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Buying Guide: Best printer 2011: 15 top inkjet and laser printers

By TechRadar, published 16-11-2011

Best printer: best inkjet printersWhat's the best printer to buy? All-purpose printers are a booming market, and you're spoilt for choice, so here's our pick of the best printers on the market right now. In choosing the best printer your first decision is whether to go for a standard printer, or a multi-function device which includes a scanner and which can also work as a standalone copier. These aren't much larger than regular printers, but they're a whole lot more versatile, especially when you need to keep a copy of a letter, a bill or any other important document, so our first list includes the best inkjet printers and best multi-function devices. You should also think carefully about whether to invest in an inkjet or a laser. Lasers are usually associated with office environments, wh...

Review Roundup: This week's hottest reviews on TechRadar

By TechRadar, published 27-08-2011

This week's hottest reviews on TechRadarThis week has been a bumper week for kit on TechRadar - it's hardly been a slow week for news, either.We've got the pocket 3D camcorder, the Sony Bloggie 3D, the Panasonic DMC-FZ48 with a super 24x lens. Also from Panasonic is the 65-inch Panasonic's TX-P65VT30.And then there's the updated Sony Xperia Mini - a diminutive Android handset, HTC Evo 3D plus much more besides.Sony Bloggie 3D reviewThe Sony Bloggie 3D MHS-FS3 certainly isn't cheap, but then this is a distinctly premium point-and-shoot video recorder. The obvious draw is simple, hassle-free 3D recording and playback, with an easy way to trim and upload the footage. But it's not just a one-trick, three-dimensional pony; there's a good range of 2D recording options too, including 1080p, so So...

Feature of the Week Super Roundup: 52 Awesome Sites, Add-ons and Apps

By MaximumPC, published 08-12-2011

Here at Maximum PC, we adhere to a few simple maxims: Make it faster! Be thorough. And keep things as simple as possible. Adhering to that philosophy, we'd like to present to you a mega-ultra-laser-shark mix and mash of features we've published these past couple of months, including some of our favorite websites, Windows Phone 7 aps, and Chrome and browser add-ons that you've been seeing grace the pages of our site recently. Because, after all, we wouldn't want you guys to have to dig around for all these yourselves. Remember. We keep it simple, just for you. Enjoy! Awesome Sites NASA The last Star Trek TV series was kind of terrible, and they cancelled Firefly before the series had a chance to really come into its own. Sure, Battlestar Galactica was great but now that it...

Review: Leica S2

By TechRadar, published 21-06-2011

Twenty grand is a lot of money. By today's prices that will buy you a brand-new Mini Cooper, a deposit on a house, or even a university education. With £20,000 you can buy a lot of camera kit, too: a pair of Nikon D3X bodies with 14-24mm f/2.8, 24-70mm f/2.8 and 70-200mm f/2.8 lenses plus an Apple MacBook Pro, 27-inch screen and the whole Adobe Creative Suite doesn't come to that much. But what if you could also spend this princely sum on just one camera body and a standard lens. Would you? That's about what the Leica S2 costs when paired with with its standard lens, the Summarit 70mm f/2.5. The Leica S2 is a medium-format camera, meaning its sensor is bigger than you'd find in a full-frame DSLR – 56% bigger in this case. There are many other medium-format cameras on the market of cours...

Buying Guide: What's the best Core i7 laptop?

By TechRadar, published 13-06-2011

Intel's Core i3 and Core i5 processors provide ample power for the price. But when it comes to getting the most power for your money, nothing comes close to Intel's high-performance Core i7 processors, especially in the latest Sandy Bridge versions. The Core i7 has finally blurred the lines between laptop and desktop PCs and, in many cases, the prices are highly affordable.What's the best Core i3 laptop?To help you choose the right machine for your needs, we've brought together four of the best Core i7-powered laptops, at prices to suit all budgets.What's the best Core i5 laptop?Offering staggering performance and features ideal for the whole family, you won't fi nd a more powerful range of consumer laptops. 1. MSI CX640-018UK - £512The combination of excellent performance, long battery l...

Updated: Top 20 best tablet PC iPad alternatives

By TechRadar, published 17-05-2011

This year is going to be the year of the touchscreen tablet, of that there can be no doubt.While tablet PCs have been around for yonks, only now are they becoming the desirable, usable and functional devices that we've always wanted them to be – and it's about time too.The iPad is currently the most obvious example of how tablets are going mainstream, but that's not to say that all tablets released from now on are guaranteed to be super awesome. Indeed there are some real stinkers out there – remember the Toshiba Folio 100?So allow us to walk you through the best tablets currently on sale, along with the sexy tablets that are set to tickle your fingertips later in 2011.Asus Eee Pad TransformerUK release date: Out nowSpecs: Android 3.0, Nvidia Tegra 2 dual-core CPU, 10.1-inch capacitive...

10 best Windows 7 tablet apps

By TechRadar, published 05-09-2011

Tablet and ultra-mobile touch PCs have been around for years but there's still not a lot of software that makes the most of touch.Windows 7 itself is pretty good with touch; swipe up on taskbar icons for jump lists, turn on flicks in all eight directions for shortcuts like copy and paste as well as navigation, use handwriting to write short sentences and URLs - and remember that Media Center's big buttons work very well with touch. As Windows tablets reach the market we're expecting to see more apps that really make the most of touch, but there are some apps you'll want to put on your tablet as soon as you get it, because they make good use of touch or because they make touch easier to use. Here's our pick of the best Windows 7 tablet apps.1. OneNoteOneNote lets you handwrite your notes an...

How To Build a Compact 3D-Enabled HTPC For Less Than $1000

By MaximumPC, published 05-02-2011

We set out to build a Sandy Bridge box that takes up little space in our entertainment center and fulfills all our streaming needs Back in the August 2010 issue of Maximum PC I built a 3D HTPC that I was pretty damned happy with, but the times have changed. The CableCard quad tuner that was featured prominently in that machine is no longer needed, as I have joined the ranks of the Cable Cutter Movement™. So without the need for a CableCard, I wondered if I could build a rig with all the same capabilities but make it much, much smaller. Ingredients Case/PSU Silverstone Lascala LC12 w/120W PSU $180 www.silverstonetek.com Mobo Zotac H67-ITX WiFi $160 www.zotacusa.com CPU Intel Core i3-2100T $130 www.intel.com Cooler Si...

Amazon chasing Cloud Player deals over label “bad blood”

By SlashGear, published 31-03-2011

Amazon may have taken a cavalier attitude toward music licensing issues when it launched Cloud Player, but behind the scenes it’s believed to be scurrying desperately to secure new streaming deals with labels. According to a WSJ report, Amazon is in talks with the four major record labels “aimed at minimizing bad blood”; the retailer had only informed labels as to its intentions with Cloud Player the week before the service launched. The exact nature of those deals is unknown, amid disagreement over whether Amazon’s implementation of cloud-based storage and streaming actually requires different licensing at all. Previously Cablevision won the right to stream copies of customers’ shows from a “remote DVR” service; however, that system could only ...

Palm: The Rise and Fall of a Legend

By MaximumPC, published 29-03-2011

Perhaps the most convoluted soap-opera in the history of technology... I was there, when the Pilot landed. It was the summer of 1996, and the US Robotics Pilot 5000 had just arrived in the bootLab (‘boot Magazine’ was the then-newly-launched precursor to Maximum PC). With unprecedented ferocity, we editors were fighting gladiator style for dibs on reviewing this tiny bit of pocket-sized plastic with its dingy monochrome screen. Not even the latest uber-PC or 3D graphics card generated such editorial lust. There was something magic about the initial Pilot. Something simple, elegant, genuinely useful. It was one of the few products we all knew would be worthy of a “Kick Ass” award almost immediately upon touching it. That first Pilot may not have been the first PDA, but it was...

Inside The Mitsubishi Mobile Marketing Showroom: Massive 82 and 92-inch 3D TVs

By SlashGear, published 03-05-2011

Currently the world’s largest mass-produced rear-projection flat screen, the Mitsubishi 92-inch 3D TV was first unveiled at CES earlier this year. But this morning we got an up close and personal look at the mammoth flat screen along with its 82-inch sibling at the Mitsubishi Mobile Marketing Showroom. It is truly an immersive cinematic experience to be had if you can afford the price, the space, and don’t mind looking like a complete dork sometimes—as illustrated below. Mitsubishi’s 3D Home Cinema TV series uses an integrated 3D emitter that functions with special battery powered 3D viewing glasses. The pair I was donning was a super durable rubberized set used for high-volume demo purposes. For regular home use there’s a slightly more flattering alternative a...

Hardware Roundup

By HotHardware, published 20-02-2011

Video: AXLE GeForce GT 430 1GB Video Card Review @ Legit Reviews Motherboards and Chipsets: Jetway Mini-ITX NC98-525E-LF Motherboard MultiMedia Review @ Madshrimps ASUS Crosshair IV Extreme Review @ OCWorkbench Memory and Storage: TechwareLabs Review: Kingston SSDNow V100 Solid State Drive Power: Zalman ZM1000-HP Plus 1000W Power Supply Review...

Updated: Top 20 best tablet PC iPad alternatives

By TechRadar, published 18-02-2011

This year is going to be the year of the touchscreen tablet, of that there can be no doubt.While tablet PCs have been around for yonks, only now are they becoming the desirable, usable and functional devices that we've always wanted them to be – and it's about time too.The iPad is currently the most obvious example of how tablets are going mainstream, but that's not to say that all tablets released from now on are guaranteed to be super awesome. Indeed there are some real stinkers out there – remember the Toshiba Folio 100?So allow us to walk you through the best tablets currently on sale, along with the sexy tablets that are set to tickle your fingertips later in 2011.Samsung Galaxy Tab GT-P1000UK release date: October 2010Specs: Android 2.2, 1 GHz Cortex A8 CPU, 512MB RAM, 16GB/32GB,...

Updated: Top 20 best tablet PC iPad alternatives

By TechRadar, published 18-02-2011

This year is going to be the year of the touchscreen tablet, of that there can be no doubt.While tablet PCs have been around for yonks, only now are they becoming the desirable, usable and functional devices that we've always wanted them to be – and it's about time too.The iPad is currently the most obvious example of how tablets are going mainstream, but that's not to say that all tablets released from now on are guaranteed to be super awesome. Indeed there are some real stinkers out there – remember the Toshiba Folio 100?So allow us to walk you through the best tablets currently on sale, along with the sexy tablets that are set to tickle your fingertips later in 2011.Samsung Galaxy Tab GT-P1000UK release date: October 2010Specs: Android 2.2, 1 GHz Cortex A8 CPU, 512MB RAM, 16GB/32GB,...

Updated: iPhone 5 rumours: what you need to know

By TechRadar, published 02-11-2011

iPhone 5 (or the iPhone 5G, as some are calling it) rumours are flying thick and fast already. Will there be a rush release to erase memories of the iPhone 4's antenna problems? Will the 5th generation iPhone deliver ultra-fast mobile internet? Will it ever end up on Verizon in the US? Let's raid the iPhone 5 rumour fridge to find the tomatoes of truth amid the stinky stilton of baseless speculation.The iPhone 5 isn't the Verizon iPhone, and vice versaThe Verizon iPhone rumour has been around forever, and one day it'll come true - but it won't be the iPhone 5. The Wall Street Journal said a Verizon iPhone was nearly ready back in October, and we'd take that one seriously: the WSJ is the paper Apple tends to share its secrets with. It says that "the [Verizon] phone would resemble the iPhone...

Trouble At Notion Ink: UI Director Leaves, Adam Battery Issues Surface

By SlashGear, published 02-07-2011

Notion Ink put on one hell of a show at CES 2011. The Adams they showed us were extremely polished. But one thing you can’t test in a floor review is battery life. Which is why it’s taken until the first wave of Adam’s for a major battery issue to pop up. Initially, it was claimed that the Adam could support looping 1080p video on full volume/brightness for 6 hours. Real in-use life estimates started at fifteen and went up from there. The iPad’s outstanding 10 hour battery and the super-efficient Pixel Qi display made this claim plausible. But now two threads on the Notion Addicts forums have popped up, filled with complaints about the battery. User happy1′s response was characteristic of issues experienced by several users: “The update did not fix ...