What Webcam?

An increasing number of online internet services are supporting video calls, and this means that more people now need or want to have a webcam. The majority of laptops today come with a webcam built in. These sit just above the screen, and are often able to shoot video at around 1 to 1.3mp. Many [...]

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Motorola XOOM

Motorola XOOM tablets were designed with a simple goal in mind-to be as good as, or better than the Apple iPad. Like all tablets that have been released since the introduction of the iPad, the XOOM has aspirations of being the best of it’s kind. The XOOM tablet from Motorola is due to be released, [...]

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Chrome Netbooks

February 29, 2012

The aim when designing netbooks was to produce a smaller, more portable computer that was ideally suited to browsing the web. Portability is the primary concern, meaning that netbooks tend to have limited processing power and limited amounts of memory installed. This helps to keep the power usage down, and means that the battery can [...]

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What is NVIDIA Optimus?

February 29, 2012

A longer battery life is becoming increasingly important to laptop users, and NVIDIA kept that in mind when designing their latest mobile graphics system. What is NVIDIA’s Optimus technolgoy, and how is it doing things differently? When it comes to running an electronic device on battery power, there are two things that draw more power [...]

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Kensington KeyFolio Bluetooth Keyboard and Case for iPad, Black, K39294US Review

February 29, 2012

The iPad is a wonderful device to use both at home or on the go. It gives a good browsing experience, and has wonderful video playback, whilst also supporting email, music playing and a host of other functions. One of its shortfalls for many people is the on screen keyboard, but this can be overcome [...]

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Acer AZ3101-U4062 21.5-Inch All-in-One Desktop Review

February 29, 2012

The power of a desktop computer is far greater than a laptop’s power. Yet they are also far larger than a laptop, making them unsuited to people who have particularly little space to spare. If you want the power of a desktop computer, but only have enough space for a laptop, then an all-in-one desktop [...]

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The Best in Ergonomic Keyboards

February 29, 2012

It is a well known fact that badly designed equipment in the workplace can lead to aches and pains and chronic problems. On the other hand, equipment that is well designed and well positioned can prevent these problems and lead to an increase in productivity. There are a number of ergonomically designed keyboards that intend [...]

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What is USB and What Can it Run?

February 28, 2012

The majority of computers have a number of USB ports on the front or back (for a desktop) or the sides (for a laptop). It stands for universal serial bus, and essentially it acts as a communications interface between your computer and whatever device you have plugged into it. The problem is that the vast [...]

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Everything in Miniature

February 28, 2012

Once upon a time, a single computer was so large that it would take an entire floor of a building to house it. TV sets had small screens and yet were housed in massive cases, in order to accommodate their large and complicated valve set innards. Even cameras were massive, making compact cameras a revolution. [...]

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Samsung Q430 Review

February 28, 2012

The Samsung Q430 is a serious laptop, able to give serious results. Good specs blend with an intelligent, power saving graphics card to give a long lasting, comfortable to use laptop. The processor is an Intel Core i5 460M. It has two cores running 2.53ghz, and can support up to four threads at a time. [...]

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