Personal Computer World articles from April 2005

Personal Computer World archives from April 2005

ADSL on line for 18Mbits.(Asynchronous digital subscriber line2+)
April 1, 2005... Byline: Clive Akass. Broadband links of up to 18Mbits/sec could be available in Britain by the end of the year, following an agreement on how they are to be implemented. They will use a technology called ADSL2+, the specifications of...

Quicken dead.(drops Taxcalc and Quicken products)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Intuit has dropped its Taxcalc and Quicken products in the UK. Taxcalc will be supported for the 2004 tax season and Quicken support will continue until next January.

PCW Labs blog goes live.
April 1, 2005... Want to get a behind-the-scenes look into our Labs, see where the testing takes place and sneak a look at the latest products? Of course you do, and now you can via PCW's new Labs blog - The Test Bed. You'll get to read about the latest...

One in the Ipod for Microsoft.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Apple is riding high, with sales of music tracks via Itunes and the Ipod running at record levels, and the launch of a new Mac Mini pitched to tempt users away from Windows - see page 39 and our review on page 57. Apple followed up with three...

Slow start for Express slot.(Intel's Centrino mobile platform new version Sonoma)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Byline: Clive Akass. Vendors lined up in January to launch notebooks based round the new version of Intel's Centrino mobile platform, codenamed Sonoma. But fewer than one in 10 of the machines sported an Express Card slot, one of the major...

USB players get direct link.
April 1, 2005... Aigo's P880 media player is one of the first products to support On-The-Go (OTG) technology that allows USB devices to swap files without the need for an intermediate computer. The [pounds sterling]279.99 inc VAT device, which has a 20GB hard...

Spaniard charged over 'peeping tom' code.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Security experts have warned for years of the potential for peeping toms to hack into home webcams. Now Spanish police have arrested a man for writing a Trojan that can do just that. The 37-year-old suspect was found at his Madrid apartment...

Carrera sold.(Carrera SSC)(Watford Electronics )(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... PC vendor Carrera SSC was bought by Watford Electronics last month after its parent Digital Network plc went into administration. Watford also bought Carrera's sister company Demonite Computers and online retail arm Order247.co.uk. Watford...

BT ID service.(BT PLC)(Midentity Ltd.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Britain's home-grown digital-identity service Midentity got a big boost last month with a deal to develop products with the wholesale arm of BT. Midentity's basic function is to maintain a contacts file that tracks changes so it is always...

Multitrader.(Actinic Business)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Actinic has launched a multi-user version of Actinic Business, its mid-range ecommerce package so that up to six PCs can use it to process online and offline orders simultaneously. Prices start at [pounds sterling]2,000 ex VAT for a two-user...

Ring changes.(Mp3 Ringtone Maker )(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... A EUR15 ([pounds sterling]10.50) simple-to-use utility called Mp3 Ringtone Maker allows you to trim mp3s into phone ringtones. Rival Magix Ringtone Maker costs [pounds sterling]20 but is said to cover more formats. www.fasttrak.co.uk;...

MSN search.
April 1, 2005... MSN's revamped search engine, intended to challenge Google, has now gone live. - Video searching - see page 19.

Searches could change TV.(www.video.google.com )(www.blinkx.tv)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Byline: Clive Akass. Companies such as Google are developing TV searches in a move some believe could alter our viewing habits. A pilot at http://video.google.com has received most attention, but as went to press this offered little more...

Curb on rip-off extended warranties.(Consumer electronics industry)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... New guidelines to curb rip-off extended warranties come into force at the end of March following a Competition Commission report that found people are often put under pressure to sign extended warranty deals when they buy electrical goods. ...

C64 lives.
April 1, 2005... One of the most popular computers of the 1980s, the Commodore 64, has been revived cunningly disguised as a joystick and includes 30 games written for the original. The device, which uses the original operating system and plugs into a TV, is...

CES takes over from Comdex.(Consumer Electronics Show)
April 1, 2005... The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas has become the biggest US computing show following the cancellation of last year's Comdex Fall, though there is talk of reviving that event in 2005. CES happened just as last month's PCW was going to...

Frugal graphics.(S3 Inc)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... S3 showed a graphics processor it says draws less than half the power of rival makes. The Delta Chrome S8 ULP, is designed for silent-running home and games PCs. S3 claims it is the first GPU to support eight-pipeline DirectX 9 graphics on full...

DVD truce.
April 1, 2005... Panasonic and HP have agreed to support each other's DVD formats. HP has added DVD-Ram to its desktop products, while Panasonic's will support HP-backed DVD+R. See www.pcw.co.uk/news/1160358.

Fossil Ram.(Fossil Inc.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Fossil announced a new model of its Palm-power wrist PDA with 8MB of memory. The device looks and functions like a watch. www.fossil.com.

Disk sizes set to hit 1TB.(Hard disk drives)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Byline: Rob Jones. The growing popularity of digital cameras, camcorders and ripped music made storage a hot topic at CES. Vendors all pointed to music and photography as the key reason for the demand for storage, with hard-disk capacities...

SD card gets clever with USB link.(Secure Digital)(Universal serial bus)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... USB drives are now so many and varied that you might have thought the design possibilities had become exhausted. But Sandisk showed an interesting variation at CES. It is an SD (Secure Digital) memory card with an embedded USB2 link. You...

Blue screen gives Bill red face.(Bill Gates)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Bill Gates' legendary luck failed him during his keynote presentation at CES. His demonstration of Microsoft Media Center crashed during the presentation on integrating digital photography. Later a Microsoft product manager failed to access the...

Kodak links without wires.(Easyshare-One )(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Byline: Rob Jones. Kodak launched a Wifi-enabled camera that can email pictures or swap them directly with other devices without the aid of a PC. The 4megapixel Easyshare-One 'is designed as much for sharing pictures as it is for taking...

Pentax takes the plunge.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Pentax is releasing a waterproof 5megapixel digital camera that can be taken to a depth of around 5ft - fine for most people when snorkelling. The Optio WP, (pictured right) has a 2in viewable screen, a 3x optical zoom and it can take...

Adapter combines VoIP and audio calls.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Byline: Rob Jones. Fledgling Voice over IP provider Dingotel (no, it's not Australian) is offering several products to complement its Internet phone service, due to launch soon. The most exciting is the Anywhere Telephone Adapter,...

Consumer Electronics Show: Storage - Holographic rivalry begins.(Optware )(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Byline: Clive Akass. Two companies have demonstrated rival holographic technologies capable of storing a terabyte or more on a DVD-sized disc. Inphase, a company spun off four years ago by Lucent to exploit research done at Bell Labs,...

Consumer Electronics Show: Storage - Self-labelling DVD drives launched.(Hewlett-Packard Co.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... The first drives that both burn and label DVD discs using an HP-developed technology called Lightscribe were shown at CES, and are about to hit the shelves in the UK. Internal Lightscribe drives will be available initially only on selected...

Sanyo shows mobile phone-TV.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Byline: Rob Jones. There will be no let-up in mobile-phone innovation this year, judging by the products on show at CES. TV on your mobile via a service providers signal has been available for a while, and Sanyo showed off a service...

7-button mouse.(Desktop Wireless 9000 Pro wireless keyboard and mous)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... This spring Creative Labs will launch the Desktop Wireless 9000 Pro wireless keyboard and mouse, which operates in the 2.4GHz spectrum for faster response times. It also showed the Creative Mouse Programmer, a seven-button USB optical...

Stand by for HD video war.(high-definition)
April 1, 2005... Byline: Rob Jones. The hottest technology at CES was high-definition, be it on TVs, monitors, DVD media or for TV. broadcasts. Companies were desperate to show their HD credentials and, in the US at least, the technology has come of age....

Home mains links to hit 200Mbits/sec.(Homeplug Powerline Alliance )(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Byline: Steve Ranger. Technology that piggybacks electrical wiring is set to give home networks speeds of up to 200Mbits/sec - nearly 15 times faster than is available today. Members of the Homeplug Powerline Alliance say that there is...

Control your PC via a mobile phone.(Toshiba Corp.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Software that allows you to operate a PC remotely using a mobile phone has been developed by Toshiba. The 'Ubiquitous Viewer', initially available only in Japan, reduces the PC screen to QVGA resolution (320 x 240pixels), only part of which can...

The point of Wifi pointing.(forecast)
April 1, 2005... Smart Wifi aerial systems are learning to exploit one of the simplest and oldest communication techniques... pointing. It is used in a new multi-aerial system from a Silicon Valley start-up called Video54, which claims its Beamflex technology...

Give a dog a phone.(new cell phone from Petscell)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... An American company called Petscell has developed a mobile phone for dogs so their owners can speak to them wherever they are. The phones can include a GPS receiver and digital camera so owners know where the animals are. The firm does not...

Beware 'evil twin' threat at wireless hotspots.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Researchers have uncovered a new Wifi hotspot security threat dubbed the 'evil twin'. It is a rogue access point that can trick Wifi hotspot users into logging on to it, rather than to the legitimate system, said Phil Nobles, a cybercrime...

Intel trumps AMD Turion.(new notebook chip from Advanced Micro Devices Inc.)
April 1, 2005... Byline: Clive Akass. AMD last month announced a new range of notebook chips called the Turion, as Intel formally launched its second-generation Centrino mobile platform, codenamed Sonoma. The 64bit Turion, targeted at thin-and-light...

Centrino leaves Crusoe stranded.(Transmeta suspends production)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... The launch of Intel's latest Centrino platform came, by sad coincidence, at much the same time as an announcement was made by Transmeta that it was suspending production of its Crusoe processors and at least some of its Efficeon chips. ...

Robot muscle.(micro robot developed)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Byline: Iain Thomson. Researchers have bonded flesh to silicon to create what they claim is world's first muscled robot. They grew muscles from a rat's heart onto a silicon microdevice coated with gold and a layer of a polymer called...

Tough Symbol.(handheld computers launched)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Symbol has launched a rugged handheld for shops and other businesses to use for tasks such as stocktaking. The MC3000, built round an XScale PXA270 comes with a keyboard, barcode scanner or digicam options, and has dual-mode 802.11b/g Wifi, It...

Alarming move.(alarm sticks)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... A new [pounds sterling]140 alarm sticks tightly to a PC and screams at 120decibels when the machine is unplugged without deactivation. It is controlled by an electronic key. Details are at www.hotav.uk.com.

Cheap power.(Nvidia enhances Geforce 6200)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Nvidia has boosted entry-level performance in its Geforce 6200 with a technology called Turbocache which renders to a PC's system memory, saving the cost of dedicated on-card video Ram. The system takes advantage of extra bandwidth provided by...

Sure shot.(new gun developed)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... A 'smart gun' developed by researchers at the New Jersey Institute of Technology can only be fired by its owner, who is identified using 16 sensors built into the grip and trigger. All guns in sold New Jersey state will have to be 'smart' by...

Gadgets set to transform schools. Forget chalk and blackboard ... today's schoolkids get to play with 3D printers, object cloners, computer-controlled embroidery machines and teaching robots. Clive Akass reports.
April 1, 2005... Classrooms are a sight more interesting than they used to be, if exhibits at this year's Bett education-technology show are anything to go by. There were gadgets enough to have parents drooling, let alone their children. Stars of the show...

Want to learn how to build your own mobile phone?(Matrix Multimedia )(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... A company called Matrix Multimedia has an idea that will appeal to anyone who wants to learn more about hardware. It has developed a number of modules called eblocks that can be connected together to make a variety of devices - including a...

Mini Mac tempts PC users.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Apple has made its strongest assault yet on the dominance of the Wintel PC in the desktop and home. Its Mac Mini has the stylish Apple look and is priced at just [pounds sterling]399. This includes the Ilife multimedia suite, which is more than...

Novell plugs business Linux.(Novell Linux Desktop launched)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Microsoft is under attack from Novell, which has launched a desktop version of Linux, aimed at companies and government bodies. Novell Linux Desktop (NLD) is an enterprise version of its Suse Linux 9.2 Professional edition, which many see as a...

Inside information - Columns - Portable video an entertaining idea.(Column)
April 1, 2005... Byline: Gordon Laing, gordonl@pcw.co.uk. Rather than carrying around yet another device, Gordon Laing wants to use his PDA to watch movies. As someone who doesn't own a car but loves to travel, it's fair to say I use a great deal of...

Columns - Kewney @ large - Can spyware come in from the cold? Guy Kewney thinks spyware is a threat to our privacy, but others see it as a useful marketing tool.(Column)
April 1, 2005... Byline: Guy Kewney, guyk@pcw.co.uk Here's a hard question for you: do you disapprove of spyware because it slows down your computer or because it robs you of privacy? Yes, I'm well aware that quite a few people will respond: 'What is...

Columns - Straight talking - If it ain't broke, don't upgrade it. As Europe begins to get ready for high-definition TV, Barry Fox concludes that the hype is premature.(Column)
April 1, 2005... Byline: Barry Fox, barryf@pcw.co.uk Better very late than never, the European electronics industry has finally agreed an 'HD-Ready' labelling scheme for TV screens, to protect people who buy a big new panel and think it is ready for...

Columns - IT matters - Recycle and re-use before it's too late. Everyone needs to be aware of the e-waste they produce before things get out of hand, says Simon Crisp.(Column)
April 1, 2005... Byline: Simon Crisp, simon_crisp@vnu.co.uk You might think that Ebay is the world's greatest car boot sale, full of people offloading their old tat and collectables (don't worry, I could be classed as one of those), but it does have a more...

Reviews.
April 1, 2005... Byline: Edited by chris cain. Well, things have certainly been busy on the hardware front this month. Along with the usual array of new and improved PCs, Apple made the headlines with the launch of its smallest and most affordable Mac...

Reviews - Mac Mini. Compact, versatile and affordable - but will it convert PC owners?(Product/Service Evaluation)
April 1, 2005... Byline: Cliff Joseph Apple really knows how to grab the headlines. When the Mac Mini was unveiled to the public in January, newspapers were printing actual-size photos of the thing just to show people how small it was. And, of course, it...

Reviews - Hardware - Sony VGN-FS115Z. The first Sonoma laptop we've seen.(Product/Service Evaluation)
April 1, 2005... Byline: Chris Cain. This is the first desktop replacement we've seen that includes Intel's next-generation Centrino technology, codenamed Sonoma. This supports faster mobile processors, PCI Express graphics, high-definition audio and new...

Reviews - Hardware - Evesham Voyager X4. Value-for-money for those on the move.(Product/Service Evaluation)
April 1, 2005... Byline: Rory Reid. The most noticeable trait of this budget notebook, aimed at those who need a low-cost option for working on the move, is its white chassis, reminiscent of Apple's Ibook. A 1.6GHz Pentium M CPU is slightly docile by...

Reviews - Hardware - Evesham Duel. A great gaming PC with SLI technology.(Product/Service Evaluation)
April 1, 2005... Byline: Rory Reid. If you've already read our review of the Nethighstreet SLI 1300 on page 122, the Evesham Duel may look familiar. The system is housed in the same 'splat' casing and there are more similarities once you get inside. ...

Reviews - Hardware - Advent MC3040. A good value introduction to MCE 2005.(Product/Service Evaluation)
April 1, 2005... Byline: Chris Cain. While the idea of Microsoft's Media Center is appealing, many of these systems are pricey given their overall performance. PC World is hoping to address this with the Advent MC3040 - a complete system for just [pounds...

Reviews - Peripherals - HP Ipaq H6340. A great device but the price is high.(Product/Service Evaluation)
April 1, 2005... Byline: Scott Colvey. The HP Ipaq H6340 is far from the first 'convergence' gadget we've seen that excels in many areas, save perhaps for rounded practicality. HP has managed to cram in a portable computer, music player, digital voice...

Reviews - Peripherals - Logitech Harmony 655. Control all your systems with one device.(Product/Service Evaluation)
April 1, 2005... Byline: Cliff Joseph. Most of us have multiple remote controls at home for use with our TV, VCR, DVD and other electrical devices. Juggling all of these can be a nuisance and you may have thought about buying a 'universal' remote - a...

Reviews - Peripherals - Canon Digital Ixus i5. Small and stylish with a range of settings.(Product/Service Evaluation)
April 1, 2005... Byline: Emille Martin. Like all the cameras in Canon's Digital Ixus range, the i5 is extremely stylish. It's compact enough to slip into the smallest of pockets and the brushed aluminium casing is available in four colours. The i5...

Reviews - Peripherals - Epson L-500V. Ease of use will attract beginners.(Product/Service Evaluation)
April 1, 2005... Byline: Will Stapley. The first thing that strikes you about the 5megapixel L-500V from Epson is its 2.5in screen. Thanks to Epson's Photo Fine LCD technology, the quality of the display when reviewing images is excellent - the best we've...

Reviews - Peripherals - HP Photosmart 8450. An inkjet with great photo performance.(Product/Service Evaluation)
April 1, 2005... Byline: Anthony Dhanendran. There's no denying it: the Photosmart 8450 is big. HP's top-of-the-range photo printer looks as if it should handle A3 media, but despite its size can only cope with pages up to A4. However, it does produce...

Reviews - Peripherals - Sitecom USB OTG Copy Box. Allows USB devices to swap files directly.(Product/Service Evaluation)
April 1, 2005... Byline: Clive Akass. Copy Box addresses a major drawback of USB ports: the fact that, unlike rival Firewire, they don't support peer-to-peer links. You can't swap tracks between mp3 players, for instance, or dump images directly from a...

Reviews - Peripherals - Iomega Micro Mini.(Brief Article)(Product/Service Evaluation)
April 1, 2005... Byline: Chris Cain. Originally seen as nothing more than a novelty, USB flash drives provide a quick and easy way of transferring files between systems. With a hefty 1GB capacity, Iomega's latest Micro Mini finally offers enough space...

Reviews - Peripherals - Plextor PX-716A.(Brief Article)(Product/Service Evaluation)
April 1, 2005... Byline: Will Stapley. Dual-layer DVD burners have been around for a few months now, but this is the first model we've seen from Plextor. Like most of the drives available it's a four-speed model and is therefore able to burn 8GB of data to...

Reviews - Peripherals - Creative Audigy 2 ZS Notebook.(Brief Article)(Product/Service Evaluation)
April 1, 2005... Byline: Rory Reid. The Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Notebook is aimed at users who want desktop-quality audio on a portable PC. It features two integrated optical/mini-jack input and output ports, with a central port that connects to a cable...

Reviews - Peripherals - Projecta Varivision Electrol.(Brief Article)(Product/Service Evaluation)
April 1, 2005... Byline: Kelvyn Taylor. The Projecta Varivision Electrol is an electrically controlled, wall- or ceiling mounted front projection screen, available in 160, 180, 200 and 240cm widths. Its claim to fame is the unique Varivision system, which...

Reviews - Peripherals - High-speed wireless network devices. If you want more speed, take a look at these devices, and follow our workshop on page 72 to find out how to set up your own wireless network.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Byline: Will Stapley. With the 802.11n wireless standard not likely to be ratified for a while, Super-G and Pre-N high-speed networks are all the rage. Pre-N equipment is based on 802.11n but cannot be guaranteed to work with the final...

Reviews - Peripherals - Belkin Wireless Pre-N Router.(Brief Article)(Product/Service Evaluation)
April 1, 2005... Unable to sit on its side, Belkin's Pre-N router demands a fair amount of desk space, although it can be wall mounted. Three individual antennas sit proudly on the router, and each of these can be quickly folded down when in transit. ...

Reviews - Peripherals - Buffalo 125 High Speed Mode Wireless Router.(Brief Article)(Product/Service Evaluation)
April 1, 2005... Buffalo's familiar looking high-speed router doesn't feature the same technology as Belkin's Pre-N equipment (see left) - in fact Belkin is currently the only major consumer manufacturer to release Pre-N kit. Instead, Buffalo uses Broadcom's...

Reviews - Peripherals - Netgear 108 ADSL Router.(Brief Article)(Product/Service Evaluation)
April 1, 2005... Netgear has used Atheros' Super-G chipset for its new 108Mbits/sec model. Unlike the other routers here, the Netgear incorporates a built-in ADSL modem, which saves you linking up an external modem. It's also upgradeable to the upcoming ADSL 2+...

Reviews - Peripherals - Trust Speedshare Turbo Pro Router & Wireless AP.(Product/Service Evaluation)
April 1, 2005... Trust's Speedshare Turbo Pro range features the same Atheros Super-G chipset as the Netgear router above. The router looks a bit plain, but there's the usual array of indicator lights along the front and, like all the other models here,...

Reviews - Peripherals. Configuring a wireless network isn't as hard as you may think. Here's how to use the Netgear 108Mbits/sec Super Wireless ADSL Router to create a secure wireless network.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Install the router This Netgear router, reviewed on page 71, has a built-in ADSL modem, so there's no need for an external modem - you simply attach your phone line to the ADSL port on the router. You'll also need to plug the included...

Reviews - Peripherals - Input devices. You can pick up any old mouse and keyboard for under [pounds sterling]20, but if you're willing to spend a little more there are some interesting options available.(Buyers Guide)
April 1, 2005... Benq x730 Wireless Desktop Companion Pro Designed in conjunction with BMW, the Benq x730 made a good first impression. The ultra-flat keyboard slides up the base allowing you to adjust the typing angle to one of three settings, although we...

Reviews - Overclocking.(computer peripherals)(Product/Service Evaluation)
April 1, 2005... Gainward Golden Sample Ultra 1960XP Hot on the heels of its highly overclockable Ultra 2400, built around Nvidia's Geforce 6800, Gainward has released another Golden Sample graphics card, the Ultra 1960XP. This time the product is based on...

Reviews - Components - Shuttle SB86i. Enough space to build the system you need.(Product/Service Evaluation)
April 1, 2005... Byline: Rob Jones. The SB86i is Shuttle's first BTX case, adopting Intel's new design for controlling airflow within the PC. The idea behind the standard is that as processors become more powerful, these cases allow for more efficient and...

Reviews - Components - Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe. One of the best AMD boards around.(Product/Service Evaluation)
April 1, 2005... Byline: Simon Crisp. If you like the idea of Nvidia's Scalable Link Interface (SLI) technology but fancy building your own system rather than buying one, the A8N-SLI Deluxe from Asus is a great starting point. Currently sitting at the top...

Reviews - Software - Zone Labs Zonealarm Security Suite 5.5. Key updates and spam filtering make this a serious contender.(Product/Service Evaluation)
April 1, 2005... Byline: Andy Gibbons. Although we looked at Zonealarm Security Suite (ZASS) only a few months ago, version 5.5 offers a number of improvements over its predecessor. At its heart is the latest edition of the Zonealarm Pro firewall,...

Reviews - Software - System Mechanic 5 Professional. A great range of features make this a good choice for those in need of PC maintenance.(Product/Service Evaluation)
April 1, 2005... Byline: Cliff Joseph. Iolo Technologies isn't a well-known name here in the UK, so its System Mechanic utilities face something of an uphill struggle against big names such as Norton and McAfee. However, the package has been selling well...

Reviews - Software - Phoenix Super Seller 2.5. Aims to bring order to your auction activity.(Product/Service Evaluation)
April 1, 2005... Byline: Nigel Donnelly. The idea behind Super Seller is to make selling items on Ebay as easy as possible. Essentially, the package provides a way of ordering your auction activity. You install the package, enter your Ebay details, email...

Reviews - Software - Paragon Partition Manager. A useful tool that is easy to use.(Product/Service Evaluation)
April 1, 2005... Byline: Tim Smith. Now that hard disks are available in such large capacities, splitting them up into smaller, more manageable partitions makes a lot of sense, especially if you fancy experimenting with multiple operating systems on a...

Reviews - Software - Internet Protection Pack.(Brief Article)(Product/Service Evaluation)
April 1, 2005... Byline: Chris Cain. At just [pounds sterling]29.99, Swift's Internet Protection Pack seems good value for money. It includes anti-virus and firewall software from F-Secure, a spyware killer, a spam filter, pop-up blockling and a privacy...

Reviews - Software - Steganos Antispyware (Generation 7).(Brief Article)(Product/Service Evaluation)
April 1, 2005... Byline: Chris Cain. Retailing for the same price as Cosmi's complete Internet suite, Steganos' latest anti-spyware package seems expensive - especially as you can download many of its rivals for free. However, it does offer proactive...

Reviews - Software - Avery Design Pro 5.(Brief Article)(Product/Service Evaluation)
April 1, 2005... Byline: Kelvyn Taylor. Design Pro 5 is a label design tool intended mainly for use with Avery's massive range of stationery products, ranging from address labels and business cards to CD/DVD labels and jewel case inserts. It comes with a...

Reviews - Software - Concise Oxford German Dictionary 2.1.(Brief Article)(Product/Service Evaluation)
April 1, 2005... Byline: Chris Cain. If you don't know your lager from your bitte or simply want to build on an existing knowledge of German, this dictionary from Oxford University Press could prove a useful tool. It includes electronic versions of both...