The TomTom Go 730 is an update of last year's Go 720 model and adds a handful of new and useful refinements to an otherwise already complete feature set. In fact, the only major addition is a new trick that TomTom is rolling out across all new models ...

Instead of a live system, what IQ Routes does is take historical data collected from thousands of TomTom users across New Zealand, travelling thousands of routes every day, and uses it to more accurately guide you on the fastest route no matter what ...

Western Digital picked an extremely appropriate name for its new 10,000rpm (rotations per minute) hard drive. Dubbed the VelociRaptor, this new drive screamed through the PC World Test Centre's performance tests. Velocity is clearly the raison d'etre ...

We installed a VelociRaptor in our Project Beast system to see how it fared against the 2TB, Seagate Barracuda-based RAID 0 array. WorldBench 6 scored our Beast at 116 in RAID 0 and 115 with the VelociRaptor. When we removed one of the RAID drives and ...

With each new generation of devices, in-car GPS navigation gets better and better. As manufacturers continue to refine their products with more and better features, improved GPS tracking and ever improving mapping, it becomes increasingly difficult to ...

This month we're looking at two new units from Garmin. The nuvi 760, which is a high-end, feature-rich model, and the nuvi 260W, a more affordable unit that outwardly looks all but identical to its big brother

Here, we look at the Standard Edition of WordPerfect Office X4, which includes the WordPerfect word processor; the Quattro Pro spreadsheet application; Presentations; the Visual Intelligence data analysis software; WordPerfect Lightning - a web ...

In fact, WordPerfect seems to have an easier time dealing with the new Microsoft Office file formats than with the traditional ones, and often imports them with fewer glitches

Prior to the release of the Go 720, TomTom lacked a true high-end model in its New Zealand line up. The previous top model - the One XL - was an excellent device in its own right (not to mention outstanding value for money), yet it lacked some of the ...

The maps - and a staggeringly indepth "points of interest" database (with everything from the nearest petrol station and cash machine to supermarkets included) - are provided by a local company called GeoSmart (who also provide maps for rival Navman) ...

-->Cross-platform application--> Adobe's Acrobat 5.0 makes file sharing easier than ever. It's suitable for cross-platform users, works well for internet and email distribution and it has a high level of authentication for document protection

Acrobat converts a range of application documents into a sharable format, preserving the layout and fonts for users in Windows, Macintosh and Unix environments. Files created in Acrobat 5.0 can be opened in a browser window where the embedded tabbed ...