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Windows 7 and speech recognition

Having installed Windows 7, I was keen to see whether the speech recognition function had improved.  I’m happy to report that the speech recognition function has indeed improved.  In fact I’m writing this post using the speech recognition function and I have to say from my perspective its accuracy and ease of use are greatly [...]

Windows 7 Update

Well, I’ve been using Windows 7 for some weeks now and thought that it was probably worth updating my original review. Overall I have to admit that the experience of Windows 7 remains positive. The tablet PC function with Windows 7 does not seem to be too crash hot – but that is probably driver [...]

Windows 7 Beta – is it any good?

Well, it’s here. Windows 7 (beta). Is it any good? Yes and no! I have to say, after some positive reviews of Vista on this site when it was introduced a couple of years ago (is it really that long, maybe not, it just feels that long) I have to admit to being a little [...]

Sony Wireless Stereo Headset DR-BT21G

I’ve read a number of reviews about these headsets. Generally positive but a couple of negative ones. I have found these headsets to be a great improvement over my previous Blueant X5 headsets – but I stress not because I think the Blueant’s are rubbish. They’re not. And the Sony DR-BT21G headsets are a serviceable [...]

Adobe Master Collection – installing on Windows Vista

Well, here’s a rather odd situation. It seems many people are having trouble installing Adobe’s new and very expensive Master Collection CS3 on Vista computers. Now, this seems astonishing but particularly annoying if you have just spent up to $3,500 on the new software. There is an awful lot of dodgy looking solutions being proposed, [...]