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When buying digital pianos, many people look for two things: feel and sound. A digital piano is good when its sound and touch resemble those of an acoustic piano, the closer the feel and sound to an acoustic piano, the more convincing the player becomes that they are actually playing an acoustic piano.

There are simply tons of digital pianos from several brands out there trying to achieve this resemblance to an acoustic piano, but not all of them have the technology and means to do so. Ho…

I’ve not been that much of a fan of the Chromebook ranges, but now that the Pixel is being released it’s one again time to see what improvements have been made to Google’s operating system and laptop range.  My problems have arguably been with the operating system itself which seems to be lacking when it comes to comparing it to the likes of Windows, OS X and Linux.  Is it time for the Google operating system to finally find it’s time?

Now that the Pixel moves into the touchscreen …

When it comes to smartphones the arguable “big two” are of course Samsung and Apple.  HTC though are a company that have always been biting at the ankles in the war to make the most popular phones, and with the HTC One they are definitely getting noticed.  Following on from the HTC One X and HTC One X+ the HTC One does look like it’s ready to bring the fight with some impressive specifications.

The problem is of course that to be the best you have to make the consumers themselves b…

Microsoft is finally ready – finally – to take on the big daddy of the tablet PC arena, Apple's iPad. At least, that's what it claims. Is there any truth to Microsoft's assertions? Let's find out.

Hardware

The Surface’s VaporMg casing feels silky smooth to the touch, and seems to be fairly excellent when it comes to avoiding fingerprints. It’s a solid device, weighing roughly the same as the iPad at 1.5 pounds. The display sits neatly flush with the surrounding bevel, which is an…

In taking a look at technology that is coming out in the future, there has been a lot of talk about 4k in televisions, Blu-ray players and consoles (The Playstation 4 is rumoured to have 4k support).  As Panasonic have been showing off their 4K technology I thought it would be interesting to take a look at something that they have been looking at that is slightly different.

The product that they have been showing off and touting for sale in 2013 is an actual tablet PC with a differ…

Coming off CES it’s fair to say that we’ve had a look at what the year will bring and for gaming it’s looking quite good.  Another area that made an impact was the expected Ultra HD televisions.  With the likes of the LG 84LM960V and the Sony KD-84X9005 we were introduced to the huge screen 4K resolution televisions that come at a cost but show just how beautiful televisions can be now.

To continue the invasion of the 4K Ultra HD televisions companies are now reducing the size of the…

This has been the CES week for technology and I’ve looked at tablets and game systems that are coming out so it seems fitting to finish the week looking at the Razer Edge.  This is yet another tablet that is looking to provide gamers with an alternative to what we see as the more conventional gaming experience of consoles and the PC/MAC environment.

The Razer Edge was formally known as Project Fiona and is actually a Windows 8 tablet working off an Intel Core i5/i7 processor depend…

This year at CES one of the biggest things looks to be the changing face of game playing.  We aren’t seeing the new more mainstream consoles from Microsoft and Sony just yet, though rumours are rife when we’ll get to see that.  What we are seeing though are tablet and chipset makers looking to push their view that the new face of gaming will be through handheld tablet machines that can be extended in various different ways.  From NVIDIA with its Shield “console” if we can call it that,…

CES in Las Vegas is only just starting and we are seeing a lot of exciting news and new gadgets for the start of the year.  Something that we’ll be looking out for of course are the new smartphone models that are coming out and which companies are looking to make an impact on the market in hopes to becoming the top phone maker of the year.  The first to step forward is Sony with the Sony Xperia Z.

Featuring the new Bravia Engine 2, promising to be waterproof and sporting a nice big…

When looking at desktop PCs, especially those that could run Windows 8 I’ve pointed out many times that most screens are not touch screen.  This of course is probably something that Microsoft would love to change.  As people who want to stick to the desktop variant of the PC look to touch screens it’s interesting to see what is available.  One that is available is the Viewsonic VSD220, which comes with a surprising little extra.

The VSD220 is a 22 inch touch-enabled screen that loo…