K.G. Orphanides

Black Crown: hands-on preview

Random House's first venture into gaming is a darkly fantastic interactive novel that's web-based and free-to-play

Published : 29 May 2013

Blue Microphones Spark Digital review

TVs

A high quality microphone, but the iPad support feels like a gimmick

Published : 28 May 2013

£160 inc VAT

Bayan Audio Streamport Universal review

Sound cards TVs

Great for sending wireless audio from your phone to your hi-fi, but a 3.5mm cable is still cheaper, albeit less stylish

Published : 25 May 2013

£60 inc VAT

Beyerdynamic Custom One Pro review

Headphones TVs

These high-end cans excel at electronic music but produce rather boxy renditions of acoustic recordings

Published : 23 May 2013

£155 inc VAT

Palicomp Alpha Attitude review

PCs

This gaming PC is certainly powerful, but its display and motherboard are slight weak points

Published : 20 May 2013

£1100 inc VAT

Mesh Elite K3470–CSR review

PCs

A weak graphics card and mediocre monitor only slightly detract from this great value PC

Published : 19 May 2013

£500 inc VAT

Acer Aspire Timeline U M5-581TG review

Laptops Ultraportable laptops

Poor touchpad design puts a bit of a crimp in this otherwise outstanding laptop’s usability

Published : 17 May 2013

£600 inc VAT

Ginger 6 G6Aurora i3 PC review

PCs

Decent performance and fast boot times, but a 120GB of storage just isn't enough

Published : 16 May 2013

£500 inc VAT

Lenovo Ideapad Z585 review

Laptops

We appreciated the gaming power and excellent keyboard of this laptop, but competition is stiff at this price

Published : 15 May 2013

£399 inc VAT

Toshiba Satellite L955D-104 review

Laptops

This workmanlike sub-£500 laptop runs desktop applications perfectly well but doesn’t impress in terms of power or features

Published : 14 May 2013

£479 inc VAT

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