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Mini Wireless Keyboard with Touchpad

Posted 3rd November 2011 in "Gadget Reviews"

In my search for a small, discreet wireless keyboard, with either a trackpall or a laptop-style touchpad, I came across this interesting looking thing from Maplin...

The Cost of Adding 3G

Posted 27th June 2011 in "General"

How much does it cost to add 3G connectivity to your laptop, tablet, e-reader or other gadget? Should you stick with Wifi-only or go for the combined Wifi/3G option? The price of adding 3G varies just about as much as the cost of the tablets themselves, but the correlation is not what you'd think...

Canon i-SENSYS LBP7200Cdn Colour Laser Printer

Posted 27th March 2011 in "Gadget Reviews"

Canon's almost top-of-the-range i-SENSYS LBP7200Cdn is a great all-round performer that can handle anything the typical home-office can throw at it - read on for a quick review.

Nintendo 3DS - First Thoughts

Posted 5th February 2011 in "Games"

I recently had the opportunity to try the new Nintendo 3DS a month before it was released in the UK - here's a quick overview of the whole experience and a few thoughts on the new handheld.

Installing and Triple-booting Windows XP, Windows 7 and Ubuntu

Posted 16th January 2011 in "Guides & How Tos"

Here's my guide to installing and triple-boot three operating systems - Windows XP, Windows 7 and Ubuntu Linux - to give you the utmost choice and compatibility, with your choice of OS selected via a boot menu.

Philips HDT8520 Freeview+ HD PVR

Posted 21st December 2010 in "TV & Video"

Philips Twin-HD Freeview+ PVR is a good looking little machine with terrible software, only saved from being dumped into the Reject Bin by a software update. Read on for thoughts, experiences and suggestions.

Shell Script to Update Multiple WordPress Installs

Posted 5th December 2010 in "Programming"

Updating WordPress used to be a time-consuming business since the updates tended to come out on a weekly basis. These days things are not quite as bad, but it can still be a pain if, like me, you have multiple installations and can't remember where they all are...

LG BD370 Region Free

Posted 3rd December 2010 in "Gadget Reviews"

LG's BD370 BluRay player is a popular unit with quite a few nice features, but suffers as many players do from Region Locking. Here, I detail how to tweak your BD370 (and possibly the BD360/BD390 as well) firmware and make it region free.

Minecraft Alpha Review

Posted 25th November 2010 in "Games"

If you're a fan of World of Warcraft, Starcraft and all other things ending in '-craft' but want something you can play for five minutes or five hours, you might want to take a look at an excellent little game from Sweden called Minecraft...

Amazon Kindle 3 Review

Posted 7th November 2010 in "Gadget Reviews"

Unless you've been hiding under a rock for the past year or so you can't fail to have heard of the Amazon Kindle and the impact that the device has had on the eBook and eBook Reader market. Amazon's third iteration of the basic Kindle is slimmer, faster and more user-friendly...

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