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Microsoft Remote Keyboard review

Reviews The £59 Microsoft Remote Keyboard for Windows XP Media Center Edition is a multimedia trinity, combining the best features of a keyboard, a mouse and a remote control in a gorgeous package that looks as stylish next to your flat-screen TV as it...

Editor's rating   7

Tags: microsoft, keys, commands, remote control

1 September 2005, 21:18

Microsoft Zune (30GB) review

Reviews Earlier this year, the idea of a Microsoft-branded MP3 player was foreign to most consumers. The 30GB Microsoft Zune (brown) next to an 80GB iPod 30GB, a 30GB Toshiba Gigabeat S, and a 30GB Creative Zen Vision:M

Editor's rating   8

Tags: microsoft, windows media player, inbox, windows media

22 November 2006, 16:45

Microsoft Xbox 360 HD DVD drive review

Reviews It's quite amazing to think that the first real HD DVD player to officially go on sale in the UK is an add-on for a games console, and that it costs only £130, but that's what Microsoft and its partner Toshiba have managed to deliver.

Editor's rating   8.3

Tags: microsoft, dvd player, menus, console

4 December 2006, 16:31

Microsoft LifeCam VX-5000 review

Reviews The Microsoft LifeCam VX-5000 offers vastly superior performance and a much improved design compared with last year's LifeCam NX-3000 model. Curve the rubber tail into a 'C' shape, and you can perch the VX-5000 on top of your desk.The camera body...

Editor's rating   8

Tags: microsoft, webcam, body, colours

4 June 2008, 11:55

Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Desktop 7000 review

Reviews The Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Desktop 7000 is a mainstream solution. DesignThe design of the keyboard in the Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Desktop 7000 is essentially the same as the Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000, though the former...

Editor's rating   7

Tags: microsoft, typing, deal, natural

10 July 2008, 16:59

Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 review

Reviews If you don't have an aversion to split keyboards, the Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 can help you keep RSI therapy off your list of things to do this year. Setting up the Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 is easy.

Editor's rating   7

Tags: microsoft, natural, split, keys

19 September 2005, 23:47

Microsoft Xbox 360 review

Reviews The hard drive (included with the £280 Xbox 360 premium bundle, sold separately for the £210 Core System) is 20GB, but we assume significantly larger capacities will become available from Microsoft -- or more likely -- third-party manufacturers.

Editor's rating   8.4

Tags: microsoft, media center, gamers, memory card

21 November 2005, 16:46

Microsoft Wireless Notebook Laser Mouse 7000 review

Reviews Not content with simply controlling the software side of your PC experience, Microsoft also wants to be your peripheral provider of choice, offering a variety of mice and keyboards. One of three new laptop mouse models, the £26 Microsoft Wireless...

Editor's rating   7

Tags: microsoft, buttons, laptop, mouse

24 September 2007, 1:00

Microsoft LifeCam VX-7000 review

Reviews Like Logitech's QuickCam Pro 9000, the £45 Microsoft LifeCam VX-7000 features a 2-megapixel sensor, but if you use any resolution above 640x480 pixels, the resulting video is choppy. Microsoft, why include this button if we're forced to play 20...

Editor's rating   5

Tags: microsoft, webcam, pixels, recorded

6 February 2008, 15:16

Microsoft Xbox 360 Elite review

Reviews Perhaps spooked by the success of Sony's PlayStation 3, despite its delays and hefty price tag, Microsoft has come up with an upgrade to its Xbox 360, less than 18 months after its initial launch. The downside is Microsoft seems to have opted for...

Editor's rating   8.5

Tags: microsoft, hard drive, accessories, xbox

2 May 2007, 11:01

Microsoft Xbox review

Reviews Microsoft's Xbox is a Trojan horse. It's clear that, although you don't need a memory card to be able to save games, Microsoft has still figured out ways to make its money back on peripherals. FeaturesWhile Microsoft makes you pay to unlock some...

Editor's rating   8

Tags: microsoft, hard drive, kit, optical

8 December 2004, 23:00

Gaming showdown: PS3 vs Wii vs Xbox 360 vs PC

Reviews The dedicated gamer has some powerful home-entertainment options these days, but which is best? The PlayStation 3 is the most expensive of the next-gen consoles, but then it has a powerful Blu-ray player built into it.

20 April 2007, 15:57

ActiveX

Reviews A marketing name for a broad set of technologies and services based on Microsoft's Component Object Model (COM), ActiveX primarily refers to ActiveX Controls, which are software components typically used to enrich Web pages by calling on the...

20 December 2006, 14:56

HP iPAQ 514 Voice Messenger review

Reviews HP has been banging out PDAs based on the Pocket PC operating system seemingly since Microsoft was in short trousers, but the iPAQ 514 Voice Messenger is its first attempt at a Windows Mobile smart phone.

Editor's rating   6

Tags: hp, wi fi, talk, windows mobile

17 August 2007, 18:05

Samsung Q1 review

Reviews The Samsung Q1 is the world's first physical implementation of Microsoft's much-hyped Origami project. It's part of a new breed of computer known as the ultra-mobile PC (UMPC), but cynics will argue the Q1 and its ilk are a blatant attempt by...

Editor's rating   6.3

Tags: samsung, ultra, desk, pixels

9 May 2006, 18:31