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How does an MP3 player work?

Reviews The latest from Thomson/RCA (the company that licenses MP3 to manufacturers and developers), MP3Pro sounds better than MP3 at the same bit rate. It sounds great, and because it is open source, there are no licensing fees when it's used to encode or...

9 May 2005, 15:33

HiTi Photo Printer 641PS review

Reviews The HiTi 641PS is an especially clunky-looking example of the new range of dye-sublimation printers which are capable of results matching prints from traditional developers. This is comparable with high street developers (excluding special offers...

Editor's rating   6

Tags: hiti, printers, digital photos, generates

5 August 2005, 16:32

Sony PlayStation 3 (80GB) review

Reviews Even worse, the PS3 didn't initially have any must-have exclusive titles, and despite the power of its vaunted Cell processor, multiplatform games from third-party developers didn't look appreciably better than they did on the Xbox 360.

Editor's rating   8.7

Tags: sony, connecting, sensitivity, iv

20 October 2008, 17:05

Handheld consoles head to head

Reviews The DS may not be as powerful, but developers have been quick to explore the possibility of touch-screen gaming, making it the first choice for innovation. A number of recent high-profile releases have seen a resurgence in the handheld games market.

11 May 2005, 20:46

Select the processor and memory

Reviews The first 64-bit CPU for Windows desktops, the Athlon 64 has native support for today's 32-bit applications and operating systems, and it delivers blistering performance that will only improve when Microsoft releases a 64-bit version of Windows...

16 May 2005, 12:35

Gaming showdown: PS3 vs Wii vs Xbox 360 vs PC

Reviews Its graphics look a little shop-worn next to the supercomputer PS3, but it means that games developers can spend more time creating interesting games rather than fiddling with fancy visuals. The dedicated gamer has some powerful home-entertainment...

20 April 2007, 13:57

Microsoft Xbox 360 review

Reviews Naturally, the 360 is not without its flaws, and since many of the launch titles are simply rehashes of their PC or console counterparts, we'll have to wait another year or so before we get to see what game developers can truly accomplish.

Editor's rating   8.4

Tags: microsoft, media center, gamers, memory card

21 November 2005, 16:46

Nvidia GeForce 7950 GX2 review

Reviews As long as software programmers and hardware developers design their products to cue into DirectX, compatibility should be guaranteed. Nvidia's GeForce 7950 GX2 graphics card should be a PC gamer's dream.

Editor's rating   8

Tags: nvidia, high quality, filtering, pixel

19 June 2006, 15:05

Apple iPod touch (2nd gen) review

Reviews And if you're interested in making voice memos, an investment in a compatible iPod microphone headset (due out in October) will allow you to make voice recordings directly to the iPod touch, provided that third-party developers begin creating...

Editor's rating   9

Tags: apple, wi fi, speaker, third party

12 September 2008, 11:54

Apple iPhone 3G review

Reviews Some pundits have suggested Apple isn't keen on third-party developers creating navigation apps, but we'll have to wait and see. Carefully carried through the office like an unopened birthday present, the Apple iPhone 3G gently made its way to our...

Editor's rating   8.9

Tags: apple, section, sound quality, jack

10 July 2008, 23:53

Sony PSP review

Reviews You're getting a miniaturised PS2 gaming experience -- or close to it, anyway -- and Sony has put together a nice set of launch titles from various game developers to show off its handheld's gaming chops.

Editor's rating   8.3

Tags: sony computer entertainment europe, metal, spider, memory stick

23 March 2005, 15:41

Nintendo DS review

Reviews Crammed with everything short of a tiny Konga drum, the Nintendo DS will challenge developers to take full advantage of its dual display, touch screen, wireless, and microphone capabilities. When Nintendo announced the DS handheld to mixed reviews...

Editor's rating   8

Tags: nintendo, stereo, mark, gameplay

19 November 2004, 16:48

XML (Extensible Markup Language)

Reviews Developers can create any number of tags, and they can specify how the content or data coded with those tags appears on screen, or interacts in a variety of ways. A W3C specification developed from SGML used for structuring content in Web pages and...

3 January 2007, 15:01