Danny Allen - Author - Good Gear Guide

Stories by Danny Allen

Article | 5/06/2008 Computex Taipei: Fear, loathing and the mini-laptop war

Fear: Being woken by an earthquake my first night in Taipei. Loathing: New ASUS Eee PCs face a battle royale for low-cost mini-notebook dominance, as ...

Article | 27/05/2008 Music and movement

Danny Allen takes a look at the GypsyMIDI MIDI controller, a suit that uses upper body movements to operate any MIDI-compatible hardware or software

Article | 11/04/2008 Save DOS! The Greatest OS Fondly Remembered

PC World's Danny Allen visits the Computer History Museum reminisces about the old days.

Article | 3/10/2007 A Brief History of Game Consoles, as Seen in Old TV Ads

From Atari's PONG to the Sony PlayStation 3 - we laugh, we cringe, we reminisce.

Article | 28/09/2007 Kodak EasyShare 5300 All-in-One

This all-in-one's slightly high price is offset by competitive ink costs. Performance is fair, but photo quality can be very good.

Article | 2/03/2007 A Brief History of Game Consoles, as Seen in Old TV Ads

The first piece of tech gear that I could call my own wasn't a computer; it was a game console--an original Sega Master System. I remember it, and the...

Article | 16/02/2007 Nintendo Wii

Nintendo's new Wii game console is a big winner, starting with its innovative, crowd-pleasing controller.

Article | 12/01/2007 CES - Creative gets into music streaming

Audio-specialist Creative's biggest announcements at CES this year focused on streaming music around the home.

Article | 11/01/2007 CES - Latest sports wrist camera

The GoPro Digital Hero line of cameras are designed to make capturing photos in the midst of sports activity easy. The cameras strap to the wrist, loc...

Article | 2/12/2006 Playstation 3

As the long wait for the much-anticipated PlayStation 3 game console dragged on, gamers started to joke that Sony stood for Soon, Only Not Yet.

Article | 22/11/2006 A closer look at the Nintendo Wii

Our reviewer catches his breath to report on his first few days with the Wii and its innovative, crowd-pleasing controller.

Article | 21/11/2006 PlayStation 3 proves worth the wait

As the long wait for the much-anticipated PlayStation 3 game console dragged on, gamers started to joke that Sony stood for Soon, Only Not Yet.

Article | 16/10/2006 Canon PIXMA iP6700D

Canon's new PIXMA iP6700D photo printer is the successor to the company's iP6600D, one of the best products of 2006. The $349 iP6700D is first and for...

Article | 18/09/2006 JBL's micro iPod speaker docks

At the CEDIA trade show Friday, Harman International subsidiary, JBL, has launched slimmed down versions of its current US$300 Radial and US$160 On St...

Article | 18/09/2006 Logitech launches new Harmony remotes

If you practically need a new cabinet for all your lounge room's remote controls--let alone the actual devices that they control--then it seems you're...