Inspect-a-Gadget
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Ausounds AU-Frequency true wireless earbuds
07 May 2021 -
AirPop Active+ smart mask with ‘Halo’ sensor
30 Apr 2021 -
Death of firewire
- Managing Editor 20 Apr 2021
Let’s be honest, the Inspect-a-Gadget elves have huge ears, it’s what makes us elves… but that doesn’t stop us from testing out human earphones, earbuds and (for that matter) earrings are ear ...
If you had to take a random stab at naming the types of products we get to see in the Computer Weekly Inspect-a-Gadget test lab, you’d probably come up a list that includes most of the usual ...
In the tech sector, computer interfaces come and go in the name of progress. RS232 was superseded by USB1; now there is USB C and USB 3.1 and the latest Macs have USB 4. But not everyone wants to ...
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Trust IRIS: Plug & play 'professional-grade' video conferencing
13 Apr 2021 -
Brightline ZELo: Enhanced lighting for desktop videoconferencing
06 Apr 2021 -
DataLocker DL4 FE: military-grade USB drive with ‘nuclear’ device payload security
31 Mar 2021 -
Internet of Jump Ropes (IoJR): Crossrope skips to the beat
25 Mar 2021 -
Shure shores up for sure sounds: MV5C & MV7 microphones
17 Mar 2021 -
SnapWatch: get kids to tell the time… and make it snappy
05 Mar 2021 -
Beryl (GL-MT1300) pocket-sized travel wireless router
01 Mar 2021
Video and web conference ability prowess (VAWCAP) is now a thing; we’re all working in the ‘new normal’ of Zoom-type remote dial-in experiences, brought about - obviously - as a result of the ...
There’s that moment of doom when you’re on a pre-call prep-call for a professional video job and the ‘producer’ gets to speak to you about your lighting. These people live in a world of rigs, boom ...
The Computer Weekly Inspect-a-Gadget elves have gotten past their initial ‘oh, look, it’s a terabyte drive' excitement factor. We’ve seen a whole raft of these units come through the testing lab ...
Exercise ropes have some different interpretations. In American English, we say ‘jump rope’, whereas the British English expression refers to ‘skipping rope’... but whether it’s a jump or a skip, ...
Inspect-a-Gadget has a confession to make - we have been shouting at our laptop. Okay if not quite shouting, we have certainly been ‘projecting’ at the built-in microphone during Zoom calls, ...
Kids love electronic devices, but not every family is going to be comfortable with starting their offspring off on a smartphone and smartwatch during their pre-teen years, or indeed while they are ...
Lockdown happened - and, consequently, a lot of people looked into the idea of finding a place to stay that would allow them some disconnection from the world and a place where they could work and ...
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Honor MagicBook Pro
08 Feb 2021 -
Venom Docking Stations & battery packs for Xbox Series X and S
05 Feb 2021 -
BGFG: How to buy technology like a (gaming) expert
02 Feb 2021 -
HeimVision Assure B1 2K Ultra HD security camera
29 Jan 2021 -
OWC Thunderbolt Dock
26 Jan 2021
Here’s the thing about Honor keyboards… at first you don’t think you like them; the keypads on these machines are such a light-touch chicklet design and feel that you almost thing there’s not ...
In terms of so-called first world problems, we all have them from time to time. I can’t make spaghetti bolognese tonight as I only have linguine or pappardelle. My Internet access at home is ...
The Inspect-a-Gadget elves are well-versed in all manner of shiny devices, hard lumps of computing power and even the occasionally frivolous technology gadget (the clue’s in the name, right ...
Like everybody else, the Inspect-a-Gadget elves have been in lockdown. But, normally, the elves like to get out on the road, attend a few technology conferences and stay in a few cheap motels rooms ...
Inspect-a-Gadget is of course a real person. He/she/it is gender-neutral, but the elves that work for Inspect-a-Gadget are very much of this Earth and composed of a pound (or more) of flesh, just ...