Apple Mac Pro 12-core review
Neil Bennett discovers that with massive power comes a massive price
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WD My Passport Studio 640GB review
Introducing the My Passport Studio from Western Digital: a drive offering high capacity and comprehensive disk encryption.
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Armari Magnetar X24 six-core workstation
Six grand is a lot to spend on a workstation, but the Magnetar X24 is equivalent of the Pagani Zonda supercar, boasting top-of-the-line chips, graphics and storage.
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Dell Precision M6500
The Dell Precision M6500 notebook has powerful graphics and superior LED technology in its 17-inch screen. However, it’s heavy, somewhat cumbersome, and on the pricey side.
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Electric Rain Swift 3D v6
Adobe Flash has some basic tools for creating 3D animations and website elements, but Swift 3D takes it to the next level with a whole host of features.
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ColorMunki 1.1
The ColorMunki offers easy-to-use colour management tools for a wide range of creative users through its three versions: Create, Design and Photo.
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Adobe Acrobat.com suite
Adobe's Acrobat.com isn't a design tool, but being from the creative app giant and offering office-type tools that most creatives will need for the (boring) business part of their jobs, we knew you'd be interested.
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Apple 15-inch MacBook Pro first look review
We take a look at the brand-new Apple 15-inch MacBook Pro, the heart of the Mac-maker's line of laptops for designers, illustrators, artists and animators.
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Apple's Nehalem-based Xserve review
The newest Apple Xserve is very likely the fastest, most energy-efficient, and most cost-effective dual-socket 1U rack server on the market.
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BlackBerry Bold 9000
The eagerly awaited BlackBerry Bold 9000 continues RIM's legacy for qwerty smartphones - and may be its best yet.
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Vodafone BlackBerry Storm 9500
The BlackBerry Storm 9500 is something of a departure for RIM, and not just because it's the first touchscreen BlackBerry. I
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BlackBerry Curve 8900
The BlackBerry Curve 8900 from Research in Motion is available on O2, and is the 'thinnest and lightest' BlackBerry smartphone to date.
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T-Mobile BlackBerry Curve 8900
RIM (BlackBerry) came out with some brand-new BlackBerry handset designs last year that diverted attention from what it does best: make solid business smartphones for businesspeople. The BlackBerry Curve 8900 returns to the original remit, having picked up a few neat tricks along the way.
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BlackBerry Curve 8520
RIM (BlackBerry) is continuing its push into the consumer smartphone space with the launch of a BlackBerry Curve model that will cost markedly less on a monthly contract that previous models and that will also be available on a pay as you go basis.
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First Look: Apple's unibody 17-inch MacBook Pro review
It took Apple a while to finally get around to updating the 17-inch MacBook Pro with a single-piece aluminium shell, but the wait was more than worth it.
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Extensis Suitcase Fusion 2 review
Suitcase Fusion, a professional font-management utility designed for individual users, has seen a giant upgrade with the release of version 2.
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Microsoft Expression Design review
Expression Design is a vector graphics creation tool, suited to producing content for Microsoft’s Web tools Expression Blend and Silverlight.
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trueSpace 7.5 review
Beneath trueSpace’s strange-looking interface lies an efficient 3D tool offering a range of dedicated views for modelling and assembling scenes.
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3DS Max 6 review
With users barely familiar with the new features in Max 5, Discreet has released yet another upgrade to its popular 3D animation system. There are ...
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Anark Studio 2 review
Anark Studio 2 uses layers, inspector palettes, scenes, and timelines that will be familiar to anyone used to Director or Flash. Veteran users will notice that ...