Dell AD211 Bluetooth Speaker Review
Small portable Bluetooth speakers are, it seems, the new black. Every brand is wearing one, but that doesn’t mean that every small Bluetooth speaker is worth it.
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Dell Venue Pro 11 Review
Dell’s Venue Pro 11 offers a Surface Pro 2 alternative at a lower price point, but disappoints with sub-par battery life.
Dell Inspiron 7000 Review
Dell’s latest 15 inch notebook is a solid office machine that looks strikingly like just about every other current laptop.
Printers, eBooks, SmartTVs, Laptops, Tablets and Romance…
A busy day here — both in the office and out and about. Firstly, at CNET, a review of a larger-than-normal printer: Canon Pixma iX6550: “The iX6550 isn’t awash with features, but those after a somewhat compact A3 printer should find it good value.” Then at Geekspeak, two columns covering the rise of the eBook …
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Dell Inspiron, Optus Mini WiFi, Motorola Defy and More
It’s mid-January already? How did that happen? While most folks took the Christmas/New Year’s week off in late 2010, I’ve bucked with tradition, instead taking it a little easy over the past week. “A Little Easy” in this case involves driving more than 4,000km in the last ten days (and I don’t even like driving), …
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Is It Benchmarking If You Hit The Product With A Cricket Bat?
I hope so. Today’s fare is at CNET.com.au, where I’ve given Dell’s ultra-rugged Tablet PC a solid going-over. Dell Latitude XT2 XFR: “We suspect the R in the XFR stands for rugged, and we’ve got sneaking suspicions about what the F stands for, but can’t mention that word in polite company…”
Computers that work, and those that just don't.
A mix of opinion and reviews today for your reading pleasure. Firstly, at MacTheBlog, an examination of the “It Just Works” Apple culture, and why I think it’s a very bad thing. MacTheBlog: It Doesn’t Just Work: “You know what? Sometimes — more than most Mac fans would like to admit — it just doesn’t …
Speakers, printers, laptops and… Bob.
I’ve got to resist the temptation to drop a Blackadder quote in here. Somehow. This week’s Vintage Tech column at PC Authority covers one of Microsoft’s least successful products: Vintage Tech: Looking back at Microsoft Bob: “Managed by Bill Gates’ wife, intended to make Windows simple enough for anybody. So why aren’t we all Bobbing …
Telstra, Dell, Vintage Storage and sheer exhaustion
As I write this, I’ve been awake since 2am with the mother (and father, and possibly great-aunt) of all head colds. Yuck. I’m going to go crawl under a duvet and pretend to be dead, but don’t my zombie state let that stop the virtual presses. Not one, not two but three more articles to …
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It's another glorious day in the (reviews) Corps. A day in the Corps is like a day on the farm…
Well, except for every paycheque being a fortune, that is. But I can’t complain, with plenty of work flowing my way right now. Keeping with the Aliens-inspired theme, my review of one very Alien laptop has just gone live at CNET.com.au: Alienware M11x: “Alienware’s a Dell subsidiary, and as such the range of configuration options …