Office 2010, from Microsoft, is a huge step in productivity over previous versions – there are many new features “under the hood” to help us become more productive and if you’re still considering the upgrade from previous version it’s well worth a look. In this article we’ve collected together some useful hints, tips, and how-tos [read more...]

In our third look at the Creative Zen X-Fi2 media player we will be looking at the add-in applications that extend the use and features of the device and we will also be taking a look at how applications can be developed using the built-in software development kit based on the LUA scripting language. To [read more...]

This version of the Flash based game PopEm StopEm is designed for the Creative Zen X-Fi2 Media Player. To install, simply download the file, unzip and copy the entire folder into the Applications folder on your Zen. Enjoy the game!

You may have noticed recently I have retrieved the Palm Pre from it’s box and have been using it, on a regular basis, again – I must be having something of a love/hate relationship with the device. The thing is that the Pre has some really great features and I really want to like it [read more...]

Here is a novel and useful gadget, especially when travelling, and it is bound to get a few glances as you pop it open. It’s the XMI X-mini II Mini Speaker. When we first opened this we were surprised how good the sound was and then we discovered that by twisting the unit – it [read more...]

In this article we’ll be taking a closer look at the Buffalo TeraStation WS – a network storage array which means business. The model I am looking at for this review is the WS-Q2.0TL/R5 which is a 2.0 TB array hosted by Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 Express Edition. The first thing you notice when [read more...]

In this article we will be looking at the applications available on the Creative Zen X-Fi2 media player. To read the previous article in this series which looked at the hardware and user interface read A Closer Look At The Creative Zen X-Fi2 Part One. The default icons section on the X-Fi2 includes Music, Videos, [read more...]

If you move or copy files around regularly, in Windows 7, you may benefit from the use of the robocopy utility, which is run from the command line. Typically files may be copied by dragging around in Explorer, or by using the copy and move commands at the command prompt. The robocopy, or “Robust Copy” [read more...]