Gigaset C620A Duo

Michael Fereday has been busy creating a Blacklist of telephone callers

Described as the "Clever family phone", the Gigaset C620A Duo is a two-handset DECT phone system that offers to deal with a bane of modern-day living. Whether you refer to them as ’Cold Calls' or 'Expletive-deleted Nuisance Calls', these unwanted intrusions can be annoying and sometimes expensive. The Gigaset solution to this problem involves levels of protection and a Blacklist - but more on this aspect a little later.

HP Colour LaserJet Enterprise M553x

Those big print job finds a worthy adversary

Inkjet printing can be super-expensive for businesses, because usage can rapidly spiral out of control when a big project comes along. The answer to this problem appears to be simple: a step up to colour laser printing. Many, however, are put off by the cost of the equipment, reliability and consumable costs of that technology.

Enermax MAXPRO 700W

Mark discovers an affordable Power Supply for bigger gaming systems

Having once worked in the automotive industry making wire harnesses for cars, I'm acutely aware that connectors are a predicable source of electrical problems. Building any circuit with intentional breaks in it is never good in terms of reliability, and the more you use the less dependability you'll have.

Acer Chromebox CXI

With Chrome OS in the box, do you really need anything else?

With a launch date for Windows 10 now confirmed, those considering the upgrade are already wondering about that data transfer and how to solve the inevitable problems it throws up. Those who have already migrated away to Chrome OS won't encounter any such challenges, especially if they buy the inexpensive Acer Chromebox CXI. Because, once you've provided you're Google credentials, this system will soon be configured and organised exactly how you want it, mirroring whatever other Chrome platform you've previously used.

ABBYY PDF Transformer +

As the lingua franca of electronic documents, PDF forms the basis of numerous software applications capable of creating documents that can be accessed on a various systems. Of course Adobe, as the developer of the Portable Document Format, has its own tool for this purpose; namely Acrobat. In its current version (X1 Pro), Acrobat can set you back a budget-stretching £400, though. Solutions provided by other companies are more economically viable, though, with one such offering being PDF Transformer + from ABBYY priced at £60.