Chris has been writing about technology for over ten years. He split his time between ExpertReviews.co.uk and Computer Shopper magazine, while obsessing over Windows Phone, Linux and obscure remakes of old games, and trying to defend Windows 8 from its many detractors
Asus P8H61-M LE review An inexpensive Sandy Bridge motherboard with some useful tweaking features, but its specification is minimal.
Panasonic HDC-SD90 review Great all-round image quality in a compact package - the best mid-range camcorder we've seen.
£400
Sling Media Slingbox Pro-HD review There’s no HDMI input, the web interface can be slow and we wish it had wireless networking, but it’s still an easy way to stream video content over the internet.
Netgear NeoTV 550 review Apart from a fairly fiddly internet content browser, there’s not much wrong with the NeoTV 550
£138
Freemake Free Video Converter review You’ll have to decrypt DVDs yourself, but this is the easiest to use and most flexible video conversion program we’ve seen.
GE DV1 review It’s inexpensive and easy to use, but the DV1’s video quality is distinctly average.
£90
Artemis review Brilliant multiplayer fun and far more social than most multiplayer games.
Asus P8H61-M LE review An inexpensive Sandy Bridge motherboard with some useful tweaking features, but its specification is minimal.£67
AMD Radeon HD 6950 1GB review Fast, good-value and overclockable - this is the best card to buy for under £200.£179
Sapphire Edge-HD Mini PC review Tiny, silent and with reasonable performance, but Zotac's Zbox is better value.£248
Panasonic HDC-SD80 review Panasonic's SD80 has far worse video quality than the SD90, so it's definitely not worth the £50 saving.£349
Altaro Oops!Backup review A superb backup program - only the fairly expensive multi-user licence keeps it from an award.£29
Hyper-connected Ford Sync-equipped Focus coming Ford is finally bringing its in-car voice-controlled system to European customers - with added juicy extras.
Panasonic HDC-SD90 review Great all-round image quality in a compact package - the best mid-range camcorder we've seen.£400
Sling Media Slingbox Pro-HD review There’s no HDMI input, the web interface can be slow and we wish it had wireless networking, but it’s still an easy way to stream video content over the internet.£250
360Amigo System Speedup Pro review Plenty of features, but we’re not impressed with the interface and it’s expensive.£24
Netgear NeoTV 550 review Apart from a fairly fiddly internet content browser, there’s not much wrong with the NeoTV 550£138
Freemake Free Video Converter review You’ll have to decrypt DVDs yourself, but this is the easiest to use and most flexible video conversion program we’ve seen.
GE DV1 review It’s inexpensive and easy to use, but the DV1’s video quality is distinctly average.£90
eJay Dance 6 reloaded review Rough round the edges, but the basics are sound and it’s very good value£20
Reallusion Crazy Talk Animator Pro review Some quirks and instability problems, but a simple way to create caricature-based animations£114