback is that as that is the Free version you keep getting emails about upgrading to the Pro version.
You may know where you are going but do you know hot to get there? Perhaps you need to look at GPS.
After recently looking at some panels specifically designed for viewing DVD and TV looking at a conventional shaped panel takes a bit of getting used to.
And you shall have music throughout the home. That could well be the clarion call from the three-year old company Sonos.
Over the next couple of weeks this will be mentioned several times. As not only does this rate a review of its own it has also featured in at least two others.
Taking speech recognition capability on the road is possible with the latest version of Dragon NaturallySpeaking 8.
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