Category: Hardware

  • HP’s new OfficeJet Pro 8500 on trial

    How cost effective is your printer in terms of consumables like paper and ink or toner? Does it use a lot of electricity to run? Is it environmentally friendly in terms of manufacture, day-to-day operation and ultimate disposal? These are…

  • Installing the Windows 7 RC experience

    The day draws closer for the general release of Windows 7, the next version of Microsoft’s operating system for PCs. The Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) was made available on May 5. A ‘release candidate’ is a version of a…

  • It’s all about the apps

    What’s the most significant thing about the iPhone? Is it the gorgeous design, the near-perfect blend of form and function? The easy way to make phone calls and send text messages? Perhaps the simple fact that you just know what…

  • I prefer Google Chrome

    I spent some time last weekend doing some updating and general sorting out on my dad’s laptop, an IBM Thinkpad running Windows XP. Among the many updates I installed was Internet Explorer from version 7 to version 8. It’s pretty…

  • Fingers crossed for a mobile industry standard

    Possibly the most interesting news so far to come out of the Mobile World Congress taking place in Barcelona this week is that there seems to be clear agreement among mobile operators and equipment manufacturers to develop and bring to…