Review: Updated: Oculus Rift
Introduction, price and required specsOculus Rift has been given many titles since its early March release date. Some have called it "the future of entertainment", while others have likened it to the...
View ArticleReview: Updated: Sony PS4
IntroductionThe PS4 was a great piece of hardware with an even better library of games, but after a few years its started to look a little tired and fat. Cue the arrival of the new slimmer PS4, which...
View ArticleReview: Seagate IronWolf 10TB Hard Drive
Features and performanceIs it possible to have too much storage space? Not so long ago, we were carrying everything that mattered to us on 1.44MB floppy disks, and yet here we are reviewing Seagate's...
View ArticleReview: Mini Review: Optoma NuForce BE Sport3
You may have been disappointed to hear that the iPhone 7 doesn't have a headphone jack. And while Apple has taken the brunt of the derision, it's not alone – even the Motorola Moto Z got rid of the...
View ArticlePhilips Screeneo 2.0
For far too long, projectors were used almost exclusively by enterprises and big organisations either for meetings or presentation purposes. The rise of ubiquitous connectivity, cheap and reliable...
View ArticleMicrosoft Surface Pro 4
There's no doubt in our minds that the Surface Pro 3 was a success. In fact, with its flagship tablet, Microsoft went so far as to inspire its manufacturing partners to make their own award winning...
View ArticleMacBook
Did you buy the 12-inch MacBook? I did, but not because I wanted one.No: the laptop I really wanted was a new MacBook Air, or even a redesigned 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro with a sleeker chassis. Of...
View ArticleWindows 10
After more than 365 days, this make-or-break version of Microsoft's veteran Windows operating system is off to a strong start. And, the way in which new features and improvements keep arriving means...
View ArticleHisense 55” ULED Series 7 UHD TV
Jumping aboard the 4K and HDR bandwagon can be a costly investment for many, which is why the market is ripe for a good UHD set that offers impressive performance at an affordable price point (you can...
View ArticleGoogle Pixel
Nexus is dead. Pixel is king. Say hello to the Google Pixel, a handset ushering in a new era of the search giant's smartphone range.It arrives alongside the larger (and even more expensive) Google...
View ArticleGoogle Pixel XL
You don't have to shop in the big-and-tall section of stores to want the Google Pixel XL. It's a powerful phablet at a still-reasonable size, and it's made by Google.This 5.5-inch Android phone is a...
View ArticleFitbit Charge 2
If you're wearing a Fitbit right now there's a good chance it's a Fitbit Charge or a Fitbit Charge HR on your wrist – but there's now a new Fitbit in town. The Fitbit Charge 2 is the first upgrade to...
View ArticlemacOS 10.12 Sierra
By the time you read this, the latest version of Mac OS X – sorry – macOS, will be available to download from the App Store. macOS 10.12 Sierra, to give it its full title, finally sees Apple move away...
View ArticleBose SoundTouch 300
Perhaps the two biggest things in the world of home audio right now are multi-room streaming speakers and soundbars, but it’s uncommon for the two to intersect. In the past the Sonos Playbar has done...
View ArticleMicrosoft Surface Book
In its short tenure as a hardware maker, Microsoft has become the defacto trailblazer for Windows-running devices. It all started with the lofty promise that its Surface tablet could replace your...
View ArticleOS X 10.11 El Capitan
It's much better to think of El Capitan as an OS X update that adds some spit and polish to its predecessor, OS X 10.10 Yosemite, while also providing some convenient tweaks and features. And despite...
View ArticleMicrosoft HoloLens
HoloLens, Microsoft's augmented reality (AR) viewer, feels like the future of computing.Being upfront, the headgear that I tried at Build 2015 was "early development hardware," and it definitely felt...
View ArticleOculus Touch Controller
Oculus Rift might have beaten its closest rival, the HTC Vive, to market, but sometimes being first isn't everything. Anyone who bought or plans on buying the Rift before December 6 can only use either...
View ArticleLG 34UC88 monitor
It’s hard to truly understand how enveloping one of the new breed of ultrawide 21:9 curved monitors can be until you’ve actually plonked yourself down in front of one. Productivity immediately...
View ArticleAlcatel Idol 4
You can scarcely swing a phone charger these days without hitting an accomplished Android phone for around the $250/£200/AU$330 mark, and here’s another in the Alcatel Idol 4. As that suggests, though,...
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