Simon B. posted an article on Zath! - Jan 13, 2012, 12:22 pm
Our old friend Ezio Auditore is back for one final romp, and this yearly dose of conspiratorial frolics is getting somewhat perplexing. Surely such a hasty turnaround should result in shoddy and rushed sequels? But I think it’s safe to say last year’s Brotherhood proved us all wrong, with a heal...
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Simon B. posted an article on Zath! - Jan 9, 2012, 5:19 pm
Netflix may have taken the US market by storm when it launched years ago to much fanfare and subscribers, but if LoveFilm has anything to do with it, the Netflix UK launch won’t be as easy for the North American company. In response to Netflix’s launch of a £5.99 / €6.99 streaming package in ...
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Simon B. posted an article on Zath! - Jan 9, 2012, 4:05 pm
After years of uncertainty and waiting whilst we watched our friends on the other side of the pond enjoy streaming services, Netflix has finally launched in the UK and Ireland! From today, anyone can head over to the Netflix website and sign up for a month’s trial completely free of charge so that...
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Simon B. posted an article on Zath! - Jan 8, 2012, 2:45 pm
The ultrabook competition is well under way at this year’s CES; we’ve already seen the ThinkPad T430u announced by Lenovo, and now it’s Acer’s turn to shine in the spotlight. The Taiwanese company has just announced what it’s calling “the world’s thinnest ultrabook’, and at 15mm thic...
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Simon B. posted an article on Zath! - Jan 8, 2012, 8:53 am
Lenovo’s certainly been busy at this year’s CES; we’ve already seen their new hybrid ThinkPad X1 and T430u ultrabook, and now it’s time for round 3: the smart TV. If there are two underlying themes at this year’s event, it’s certainly the presence of ultrabooks and smart TVs. Lenovo’s ...
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Simon B. posted an article on Zath! - Jan 7, 2012, 9:51 am
I’m a huge fan of Boxee’s media centre software, having used it for three years now. Since the release of the Boxee Box in 2010, however, development of the PC version has suffered from a lack of support and updates. We’ve been promised Boxee 1.0, the same version that originally shipped on th...
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Simon B. posted an article on Zath! - Jan 6, 2012, 9:40 am
Since finding out that Star Trek: The Next Generation was undergoing a serious remastering and high definition transfer to Blu-Ray in September, I’ve been very eager to see more footage when the sample disc was released at the end of this month. Don’t worry, those three episodes are still coming...
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Simon B. posted an article on Zath! - Jan 6, 2012, 8:44 am
Hot on the heels of Lenovo’s new ThinkPad X1 is another new ThinkPad announcement that it seems everyone is getting in on at this year’s CES: a ThinkPad ultra book. It seems as though every manufacturer on the show floor is carrying an ultrabook this year, and Lenovo is no exception. The company...
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Simon B. posted an article on Zath! - Jan 5, 2012, 8:30 am
Reports concerning the impending death of the conventional notebook have been greatly exaggerated. They certainly aren’t going to be replaced by tablets anytime soon; professionals and regular consumers around the globe use them on a daily hourly basis, so it’s great to see them getting the atte...
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Simon B. posted an article on Zath! - Jan 5, 2012, 7:35 am
Quick Look is a feature that was introduced in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard and has remained part of the operating system since, receiving a facelift in the latest release, Mac OS X 10.7. If you’re browsing through your files in Finder and you’d like to preview a file before opening it, you can simply ...
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Simon B. posted an article on Zath! - Oct 11, 2011, 9:36 am
We took a look at the Huawei E367, a 3G broadband dongle on Three UK, a few months ago back in the summer, and despite a sleek looking exterior, it failed to impress when it came down to setting the unit up and running real life speed tests. Fast forward a few months, and I’m Huawei E586 Mobile B...
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Simon B. posted an article on Zath! - Oct 10, 2011, 4:08 pm
We’ve known about its existence for months already, and we’ve even seen it accidentally bundled and leaked with the iPhone application, but we now, finally, have an official Facebook application in the iPad App Store. Launched today, the app is a free download, and it’s available as a universa...
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Simon B. posted an article on Zath! - Oct 7, 2011, 3:03 pm
With many Google releases, such as Google Voice, we usually have to wait a long time before they come over to our side of the pond. Fortunately, this isn’t the case with El Goog’s latest product to hit the internet. More accurately, this new offering is actually an extension of an existing servi...
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Simon B. posted an article on Zath! - Oct 6, 2011, 6:00 pm
Love e-books but hate being tied down in an eco-system? Me too, and until now my only realistic option in the e-book market has been to use Amazon’s Kindle store and then remove the DRM from my purchased items so that I can read them on any devices that I may own in the future. Google eBookstore ...
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Simon B. posted an article on Zath! - Oct 4, 2011, 8:22 pm
It’s been a long time coming, but Apple has finally launched a micro USB adaptor for the iPhone to comply with european regulations. The phrase ‘better late than never’ comes to mind, as the new adaptor made its way on to the UK Apple Store quietly following the release of the iPhone 4S at an ...
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Simon B. posted an article on Zath! - Oct 4, 2011, 6:20 pm
This is the big one! We’ve heard about iPods and saw a few more iOS 5 applications such as Cards and Find My Friends, but Apple has now unveiled the brand new – or not so brand new – iPhone as well. There’s no doubt that this update to the iPhone is all about the Apple Announces The iPhone ...
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Simon B. posted an article on Zath! - Oct 4, 2011, 4:00 pm
It seems like we’ve waited ages for iOS 5 to eventually reach the ‘golden master’ stage, when in fact it’s only been 4 months since it was originally announced back at WWDC in June. Fortunately for any iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch users out there, iOS 5 has reached that milestone today, and it...
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Simon B. posted an article on Zath! - Oct 4, 2011, 3:35 pm
Do you value your privacy? If you do, then you might want to look away sometime soon, as Apple has just announced a new feature which will be coming to iOS 5: Find My Friends. All privacy jokes aside, Find My Friends looks like quite an interesting feature. If you’re meeting friends and want to A...
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Simon B. posted an article on Zath! - Oct 4, 2011, 3:00 pm
We already saw what iOS 5 will have to offer in June, but at their event today, Apple announced an additional application for the upcoming operating system: Cards. Cards is, essentially, a service which is similar to UK offerings such as moonpig.com, through which you can create and customise your o...
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Simon B. posted an article on Zath! - Oct 4, 2011, 2:45 pm
We knew that today’s event was going to focus on the new iPhone, but it’s also that time of year that Apple refreshes its line-up of iPods. If you were expecting a lot of iPod news today after Apple’s traditional September event didn’t happen, you’ll be left fairly underwhelmed. The only m...
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Simon B. posted an article on Zath! - Sep 29, 2011, 2:45 pm
Ever since the original Star Trek series was remastered and released on to blu-Ray in 2009, there have been countless rumours of The Next Generation ... .com. The Next Generation on blu-ray won’t be hitting our shelves until 2012, and even It’s Official! Star Trek: The Next Generation Being Re...
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Simon B. posted an article on Zath! - Sep 28, 2011, 12:43 pm
Amazon has just unveiled their rumoured tablet, the Kindle Fire, at a press event today, and it certainly hasn’t disappointed. Not in the US anyway. Running a heavily modified version of Google’s Android and packing a dual-core processor, the Kindle Fire will allow you to do all of the things th...
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Simon B. posted an article on Zath! - Sep 28, 2011, 12:02 pm
Not a fan of touch? Fear not! Amazon hasn’t left you behind just yet. In addition to launching two brand new “Kindle Touch” models today, the US company has also announced an update to the traditional Kindle. Like the new touch models, the latest generation Kindle no longer has a physical keyb...
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Simon B. posted an article on Zath! - Sep 28, 2011, 11:25 am
And we thought today was going to be all about Amazon’s new tablet! Au contraire, the e-ink Kindle is still very much with us, and it’s received a great update today as it enters the world of touch. Gone is the physical keyboard reminiscent of the previous generation, and as a result the new mod...
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Simon B. posted an article on Zath! - Sep 27, 2011, 6:29 pm
It seems an insufferably long time since I finally managed to install the ‘NoDo’ update onto my Windows Phone, after as many problems as you’ve got time for, but now it’s time for another update to Windows Phone and this one brings a lot more to the table than just something as trivial as co...
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Simon B. posted an article on Zath! - Sep 25, 2011, 4:37 pm
In the eyes of many, including myself, Windows Phone is well overdue an update, and it’s in line to get one pretty soon if Microsoft is to be believed. And it just got a lot more credence given the recent launch of a new site called ‘My Windows Phone’, which aims to collect the bulk ‘My Win...
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Simon B. posted an article on Zath! - Sep 17, 2011, 8:27 pm
When Dyson introduced the Air Multiplier – their bladeless fan – in 2009, a lot of people were impressed by the elegant design and efficient cooling methods that you couldn’t get from traditional fans. Despite the hefty price point (the fans start at £200 for the smaller models, and work thei...
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Simon B. posted an article on Zath! - Sep 15, 2011, 3:51 pm
Whether you’re a keen photographer or not, the chances are you’ll take some snaps or some videos once in a while, whether it be on a fully-fledged DSLR, or just the camera in your smartphone, so you can easily relive your memories. Unfortunately, I wouldn’t recommend slipping into the sea or a...
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Simon B. posted an article on Zath! - Sep 13, 2011, 3:51 pm
I’ve been in the market for a new router myself recently, and I have to say it’s an increasingly tricky decision to get right in this modern world of dual-band, gigabit and all sorts of other mind-boggling jargon. Anyway, once you’ve figured it out, you might realise that this router from TP-L...
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Simon B. posted an article on Zath! - Sep 11, 2011, 8:44 pm
We use Cat5 cabling for a number of networking related tasks, but not many people will have seen it used as a HDMI extender. Nevertheless, that’s exactly what TruLink has gone and done with this extender. They’ve taken a HDMI connection and paired it with Cat5e technology which will allow you to...
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Simon B. posted an article on Zath! - Sep 10, 2011, 7:59 pm
Following the digital switchover here in the UK, almost every man and his dog now has a television that is at least HD ready. That means that demand for HDMI cables and accessories is going sky high. Even HDMI DVD players are available to take advantage of upscaling content and getting the most from...
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Simon B. posted an article on Zath! - Sep 9, 2011, 7:47 pm
There are lots of converters and adaptors available that can take a video signal from your computer and display it on your TV or projector, but there aren’t many that work the other way around. That is, to take a signal from an external device such as a DVD player or cable box and convert TruLink...
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Simon B. posted an article on Zath! - Sep 9, 2011, 2:37 pm
If you buy a new television now, you can guarantee that it will have at least one HDMI port available to use. Large sets will even have up to 3 or 4 ports for you to connect up all your peripherals and enjoy your media. What happens when that media is on an older computer, TruLink VGA To HDMI Conve...
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Simon B. posted an article on Zath! - Sep 8, 2011, 9:51 am
I’ve always been skeptical of so called ‘tune-up’ programs for Windows. There are quite a few of them, such as Uniblue Regirsty Booster, around from various software companies, but how much good to they actually do? Whether it’s worth your while purchasing a tune-up program for your PC depen...
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Simon B. posted an article on Zath! - Sep 7, 2011, 7:31 am
This time last year at Zath, we reviewed Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11 and found it to be one of the best speech recognition options available on the market despite its high resource usage. This year, we’re back with the latest version of the software, NaturallySpeaking 11.5, to see how it compares ...
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Simon B. posted an article on Zath! - Sep 5, 2011, 5:24 pm
Instant messaging clients are all ten-a-penny nowadays, whatever platform you’re using, and it’s a market that’s incredibly difficult for software producers to differentiate themselves in. After all, there’s only so much that you can do with an instant messaging client, and if you go too far...
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Simon B. posted an article on Zath! - Sep 5, 2011, 4:57 am
Reviewing so many products across different platforms, I’m constantly installing new software on to my Windows based computers to try out new things. Sometimes, I’ll keep a product that we review on Zath, but a lot of the time I will probably uninstall it after I’ve used it. The only problem i...
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Simon B. posted an article on Zath! - Sep 4, 2011, 2:18 pm
Whenever you send or receive a read only document, the odds are that it’s sent in PDF format. Adobe’s portable document format has enjoyed a monopoly for many years now, so it’s not surprising that there are so many PDF reader applications out there to choose from. Over the years, though, a lo...
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Simon B. posted an article on Zath! - Sep 4, 2011, 12:12 pm
People are always sending files to each other over the internet. Whether it’s a set of photos, a set of documents or another form media, and the vast majority of these files tend to arrive in a compressed format. The problem is, there are so many different programs out there that offer to compress...
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Simon B. posted an article on Zath! - Sep 3, 2011, 10:29 am
We checked out CloudApp for Mac OS X on Zath all the way back in April of this year, and it hasn’t left the menu bar of my Mac ever since. It makes it really, really easy to drag an image or a file or a link to a small logo and have it immediately FluffyApp For Windows Review (CloudApp Client) - ...
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Simon B. posted an article on Zath! - Jul 16, 2011, 9:51 am
Firstly, you might ask why would you need the Huawei E367 3G Dongle on Three? Especially given smartphones, with their built in 3G data connections, are great for taking care of your social networks and the occasional e-mail on the go, but they’re also somewhat limiting in what they can do. You wo...
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Simon B. posted an article on Zath! - Jul 5, 2011, 12:59 pm
Android has come a long way since the days of Cupcake. Four desserts later, and new Android phones are rocking Android 2.3, otherwise known as Gingerbread, which has already made its way on to lots of handsets across the world. If you’ve recently adopted Android, you may be surprised to see that t...
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