Epic plot and an intruiging mix of RPG and FPS make Mass Effect worth a look, though we can't help but see some similarity with Knights of the Old Republic.

When we ran four tablet PCs in December 2002 (Issue 61, page 36) we got plenty of response from readers looking to find out more about them. Over a year on now and tablets have increased dramatically in spec and design although pricing hasn’t reduced as much as we’d expected - possibly since they still haven’t made mass market appeal and sales.

A good price for an HD camcorder, but poor design makes it awkward to use

Blu-ray takes another tentative step towards the mass market, but is now the time to buy?

It may be costly, but if you need accurate OCR for mass document digitisation, this package fits the bill admirably.

You've got Gigabytes of music on your PC. You have an expensive stereo system in your lounge room. Enter the SqueezeBox Duet.

It had little competition at this price, and it knocks Nvidia 8600 cards out of the race, but Nvidia’s 9600 GT trumps it.

A versatile and compact tablet PC with stunning battery life, but we do have a few usability complaints.

Meet the new office: same as the old office, but with prettier outfits.

Olympus’ Four Thirds imaging system comes of age in a classy compact SLR that makes the rest look ordinary

The NEC LCD1560VM is a screen heavy in weight and performance. Sitting snugly at the higher-end of our spectrum of scores, the LCD1560VM is a workhorse geared towards business use.

Garmin’s Nuvi 265W offers a clean navigating experience with a host of useful features and suffers only a handful of small issues.

The cut-down PS3 costs the same as the Xbox Elite, has lost of its key features and still has that cracking Blu-ray player

Good value thanks to a decent 18-70mm kit lens and camera-based anti-shake

UMPC-like features and a spacious hard disk make the Archos appealing, but it’s only good for entertainment.

A highly polished, enthralling 3D guide to the universe, although it lacks convincing reasons to upgrade.

This isn’t the phone that you buy for the menial task of calling people.

Grouper is an all-in-one filesharer, that facilitates both private and public sharing.

Devices that attach storage to the network aren't new, but until now they've been either very expensive or limited in ability. But this little marvel from Asus changes all that. The WL-HDD can put a hard disk on the network with no drivers or client software required, and it can do this wirelessly via 802.11g.

When it came time to tally up the scores for all of the 15in monitors, the BenQ FP591 was either at or near the top of every category.