Rory Reid
Rory lives, breathes and would probably even eat computers -- if there are chips and bites on the menu, he's happy. When he isn't digesting the latest PC tech, he's criticising manufacturers for force-feeding us worthless products and chastising hapless consumers for swallowing the industry's lies
Monday 4 February 2008, 2:57pm
3 Mobile in 'XXX-Series' shame
3 Mobile may have just lost a customer. The company sent me a refurbished Nokia E65 -- as an upgrade for my existing handset -- containing all the previous owner's data. Most disturbingly, the phone contained a close-up, high-resolution image of a man's naked, erect penis. Click here for more
Wednesday 23 January 2008, 5:20pm
Seven reasons why the MacBook Air sucks
It's been a week since Steve Jobs unveiled the MacBook Air and thankfully the hype has died down. Now the drool oozing from the mouths of slack-jawed fanboys has dried, there's a window of opportunity for rational thinking. Here are my top seven reasons why I believe the MacBook Air will be a massive flop. Click here for more
Wednesday 12 December 2007, 11:49am
Open-source anti-virus -- the silent killer
People recommend I use open-source software all the time. The Nate Lanxons of this world extol the virtues of Ubuntu and OpenOffice as if these apps were their own offspring. They tell me the programs are free, easily available and in many cases just as effective as their commercial counterparts. Click here for more
Wednesday 21 November 2007, 2:54pm
Protect yourself against the insidious Wi-Fi threat!
'Scientists', particularly those at the Safe Wireless Initiative, are always warning us of the dangers of electromagnetic radiation. Wi-Fi will eat your brains, mobile phones cause cancer, and microwaves will make you anaemic. Hell, the latest 'studies' even suggest that detoxing from all wireless can improve symptoms in autistic children. Click here for more
Monday 13 August 2007, 10:52am
Should we sue Microsoft if we're hacked?
A House of Lords science and technology committee has proposed software firms should pay up if their customers fall victim to e-crime. In other words, if a piece of software has security flaws that lead to you being hacked, having your identity stolen, or otherwise screwed over, you'd be able to sue its makers. Click here for more
Tuesday 17 July 2007, 5:21pm
Granny gets world's fastest broadband; I get pipe envy
Life's not fair sometimes. There I was at home, enjoying my 8Mb HomeChoice broadband (now known as Tiscali TV) when I get an IM from a friend, tearing my world apart. He pointed me to a news story about a 75-year-old granny with the fastest broadband connection in the world -- a 40Gb link. Click here for more
Tuesday 29 May 2007, 5:10pm
Has Sony lost the plot?
Sometimes I think Sony barks up some very odd trees indeed. The company still makes uber-desirable consumer electronics, but I reckon the people running the gaming division are in need of a good sit down and a nice cup of tea. Click here for more
Wednesday 25 April 2007, 11:50am
What a censored Web they weave
Right now I'm in Tunisia with AMD -- not for pleasure, but for reasons I can't legally divulge to the public. No goats, police or ladies of negotiable affection are involved, so as you can probably imagine, I'm having a miserable time. Click here for more
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Photos: Hands-on with the Samsung P400 pocket projector
Photo Ever wanted a cinema in your pocket? Now you can, thanks to this super-cheap, super-portable, sub-projector from Samsung
Photos: Hands-on the Samsung Dual Display 2263DX
Photo How do you make a good LCD screen even better? You add a second display via USB and call it the Dual Display 2263DX, that's how
Samsung T220HD monitors: Rose, emerald and sapphire black
Crave Remember the 'rose black' TVs we told you about a couple of months back? The ones that appear red in the light? Now they've been made into LCD monitors
Samsung threatens to abandon the laptop market
Crave Samsung will cease operation of its laptop division if it doesn't improve its market share and beat that of Sony by 2011, Crave has found out
Samsung R410 laptop: Cheap, attractive, breaks wrists
Crave When the waif-like Korean girl demonstrating the R410 handed one over, proclaiming it was "really light", its 2.4kg chassis nearly snapped our arms out of their sockets
Crave Podcast 84: Wii pole-dancing game imminent?
Crave This week we talk broadband via the sewers and Wii Pole Dancing, and we interview the three-man wrecking crew that host CNET.com's The 404 Podcast
HTC Shift
Review The latest manufacturer to take a dip into the ultra-mobile PC pool is HTC with its Shift device. It has features from a touchscreen and a slide-out keyboard to a fingerprint reader. It can be propped up like a laptop and boasts HSDPA for Internet access from almost anywhere
Shuttle XPC G5 6801M: Media Center that swings both ways
Crave Shuttle is back with another Media Center PC that will play Blu-ray movies. It'll also play any HD DVD movies gathering dust under the telly
