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Reviewed back in January this year, the high end photo management tool ACDSee has long been our tool of choice for organising our photo collections, and a fairly substantial free …
ACDSee Pro 3 photo management software updated, still no facial recognition Read MoreSony’s original take on a netbook-cum-ultraportable – the ludicrously over priced VAIO P series – failed miserably to impress, but the company aren’t giving up on the concept quite yet, no …
Sony Vaio P series packs accelerometer, touchpad, GPS Read MoreIt’s been on its way for well over a year, but Asus’s intriguing EeeKeyboard is finally available for US customers to pre-order on Amazon, with shipping scheduled for the end …
Asus EeeKeyboard PC finally up for pre-order in the US Read MoreWhen it comes to the relatively simple task of watching a video file or getting an earful of an audio file, most people are happy to stick with whatever’s already …
VLC Player victorious in media player comparison shoot out Read MoreIf, like us, you have a hard drive stuffed full of badly organised MP3 files, many with baffling files names and no embedded metadata, trying to find the tune you …
Sort out music file mayhem with the free Mp3tag tag editor: review Read MoreDetails have been few and far between, but this new 30 second promo of HP’s forthcoming Slate tablet, has got us very excited. Wilfully showing off its advantages over Apple’s …
HP Slate video shows off iPad-pwning possibilities, specs leaked Read MoreIf you’re finding your screen filling up with endless unwanted options when you right click on a file or folder in Windows, MenuMaid is on hand to clear out some …
Windows: clear up right click clutter with MenuMaid and praise the Lord Read MoreRoad warriors looking to slap out a slab o’style on their travels should perhaps take a peek at Acer’s rather dandy premium Ethos range. Their new 8943G packs a hefty …
Acer Aspire Ethos 8943G & 5943G HD laptops cut a dash Read MoreIt’s been a long time since Internet Explorer was our first choice of browser, but things have been steadily improving since IE6’s near-undisputed reign as the worst browser ever released. …
Microsoft previews Internet Explorer 9, packed with HTML5 goodness Read MoreWe’ve rather liked some of Archos’s multimedia products and were looking forward to checking out their new Archos 9 tablet – after all, these guys have been making tablets for …
Archos 9 PC Tablet gets reviewed – and it’s full of fail Read MoreTrying hard to be heard above the whoops of excited expectation for the iPad is the Hanvon Touchpad BC10C. With specs to spank the botty of Apple’s finest and coming …
Hanvon Touchpad BC10C slams the iPad’s spec sheet Read MoreKeen to show those beastly Flash-hating rotters at Apple just how useful the technology is for tablets and netbooks, Adobe has knocked out a promo videos showing off its capabilities.
Adobe shows off the wonder of Flash on HP’s soon-come Slate PC Read MoreLG Electronics (LG) have announced the launch of their ultra-thin premium mobile PC, the LG X300 and it’s a rather sleek and stylish looking number. Their new “flagship mobile computing …
LG X300 slips out an ultra-thin premium mobile PC Read MoreTo the accompaniment of whoops, slapping sweaty palms held aloft and champagne corks bouncing off unsuspecting exec bonces, Microsoft has revealed that its latest operating system, Windows 7, has sailed …
Windows 7 hits 90 million sales to become the fastest selling OS ever Read MoreFor some unlucky users (including us), there’s been recurring problems with the sound vanishing from Windows and Windows 7 machines when they’re woken up from hibernation. All our computers run …
Fixing sound issues with Microsoft Vista/Windows 7 – and slow YouTube vids Read More