As a movie aficionado, I always pick up DVDs as the souvenirs when I travel around the world. However, I do have some headaches when I play them with my DVD player. Since I live in the USA, the DVDs purchased in the UK, Japan, HongKong and other regions cannot be played successfully. This problem…
I think in this day and age most people have an ad blocker installed on Chrome or their chosen browser. In fact, ad-blocking has become so ubiquitous that both Chrome and Opera are installing features in their browser. While browser-based blocking is great, Chrome is a notorious memory hog, and I like to keep my…
I have previously reviewed F-Secure Total, and it remains my favourite security suite on the market. F-Secure has kindly supplied me with another 1-year licence, so I thought I would review the software again to see if it holds up. F-Secure Total is one of the more expensive options on the market; if you buy…
If you witnessed the SpaceX Dragon cargo ship arrive at the International Space Station in the morning of Wednesday, Aug 16, you would think that space travel will soon be very common. Only the normal types of supplies and experiments were involved in the latest payload, while some ice cream was also sent to the…
AOC are not normally a brand I would associate with gaming monitors, instead, I would think of ASUS and the often slightly cheaper Acer. However, the AOC gaming monitor line-up is quite extensive and growing. They seem to have a model to cover most requirements including AMD FreSync, 4K and UltraWide monitors. The AGON AG271QG…
This past week Kayak was kind enough to invite me to attend Tech Open Air in Berlin, where they were one of the main sponsors and showing off some of the new technology they have been working on in recent months. As part of the event, I got a tour of their fabulous industrial style…
The last product I got to try out during the #acerliveblog event in Dublin was the Acer Iconia One 8. The specification is not dissimilar to the Tab 8 I reviewed back in December. It is currently available for around £120, with the 1GB Tab 8 costing around the same. The full specification is: Intel…
23andme is one of the first personal genetic testing companies offering DNA analysis for identifying health factors and ancestry analysis. It was set up in 2006 by 3 individuals including Linda Avey, Paul Cusenza and Anne Wojcicki, Sergy Bins wife. The company focuses on 2 areas, the first, and most controversial area is the DNA…
5. USB Cup and Mug Warmer If you’ve ever had that horrible sip when the tea you’ve just remembered you made has gone cold, then this is definitely the gadget for you. Essentially a USB hot plate, this gadget is the perfect size to rest a mug of tea, coffee, or any hot beverage on,…
While we impatiently wait for the release of the OLED packing NWZX1060 we have been getting our Sony fix by review the Wearable NWZ-W202. The NWZ-W202 is quite a unique MP3 player that is worn around your head with all the electronics built into the strangely shaped earphones. At first it seems like a gimmick…
I was recently provided a sample of the SanDisk Sansa Fuze, the new reasonably priced MP3 player. The player comes in 3 sizes of 2, 4 and 8GB at prices of approximately £55, £70, and £90 respectively (prices taken from play.com). The product also has an option of colours including blue, pink, red, silver, and…
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