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Article | 23/09/2008 Garmin Oregon 400c

Sitting at the top of Garmin’s handheld GPS range, the Oregon 400c doesn’t have all the frills of Magellan’s Triton 2000 but it still has a host of fe...

Article | 22/09/2008 inFamous prepares for a shocking debut

Blasting its way onto the PlayStation 3 next May, inFamous follows the trials and tribulations of Cole, an Empire City resident who wakes after an ear...

Article | 22/09/2008 HP LaserJet P3005x

Sitting at the top of HP’s P3005 series of mono laser printers, the LaserJet P3005x is double the price of its base model counterpart.

Article | 18/09/2008 Spore Origins

Spore Origins is an iPhone/iPod touch game that uses the evolutionary gameplay mechanics of the fully fledged game for PC and Mac. In focusing on one ...

Article | 16/09/2008 What the fork? Gordon Ramsay game gets PG rating

To the shock of many, a video game tie-in to the popular Hell’s Kitchen TV series has been rated PG.

Article | 15/09/2008 Olin OBDP-1000

Olin’s OBDP-1000 provides a compelling option for newcomers to the Blu-ray format thanks to bargain-bin pricing and a bevy of features.

Article | 15/09/2008 HP LaserJet M2727nf

HP’s LaserJet M2727nf is a significant step up from the mid-range [[prodid:6463]] in quality, performance and overall functionality. For those who nee...

Article | 10/09/2008 Garmin GPSmap 60CSx

Garmin’s GPSmap 60CSx has a colour screen, electronic compass, barometric altimeter and expandable memory. Although these features are certainly usefu...

Article | 10/09/2008 Top five laser printers under $500

It’s no secret that laser printers are generally expensive. For home and small office users, it is often those lasers that manage to sneak in under th...

Article | 8/09/2008 Garmin GPSmap 60

The GPSmap 60 is essentially a GPS 60 with a bump in memory and an international base map.

Article | 8/09/2008 Off the road again: handheld GPS pointers

They’re rugged, small and usually quite ugly. Off-road GPS devices remain unfamiliar to most, but they can be useful for novice and experienced bushwa...

Article | 5/09/2008 Garmin Oregon 200

Garmin’s Oregon 200 is cheap for a handheld GPS device with a touch screen. It offers a decent amount of functionality for recreational use.

Article | 3/09/2008 Synology Disk Station DS408

Synology’s DS408 is an easy to use network-attached storage (NAS) device. While its basic functionality and software are strengths of the device, poor...

Article | 2/09/2008 Garmin Colorado 300

Garmin’s Colorado 300 is a versatile GPS device. It shares some of the problems of the Oregon range, but it has a better screen as well as an unusual ...

Article | 1/09/2008 Mercenaries 2: US propaganda or good ol’ fashioned fun?

The sequel to the shoot-'em-up Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction, Mercenaries 2: World in Flames heightens the excitement of destroying the envir...