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Epson thinks it has the solution to awkward video cables and having to swap them in multi-person presentations –- simply use wireless instead. The EMP-735 is an otherwise unremarkable projector that features an 802.11b wireless network card allowing you to connect your notebook to it without having to use a VGA cable. While this doesn't support full-motion video, it's fast enough for most slide presentations.
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NEC Versa S900
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21 years ago
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AIST MovieDV 4.0
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21 years ago
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Toshiba Pocket PC e750
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21 years ago
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Netgear DG824M
If you've got more than one computer at home, and are thinking of using ADSL to connect them to the Internet, you've got two choices. Either you go for wired Ethernet and put up with Cat5 cables strewn around the house -- which may or may not be acceptable to you and/or your co-habitees -- or you pay a little extra and go wireless, leaving everything neat and tidy. If the main use of your home network is for Internet access rather than for transferring huge files between your home computers, then 11Mbps 802.11b wireless Ethernet will give you ample performance; 54Mbps 802.11g is very nice, but given that the average home ADSL connection is only 512Kbps then it's wasted.
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NEC Versa T400
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Canon i950
As successor to the popular but discontinued Canon S900 photo printer, the Canon i950 doubles the S900's resolution and halves its dot size. The result: this photo printer is quick, compact and attractively priced. Most importantly, however, it delivers high-quality pictures for photographers on a budget.
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PaperPort is touted as the data hoarder's saviour -- a document management system that can help you sort, organise and, importantly, retrieve any document you may need. Its built-in OCR engine allows you to convert scanned (or photographed) material into an editable form. This means that PaperPort is in a position to manage every aspect of your work and home life, from credit card bills and baby photos to crucial reports and expenses claim forms.
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GoldMine 6.0 Business Contact Manager
GoldMine is a business contact manager that competes with the likes of Maximizer, OfficeTalk, ACT! and Outlook. Like all of these products, it stores details of your business contacts -- names, addresses and telephone numbers -- and also provides workgroup scheduling, email messaging, document management and calendar functions such as appointments and to-do lists. It's designed to be equally suited to small businesses and individuals.
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Vodafone Mobile Connect Card
Vodafone calls its Mobile Connect Card 'The world's largest mobile office', claiming that this package will allow you to get connected anywhere in the world with a compatible network. It comprises a PC Card GPRS adapter, accompanying software and a network contract that allows you to use GPRS data services with your notebook. This means getting a separate contract for data use, but whether this is a plus or minus depends on your particular circumstances. Most of all though, Vodafone claims that this package is simple to install and use, even for non-technical users –- and that's almost right.
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QuickBooks Premier 2003
Firmly established as one of the leading UK small business bookkeeping packages, Intuit's QuickBooks has managed to introduce new features every year. Sometimes they're relative duds, like remote access to your accounts (how often will you require that?); sometimes they're more useful, like the ability to split incoming payments over more than one job for the same customer. Last year's big idea was the ability to process credit card payments online. This requires a QuickBooks Merchant Account to process your credit card receipts online directly from QuickBooks. Credit cards also feature in one of QuickBooks's payment options, letting you email invoices as PDFs to your customers, which they can then pay electronically.
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James Taylor
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IRCXpro Server
Setting up your own IRC server sounds like a geeky thing to do, but in fact there are good reasons why a small business or an individual who collaborates on projects might want to do so. In contrast to teleconferencing, you can easily tell who is speaking and log what they say for later review. It’s also extremely low-cost and accessible to even the slowest computers and Internet connections – or for that matter a mobile phone or handheld user.
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Wendy M Grossman
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Sony CLIE PEG-SJ33
Hot on the heels of the PEG-SJ30 comes Sony's newest CLIE, the SJ33. It seems that the company has taken criticism of the SJ30 to heart, for the new model is different and better designed than its elder sibling, boasting a slick clamshell configuration and integrated MP3 playback. Although the SJ33 is not without flaws, its improvements far outweigh its imperfections, making it a good handheld for the money.
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Dell Inspiron 8500
Dell should bundle a big supply of popcorn with its new Inspiron 8500 series, because the laptop's awesome 15.4in. wide-aspect display will have you watching DVD movies all night. This completely redesigned desktop replacement system has plenty more in store as well, including the fastest Mobile Pentium 4-M processors, integrated dual-band antennae for 802.11b and 802.11g wireless and excellent performance. All of these features are wrapped in a silver case that you can customise with QuickSnap lid covers in a variety of colours. For all that it offers, the Inspiron 8500 range's £1,256 (ex. VAT) starting price is reasonable. Any way you look at it, you'd be hard-pressed to come up with a cooler, faster desktop replacement notebook than the Inspiron 8500 series, which is why it's an Editors' Choice in this category.
21 years ago
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Panasonic LF-D521 DVD Burner II
Panasonic is making a concerted effort to see DVD-RAM take off more widely outside Japan, where it has enjoyed huge success. DVD-RAM is one of the formats, alongside DVD-R and DVD-RW, that is supported by the 219-strong DVD Forum. The big advantage of DVD-RAM over DVD-R/-RW (and the DVD+R/+RW formats supported by the 55-member DVD alliance) is that it does not require special burning software: files can be dragged and dropped using any file manager utility. A second advantage is the durability: DVD-RAM discs can be rewritten up to 100,000 times -- in contrast to the 1,000 rewrites supported by DVD-RW and DVD+RW standards.
21 years ago
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Matt Loney
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