Personal Computer World articles from June 2007

Personal Computer World archives from June 2007

Fujifilm Finepix S5 Pro.(single lens reflex cameras)(Product/service evaluation)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Karl Foster Fujifilm Finepix S5 Pro Fujifilm skips a model number and presents a portrait photographer's dream Fujifilm first leapt into the digital SLR market in 2000 with the 3.1-megapixel S1 Pro, a respectable camera...

Canon Pixma iP90v.(inkjet printer)(Product/service evaluation)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Karl Foster Canon Pixma iP90v A4 photo printing on the hoof, but the battery costs extra If lugging a laptop isn't giving your shoulder the workout it needs, a portable printer will up the burn. There are plenty about,...

Arcam rDock speakers.(Product/service evaluation)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Karl Foster Arcam rDock speakers High-end iPod speakers that make the most out of uncompressed audio Judging by the plethora of dock-plus-speaker systems on the market, numerous iPod owners like to inflict their music on...

Packard Bell Maestro 220wdv monitor.(Product/service evaluation)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Paul Monckton Packard Bell Maestro 220wdv monitor A well-connected display that looks good enough for the home or office The Maestro 220wdv is sturdily constructed, but with an eye on good design. It costs rather more than...

Steinberg Sequel.(audio software)(Product/service evaluation)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Karl Foster Steinberg Sequel Steinberg takes on Apple's Garageband with a beginner-friendly songwriting tool Creating music on a computer proves difficult for many. The creative flow is easily dammed by the complex...

this 'N' that Hands On is where you'll find a cornucopia of tips, tricks, information and advice to help you solve problems or just make the most of your computer. We also have our usual round-up of solutions in Question Time, and this month our experts.(Column)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Nigel Whitfield this 'N' that Hands On is where you'll find a cornucopia of tips, tricks, information and advice to help you solve problems or just make the most of your computer. We also have our usual round-up of...

Roxio Copy and Convert 3.(desktop video software)(Product/service evaluation)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Paul Lester Roxio Copy and Convert 3 A quick and easy way to create and manage your audio and video Roxio's Copy and Convert 3 is effectively a cut-down version of its Easy Media Creator suite, focusing on format conversion...

Small box, big picture.(graphics cards)(Column)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Gordon Laing Small box, big picture Find the right graphics card for a low-profile, high-definition PC Playback of high-definition (HD) video has already become a killer application for PCs. While dual-format Blu-ray and...

Order, ordera[euro][bar].(using Microsoft Access dbms software)(Column)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Mark Whitehorn Order, ordera[bar] Back to basics with a look at how information is -- or isn't -- ordered in your database The relational database is a fabulous device, but even those of us who love it would admit that it...

High performance.(testing high definition DVDs and system performance)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Gordon Laing High performance Putting high-definition playback to the test It doesn't seem long ago that DVDs with bit rates above 6Mbit/sec posed a serious challenge for many PCs. Today, the AVC and VC-1 formats commonly...

Advice from our experts.(global unique identifier in Microsoft Access)(Brief article)(Column)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Nigel Whitfield Advice from our experts PCW's experts solve your problems Databases Useful GUIDs Q I've heard about a field type in Access called a GUID, but it doesn't show up in the list of field types. Does it...

Windows.(Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition operating system)(Brief article)(Column)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Nigel Whitfield Windows Q For work reasons I have to use Windows 98 on my second PC, but am finding more and more that programs require Windows 98SE as a minimum OS spec. I have been offered a legal (apparently) CD claimed...

Linux.(Brief article)(Column)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Nigel Whitfield Linux Q I want to rip my CD collection to mp3 and get the best quality possible. I am using Kubuntu and Kaudiocreator but I am unsure which encoder options to use. Hamish Koci A The Lame mp3 encoder is...

More favourable conditions.(using Microsoft Excel 2007 dbms software)(Column)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Stephen Wells More favourable conditions Excel 2007 offers a wealth of new features for Conditional Formatting Last month, I summarised many of the innovative features of Excel 2007 and promised to return to the new...

Ribbon clipping.(feature of Microsoft Excel 2007 dbms software)(Brief article)(Column)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Stephen Wells Ribbon clipping The Excel 2007 ribbon is toggled off and on with Ctrl & F1. You can also hide/return it by double-clicking/clicking a tab, but with this method the ribbon may conceal the first few rows of the...

Widgets.(hypertext markup language)(Brief article)(Column)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Nigel Whitfield Widgets HTML-Kit's handy reference is useful, but I do most of my web design work on a Mac. While Dreamweaver has code reference too, I find it more convenient to use the Dashboard feature of OS X. Mostly, I...

Frames and coding.(Column)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Nigel Whitfield Frames and coding Why framesets are so bad, and how you can code quickly without errors In the last column, I made a passing reference to framesets as a navigational tool and suggested they can cause a...

Virtually Vista.(using both Microsoft Windows XP and Vista operating systems)(Column)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Tim Nott Virtually Vista There's no need to terminate XP when you want to try Vista Judging from the Hands On mailbox, PCW readers have either not been rushing to install Windows Vista or have found the experience...

Nested numbering.(Column)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Tim Nott Nested numbering Taming automatic numbering and adding menus in Word 2007 Numbering paragraphs and headings is something you'd expect a computer program to be good at. After all, it's only a matter of following a...

DIY galleries.(creating online photo galleries)(Column)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Ken Mcmahon DIY galleries How to create custom photo galleries with the minimum of fuss There's no denying the huge demand for web photo gallery space. Everyone from travelling gap year students to wedding and event...

Ubuntu 7.04.(linux operating system)(Column)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Barry Shilliday Ubuntu 7.04 We take a look at what's new in the latest Feisty Fawn release If you have looked at Linux in the past couple of years you'll undoubtedly have heard of Ubuntu Linux. This distribution has gained...

Burning the CD.(dvd mastering)(Brief article)(Column)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Barry Shilliday Burning the CD Ubuntu and other Linux distributions are released as CD images. These are large single files with an .iso extension. To create a bootable CD from the image, you must write it in a certain way, as...

Blacklisted.(prevention of junk mails)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Alan Stevens Blacklisted How to track down junk email problems on your network I encountered a problem with my internet connection and email recently. It's a problem that I want to share with you in this month's Network...

Gendan Engine Check in action.(car maintenance software)(Column)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Mark Whitehorn Gendan Engine Check in action 1Install the software, then plug the Gendan cable, complete with its interface box (which is a serial-to-USB converter) into the laptop. Be aware that although you plug this cable...

Contacts.
June 14, 2007... Byline: Mark Whitehorn Contacts Autologic 01782 518415 www.equipmentsupplies.co.uk Blackbox Solutions +357 25 384427 www.blackbox-solutions.com ECU Testing 0115 919 0770 www.peacockandpurvey.co.uk Gendan Automotive...

On the road again.(automobile maintenance software)(Column)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Mark Whitehorn On the road again Problems with your car needn't mean an expensive trip to the garage. We show you how to find faults using your PC For better or worse, the average modern car is packed with computers;...

Finding fault.(automotive maintenance using a software)(Brief article)(Column)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Mark Whitehorn Finding fault The key to understanding what your diagnostic tool is telling you is the fault codes used by EOBD systems. There are many generic codes, such as P0126 (insufficient coolant temperature for stable...

More haste, less Rad.(Codegear has released two new versions of Delphi)(Delphi 2007 for Windows and Delphi for PHP)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Tim Anderson More haste, less Rad New Delphi releases have been spoilt by hasty shipping Codegear (www.codegear.com) has released two new versions of Delphi -- Delphi 2007 for Windows, and Delphi for PHP, which aims to...

Using transactions for fast database applications.(SQLite dbms software)(Brief article)(Column)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Tim Anderson Using transactions for fast database applications I received an email from Carlos Ferreira who is using a Delphi wrapper I made for SQLite, the lightweight open source database engine. He was finding the wrapper...

Brother MFC-845CW.(multifunction printer)(Product/service evaluation)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Alan Stevens Brother MFC-845CW A wireless all-in-one that will appeal to the smaller business Unlike a lot of multifunction inkjets, Brother's MFC-845CW is a very robust device, and quite clearly made for sharing. That...

Learn a language.
June 14, 2007... Byline: Karl Foster Learn a language Learning to speak a new language can be fun, rewarding and needn't be hard work. Karl Foster explores the power of computer-assisted language tuition It is said that learning a foreign language...

Machine translation.(translation software)(Brief article)(Column)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Karl Foster Machine translation There's a temptation, when new to a language, to use translation software if you're in a hurry to write something. After all, language is based on rules, so computers should be able to map one...

Typing in tongues.(text processing software)(Brief article)(Column)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Karl Foster Typing in tongues As we've mentioned, a key skill to develop when learning a foreign language is writing. Naturally, handwriting is where people begin, but it's also possible to type away at the computer in...

Dedicated dictionaries.
June 14, 2007... Byline: Karl Foster Dedicated dictionaries If you have money to invest in language-learning technology, there are plenty of dedicated, portable electronic dictionaries from which to choose. One of the biggest names in...

Serif Albumplus X2.(digital cameras)(Product/service evaluation)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Karl Foster Serif Albumplus X2 User-friendliness and diverse photo-sharing options from this Vista-certified application There's a wealth of entry-level image-management suites available, both as free downloads and...

Acronis True Image 9.1 Server.(backup software)(Product/service evaluation)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Alan Stevens Acronis True Image 9.1 server Powerful and flexible imaging tools for server recovery Disk imaging specialist Acronis sells a range of products designed to protect network servers and provide for rapid recovery...

Effective Studios Site Studio Pro 6.(web development software)(Product/service evaluation)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Alan Stevens Effective Studios Site Studio Pro 6 Simple website creation, but perhaps too simple for some Site Studio Pro is a website creation and editing tool designed for small businesses with little or no HTML...

VMware Workstation 6.(virtualization software)(Product/service evaluation)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Alan Stevens VMware Workstation 6 Market-leading virtualisation that's worth paying for The trend with virtualisation is for vendors to support the running of virtual machines on the same PC at no extra cost, but there are...

Tomorrow's dream The much talked-about next generation of Windows Server (codenamed Longhorn), but now known as Windows Server 2008, has made it to the final beta testing stage with the released product expected before the end of the year. It's therefore.(Brief article)(Column)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Alan Stevens tomorrow's dream The much talked-about next generation of Windows Server (codenamed Longhorn), but now known as Windows Server 2008, has made it to the final beta testing stage with the released product expected...

Street walking.(satellite navigation systems)(Brief article)(Column)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Nigel Whitfield Street walking Dedicated satellite navigation systems aren't just for drivers. There's an increasing number of units designed for those who want to move around on foot in towns and cities. You can use many...

Geolocating photos.(Brief article)(Column)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Nigel Whitfield Geolocating photos With a wealth of online mapping services available, it's very easy to add your own photos to them. It's a great way to show off holiday snaps and is much easier to do than you might have...

Going it alone.(digital mapping using smart phones or personal digital assistants)(Brief article)(Column)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Nigel Whitfield Going it alone If you already have maps, you can scan them and use them with a PDA or smartphone. It could be an ideal solution for those who want to try using sat nav for a camping or hiking trip. If your...

Terratec DT USB XS Diversity.(tv tuner card)(Product/service evaluation)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Terry Relph-Knight Terratec DT USB XS Diversity Price [pounds sterling]107.28 Contact http://uk.terratec.net Having started off with a range of sound cards, Terratec is now well established in the multimedia hardware...

Terratec Cinergy 2400i DT.(pc card)(Product/service evaluation)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Terry Relph-Knight Terratec Cinergy 2400i DT Price [pounds sterling]87.91 Contact http://uk.terratec.net Although it's a PCI Express card, the Terratec Cinergy 2400i DT is perhaps the most mature dual tuner design in this...

Pinnacle PCTV Dual DVB-T Diversity Stick.(tv tuner cards)(Product/service evaluation)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Terry Relph-Knight Pinnacle PCTV Dual DVB-T Diversity Stick Price [pounds sterling]89.99 Contact www.pinnaclesys.com 01754 655 999 Pinnacle is well known for its video hardware and editing software. In 2005 it became a...

Kworld PlusTV Dual DVB-T PCI Express.(pc card)(Product/service evaluation)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Terry Relph-Knight Kworld PlusTV Dual DVB-T PCI Express Price [pounds sterling]68.14 Contact www.kworld.com.tw/uk Taiwanese manufacturer Kworld is becoming well known in the UK for its TV tuners and video-editing hardware....

Double vision.(using digital televsion)(Brief article)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Terry Relph-Knight Double vision Now you can record one TV programme while watching another, without having to fit multiple tuner cards into your TV Anyone who has experienced digital video broadcasts is likely to agree...

Hauppauge WinTV Nova-T 500.(pc card)(Product/service evaluation)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Terry Relph-Knight Hauppauge WinTV Nova-T 500 Price [pounds sterling]72.14 Contact www.hauppauge.co.uk 020 7378 1997 The Hauppauge WinTV Nova-T 500 is one of two standard PCI cards in this review, the other being the...

Hauppauge WinTV Nova-TD Dual USB Stick.(universal serial bus)(Product/service evaluation)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Terry Relph-Knight Hauppauge WinTV Nova-TD Dual USB Stick Price [pounds sterling]64.03 Contact www.hauppauge.co.uk 020 7378 1997 The WinTV Nova-TD is Hauppauge's USB2 dual-diversity model. The metallic pewter-colour stick...

GDI Black Gold PCIe Dual DVB-T/Analogue.(pc card )(Product/service evaluation)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Terry Relph-Knight GDI Black Gold PCIe Dual DVB-T/Analogue Price [pounds sterling]104.58; [pounds sterling]81.08 (card only) Contact www.blackgold.tv 01865 338 008 GDI is a relative newcomer to the TV tuner card market. It...

TV Tuners - editor's choice.(Terratec Cinergy 2400i DT)(Pinnacle's PCTV Dual DVB-T Diversity Stick)(Kworld PlusTV Dual DVB-T PCI Express)(Product/service evaluation)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Terry Relph-Knight All three of the USB products reviewed here are diversity models; in other words, they are capable of combing both tuners to boost the overall signal. It's difficult to evaluate just how effective each one is...

Dvico Fusion HDTV DVB-T Dual Digital 4.(tv tuner card)(Product/service evaluation)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Terry Relph-Knight Dvico Fusion HDTV DVB-T Dual Digital 4 Price [pounds sterling]114.95 Contact www.theglowlounge.com 020 8673 4455 Dvico isn't that well known in the UK, and dealers for its Fusion HDTV DVB-T Dual...

Aerials, boosters and diversity.(quality of the signal analysis using TV tuners)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Terry Relph-Knight Aerials, boosters and diversity Aerials To be able to use any of these TV tuners, you obviously need a strong aerial signal, and the type and sitting of the aerial used will affect the quality of the...

Zepto Znote 6625WD.(Product/service evaluation)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Emil Larsen Zepto Znote 6625WD Intel's Santa Rosa platform combined with mobile DirectX 10 graphics from Nvidia The new Znote 6625WD from Zepto hides an array of highly anticipated technologies. Most importantly, it houses...

Packard Bell Imedia 8500T.(multimedia computer)(Product/service evaluation)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Cliff Joseph Packard Bell Imedia 8500T Price [pounds sterling]699.99 Contact Packard Bell 0870 1122334 www.packardbell.co.uk The Imedia 8500T from Packard Bell isn't the most powerful PC in this group, but it's very...

Mesh Elite GTS PCW.(personal computer)(Product/service evaluation)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Cliff Joseph Mesh Elite GTS PCW Price [pounds sterling]799 Contact Mesh 0844 736 0440 www.meshcomputers.com It's not the most elegantly designed PC we've ever seen, but its bulky tower chassis provides plenty of room for...

All systems go.(Brief article)(Column)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Cliff Joseph All systems go If you're considering a new PC but don't need new peripherals, we've six smart upgrades just for you The arrival of a new version of Windows often prompts people to think about upgrading their...

Evesham Solar 8800GT.(personal computer)(Product/service evaluation)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Cliff Joseph Evesham Solar 8800GT Price [pounds sterling]799 Contact Evesham 0870 160 9500 www.evesham.com It's hard to fault Evesham's Solar 8800GT. The machine performs well in all our test suites and has no big...

Cube Jupiter.(personal computer)(Product/service evaluation)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Cliff Joseph Cube Jupiter Price [pounds sterling]799 Contact Cube 0870 242 1179 www.cube247.co.uk Cube's Jupiter PC makes a poor first impression. Closer inspection shows that it performs well and provides a good set of...

Chillblast Fusion Oblivion.(microprocessor)(Product/service evaluation)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Cliff Joseph Chillblast Fusion Oblivion Price [pounds sterling]799 Contact Chillblast 0845 45678 30 www.chillblast.com Chillblast's Fusion Oblivion stands out from the crowd in more ways than one. Its creamy white chassis...

What to do with your old PC.(personal computer upgrading)(Column)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Cliff Joseph What to do with your old PC You can, of course, simply throw away your old PC when you upgrade to a new one. However, old computers and other items of electronic equipment take up vast amounts of landfill each...

PC base units - editor's choice.(personal computers)(Product/service evaluation)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Cliff Joseph It's not that long ago that the Core 2 Duo was state-of-the-art modern processor technology, yet here we are with an impressive group of PCs that offer the Core 2 Duo running at speeds of up to 3GHz for less than...

Scan 3XS PCW-GT.OC.(microprocessor)(Product/service evaluation)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Cliff Joseph Scan 3XS PCW-GT.OC Price [pounds sterling]799 Contact Scan 0870 755 4747 www.scan.co.uk Like the Mesh Elite, Scan's 3XS system seems to have been designed with upgrading in mind. Scan has clearly chosen its...

V7 L22WD.(liquid crystal displays)(Product/service evaluation)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Paul Monckton V7 L22WD Yet another low-cost entry into the bulging 22in widescreen market The low price of the V7 L22WD may lead you to expect several corners to have been cut. However while this is certainly an entry-level...

Reallusion iClone 2 Studio.(animation software)(Product/service evaluation)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Karl Foster Reallusion iClone 2 Studio Character animation and 3D scene creation made a whole lot easier When someone in the know tells you there's no such thing as an easy-to-use 3D animation suite, point them in the...

Lineage II: The Chaotic Throne -- Interlude.(computer war game)(Product/service evaluation)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Jonathan Parkyn Lineage II: The Chaotic Throne -- Interlude NCSoft's latest online interlude is anything but brief Compared with games such as World of Warcraft and Everquest, the Lineage II series might seem like the...

Ancient Wars Sparta.(Product/service evaluation)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Jonathan Parkyn Ancient Wars Sparta Slug it out with the Spartan army in this well-timed historical strategy game Happy coincidence or jumping on the bandwagon? Whatever your view, Eidos's Spartan-theme strategy game...

Spider-man 3.(computer game)(Product/service evaluation)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Jonathan Parkyn Spider-man 3 The web-slinger returns for another movie-based adventure With the start of the summer blockbuster season comes the opportunity for Hollywood studios to capitalise on their respective...

Philips X200.(laptop computer)(Product/service evaluation)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Emil Larsen Philips X200 Longneck laptop stands tall despite weighing only 2kg It might not feature Intel's new Santa Rosa technology but the Philips X200 sticks its head out above a crowded notebook market thanks to a...

Pantone Huey Pro.(image processor)(Product/service evaluation)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Paul Monckon Pantone Huey Pro Get consistent and accurate colour reproduction from your monitor The new Huey Pro from Pantone, like the original model, is a small USB device that enables you to accurately configure the...

Sat nav.(satellite navigation)(Column)
June 14, 2007... Sat nav to go To many people, sat nav is synonymous with in-car navigation, but it's capable of much more. Nigel Whitfield takes a look at high-tech aids for outdoor pursuits Satellite navigation (sat nav) using the Global Positioning...

DX Studio 2.(graphics software)(Product/service evaluation)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Ken McMahon DX Studio 2 Create 3D games and interactive applications DX Studio 2 is an authoring environment for creating interactive 3D applications. It consists of a DirectX real-time 3D engine and a suite of editing...

Excito Bubba.(server)(Product/service evaluation)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Tim Smith Excito Bubba Could this be the ideal small server? Sharing files and streaming media across a home or small business network has often been better in theory than in practice. The Bubba server is the closest we...

Sitecom Wireless Network Storage.(wireless router)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Will Stapley Sitecom Wireless Network Storage Price [pounds sterling]69.99 Contact www.meroncourt.co.uk Overall HHHHH Plug a USB key into this wireless router and you, along with other authorised users, will be able to...

Samsung SE-T084.(DVD recordable drives)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Simon Crisp Samsung SE-T084 Price [pounds sterling]82.24 Contact www.overclockers.co.uk Overall HHHHH Samsung's latest DVD writer is aimed at notebooks that don't have room for an internal optical drive. The SE-T084 is a...

Palit Geforce 8500GT Sonic.(graphics card)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Simon Crisp Palit Geforce 8500GT Sonic Price [pounds sterling]53.86 Contact www.scan.co.uk Overall HHHHH The Geforce 8500GT is Nvidia's DirectX 10 card aimed at the value end of the market. Based around the G86 core -- a...

Kingston Hyper-X Memory Kit.(computer memory device)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Simon Crisp Kingston Hyper-X Memory Kit Price [pounds sterling]167.26 Contact www.specialtech.co.uk Overall HHHHH Kingston might not be the first name that springs to mind when you are thinking about buying fast memory...

Enermax Infiniti 720W.(power supply)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Simon Crisp Enermax Infiniti 720W Price [pounds sterling]135.11 Contact www.overclockers.co.uk Overall HHHHH Many of the hardware problems people experience can be traced back to the power supply, especially in these days...

Coolermaster X-Craft 360.(computer accessories)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Simon Crisp Coolermaster X-Craft 360 Price [pounds sterling]42.59 Contact www.yoyotech.co.uk Overall HHHHH Best known for its high-end cooling and aluminium cases, Coolermaster has combined both skills for the X-Craft...

Siemens S450 IP.(Voice over Internet Protocol phone)(Product/service evaluation)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Nigel Whitfield Siemens S450 IP A Dect phone with support for multiple VoIP call providers Internet telephony is most useful when it's easy to use, and Siemens' S450IP sets out to make standards-based SIP telephony as easy...

Trendnet TS-I300W.(network-attached storage server)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Emil Larsen Trendnet TS-I300W Price [pounds sterling]176 Contact www.trendnet.com Overall HHHHH The TS-I300W is a DIY network-attached storage device (Nas), where you supply your own parallel Ata hard disk. As well as an...

Batteries.(tips to increase the speed of notebook computers)(Brief article)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Sascha Faber Batteries If the amount of time your notebook can operate for when it's not plugged into the mains is declining rapidly, then it's time to change the battery. Even modern Lithium-ion rechargeables have a finite...

Upgrading a processor.
June 14, 2007... Byline: Sascha Faber Upgrading a processor

Effective Studios Site Studio 6.(web design software)(Product/service evaluation)
June 14, 2007... Byline: Tim Smith Effective Studios Site Studio 6 An easy-to-use website creator for the Soho market Not every company or organisation requires a website with the very latest Web 2.0 bells and whistles. With this in mind, Site...