Reviews

Uber review: just about the best damn taxi service ever

Traveling from South Africa to first world countries always opens my eyes to the vast chasm that exists between the way things are and…

Logitech G602 Gaming Mouse review: made me ambidextrous

There are a lot of cool things about Logitech’s G602 Gaming Mouse, like the 250 hour battery life, the lag-free wireless controls and the…

Huawei MediaPad 10 Link review: the vanilla ice cream tablet

Huawei’s MediaPad 10 Link is an attractive 10” tablet at first glance. Then you see how much it costs and what it does, and…

Pedego Interceptor bike review: heavy metal joyride

Full disclosure: the last time I rode a bicycle on anything near a regular basis was in my honours year at university. Unfortunately the…

Razer Kraken 7.1 headset review: the best gaming headset by a longshot

Razer’s does a bang-up job in terms of speakers and headphones. We’ve recently reviewed the Hammerhead and it was an incredible experience. The Kraken…

GTA V review: a brilliant, addictive, cohesive open-world game

Grand Theft Auto V review: Grand design You can take a breath. It’s been worth the wait. Grand Theft Auto V is brilliant. Just how…

TomTom Go Live 1005 review: is there still any point to the peripheral GPS?

Smartphones these days have increasingly large screens, sophisticated mapping systems and a wide selection of accessories for attaching them to your car windscreen. All…

Nexus 7 review roundup: Android’s answer to awesome

It’s a US$200, 7-inch-Android 4.1 tablet with a dimpled back and lo, it is called the Nexus 7. Bask in its wonders. We’ve yet…

Reviewed: Bang & Olufsen BEOLIT 12

It’s a bit disconcerting walking down the road with this lunchbox-looking speaker knowing that if you get held up, you are going to have…

Reviewed: Google Chrome for iOS

Screw Safari. I’m tired of it. I’m tired of the shiny loading bar, I’m tired of the Apple sheen applied to every facet of…

App of the Week — TuneIn Radio Pro

This week I take a look at TuneIn Radio Pro, a streaming radio app that blows open the world of Internet radio and places…

Reviewed — Magic: The Gathering 2013

Magic: The Gathering, released in the early 1990s, is the most widely played trading card game in the world. With numbers in the region…

Reviewed: Linux Mint 13 Cinnamon

Recently I’ve reviewed the latest ‘consumer’ version of Ubuntu, namely 12.04, and found that it was pretty far away from being perfectly consumer friendly….

Reviewed: Acer Aspire S3 – beefy but boring

The progress of technology is astounding. Every couple of years, computing power doubles. We keep packing more features into mobile devices. Features such as…

Reviewed: Logitech G510 Gaming Keyboard

Gamers around the world know that to successfully kill those gaming fiends out there, you have to become a gaming fiend. First step: get…

Reviewed: Verbatim USB Audio Bar

Let’s begin with the positives: it’s inoffensively small, makes a loud noise and probably works with any laptop/desktop computer on the market. As for…

Reviewed — Indie Game: The Movie

This Kickstarter-funded documentary reveals insights into the niche industry of indie game development. More than that though, it shows the self-doubt, risk-taking and anxiety…

Reviewed: Epson Powerlite projector

In a land not so very far away, lived a tribe of doubters known as the “They Say” tribe. Remaining faceless and without form,…

Reviewed: Vodafone Smart Tab 7-inch [video]

Once more into the heart of tablet darkness goes Stuart Thomas as he reviews Vodafone’s 7-inch Smart Tab. It’s an average tablet, with middling…

Reviewed: HTC One X — bright and beautiful

Let me preface this review by saying that if the lovely people at HTC (or some benefactor with some extra cash lying around) would…

Reviewed: Freedom chair — pricey perfection

At roughly US$950, the Freedom chair from HumanScale isn’t for the the average office bum. No, the Freedom chair is a take-no-prisoners, ultra-comfy piece…

Reviewed: Linux Ubuntu 12.04 — the pipe dream

For years now Linux faithful have touted that year as the year of Linux. With every new version of Linux (called Distros) be it…

Reviewed: Galaxy S III — the only phone you will ever want

When you pick up the successor to the best phone of the year in 2011, you expect something special. The minute we unboxed the…

GPT 5.2 lands in the API and could reshape how SA builds with AI

Innovate47 Launches Global Food & Agri Accelerator to Back Climate-Smart Startups

Simbi Wabote’s 10-Year Roadmap: How Nigeria Achieved 54% Local Content Growth

Records Tumble In Best Year Yet For South Africa’s Hedge Fund Industry

HONOR’s customer first strategy is reshaping South Africa’s smartphone market

GTA 6 Is Officially Coming in 2026: The New Date, the Delays and the South African Reality Check

The Gaming Gear South Africans Are Actually Buying This December

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel