Over the past two weeks I have had two products on review from Logitech.  The Logitech Webcam C600 and the Z520 speaker system.  I have been very impressed with the performance of the two products. Let’s start with the speakers. I am consider a bit of a sound perfectionist and I cannot handle speakers that simply cannot produce all the necessary tones and frequencies to bring out the best...

I haven’t always been a geek. There was one time many years ago when I was into things like rock climbing and kayaking. In fact, I spent the better part of a year back in 2003 as an outdoor education tutor at a school camp destination. I remember fondly running up the highest peaks in the Lake District for fun on Saturday mornings. Those were the days – the days when I could see my own little...

In the final stages of The Nerdies 2010, 10 bloggers around South Africa have been selected to be part of a sudden show down to readers across the country to win some pretty cool prizes in the form of an online treasure hunt.  Up for grabs to the first three lucky treasure hunters: 1 years subscription to Connect Magazine, courtesy of Hypertext Media A Springleap T-shirt of awesomeness a Poken...

Steve Jobs, in his less than appropriate dress sense (loose jeans and the same polo neck jersey), made the announcement yesterday for Apple’s new tablet computer, the stupidly named “iPad”.  First up, what on earth were they thinking?  Did they not think that iPad can directly be related to the “sanitary pad”?  Already, not even 24 hours after the announce, twitter,...

It’s no secret that Apple announced the name of their latest toy, the Apple iPad.  Almost immediately Twitter was aflutter with tampon related one liners and come back’s.  To say that the name is a little ridiculous would be an understatement.  Therefore, we bring you…. The Apple iPad iPun’s: I’m looking forward to ordering an iPad hey, I hope it comes at the right...

Nokia have always been a firm favourite of mine, and the Nokia 6710 Navigator is no different.  All in all, it’s a great, robust slide phone which is pretty simple to use, thanks to Symbian S60 OS and has all the bells and whistles such as … 5.0 Megapixel Camera with Carl Zeiss Lens which also includes AutoFocus. GPRS / Edge / 3G / HSDPA / HSUPA Bluetooth / Wireless 2Gb Micro SD Card Nokia...

Dear Santa, I’m sorry I’m doing this so late. By now you must be up to your ears in letters from children who remembered to do this earlier in the year (or at least didn’t wait until two weeks before your busiest day of the year). I know it can’t be easy for you right now. I certainly wouldn’t want to be in your position – The angry politics of Elf unions and having to find the perfect...

So, here it finally is. The browser you’ve all been waiting for. Google Chrome. Yes, I know it’s been available for Windows users for months now, but that doesn’t really count. There has been a huge build up to it, and we’ve been waiting a long time for a Mac version, and Google have finally given us, and Linux users, the first beta. I went into this pretty blind, as I...

Not so long ago, South Africa saw the launch of AVG.  The dudes in their HQ have been awesome enough to offer NerdMaggers a giveaway!  You stand to win: 3 copies of AVG Internet Security 9.0 valued at R399 each 6 copies of AVG Anti-virus 9.0 valued at R299 each One of the world’s most popular and easy to use anti-virus and Internet security suites is available locally through the efforts...

Nick Burger is a full-time gamer.  I asked him to review this particular machine of fabulousness because as the editor of an online nerd magazine, even I felt intimidated when I realized what specs this Toshiba X300 has to offer.  And also because Nick spends way too much time online, I thought I’d give him something constructive to do.  And onto Nick’s review: What can I say about...