Monday March 31, 2008 Reviewed: Sony VAIO VGN-TZ31VN/R
The Sony VAIO VGN-TZ31VN/R is one of the slimmest and lightest laptops around. While performance is below average, its feature-packed specification is outstanding for such a small laptop, making it a great choice for a life on the move ...
Friday March 28, 2008 Reviewed: Rock Pegasus 210
UK-based Rock is best known for its gaming laptops. The Pegasus 210 is a sleek ultraportable that aims for style and mobility over performance. It succeeds despite a lack of features ...
Thursday March 27, 2008 Reviewed: Hawking Directional Wireless Antenna
If you live in a built-up area and suffer from a weak wireless signal on your home network, Hawking Technology’s Hi-Gain 12dBi Directional Window Antenna (£35 inc. VAT) is worth a look.
This rectangular antenna, which is styled like a socket extension,...
Wednesday March 26, 2008 Reviewed: Lenovo ThinkPad X61s
Lenovo's ThinkPad range is known for its outstanding build quality and keyboards. The ThinkPad X61s is an ultraportable offering and provides a dependable business tool, but battery life and performance fail to impress ...
Asus G70 gaming laptop
Asus is set to expand its gaming range with the release of the 17-inch G70, the company’s most powerful laptop to date.
The G70 uses two nVidia GeForce 8700M GT graphics cards in order to offer stunning 3D performance, and gamers will have no...
Tuesday March 25, 2008 Review: FSC Lifebook S6410
Fujitsu Siemens (FSC) has struck an impressive balance with its Lifebook S6410. While it has a large screen, it remains ultraportable. Battery life is outstanding and even performance manages to impress ...
Thursday March 20, 2008 Reviewed: Dell Latitude D630c
Dell's Latitude range is one of the best known corporate laptop brands. The Latitude D630c isn’t the lightest laptop around but compensates with impressive power, stability and battery life ...
Wednesday March 19, 2008 Parental control over your laptop
I have Windows XP SP2 installed on my laptop, and I would like to know if there is any free software that deals with time restrictions, for shutting down the laptop at a specific time? It’s to control my children’s access to software and the internet ...
Wednesday March 12, 2008 Avoid online security scams
I recently performed an online security scan, and it claimed that I had a password stealing program on my hard drive. How can I check if the threat is real? ...
WIN: Tech Air 3112 laptop carry case
We've teamed up with Tech Air to offer you the chance to win a great prize for your new laptop ...
Thursday March 06, 2008 Can't login to Windows XP
My daughter insists she is using the correct password for her Acer Aspire laptop but it will not let her log on. Is there any way to reset the password or for her to get into Windows ...
Palm Centro
Following on from the release of the Palm 500v – the company’s first non-touchscreen smartphone, Palm has gone back to touchscreen technology with the Centro – a compact device aimed at 20-30 somethings. Palm also claimed the phone would attract younger users,...
Wednesday March 05, 2008 Wirelessly share a printer
In our house we have several laptops and a desktop PC. We also have a wireless network, so is there a way to share the printer on the network? ...
Reviewed: Slingbox Pro
The introduction of USB TV tuners makes it easy to watch the television on your laptop, but it’s only slightly less restrictive then watching it on your home TV. Sure, the adapters come with tiny portable aerials, but reception is never a match for a proper...
Tuesday March 04, 2008 Upgrade your memory
I have a Sony VAIO VGN-FE31H with two 512MB sticks of PC2-4200 memory inside. If I bought two 1GB sticks of PC-25300 memory would this work? ...
Monday March 03, 2008 Create albums of your digital photos
I am running Windows Vista Home Premium and I have a large number of digital photos on my hard drive and was wondering if you knew of a program that could be used to make a catalogue of them ...
Friday February 29, 2008 Symantec releases Norton Smartphone Security
Symantec has announced the release of its Norton Smartphone Security package. It marks the first consumer security program for both Windows Mobile and Symbian smartphones ...
Thursday February 28, 2008 Spare laptop parts
The DVD drive on my laptop has stopped working. Is there anyway to replace the drive? I've a feeling that a replacement would be horribly expensive ...
Wednesday February 27, 2008 Recover files from a damaged hard drive
Has my laptop hard drive totally failed and, if so, is there anything I can do to recover some or all of the data from it? ...
First look: Lenovo ThinkPad X300
Following Lenovo’s announcement of its 13.3-inch ThinkPad X300 laptop yesterday, the company took me to Paris where I got the chance to see the machine first hand. Weighing in at around 1.3kg, and measuring under 19mm at its thinnest, the laptop looks similar...
