Zath! Archive for June, 2008
Dell Studio Laptop
June 30, 2008
On 26th June, I had the opportunity to attend the launch of Dell’s new range of computers at Silverstone, a new brand that they are calling ‘Studio’ which will sit between their current Inspiron and XPS ranges of laptops.
Dell Studio branded computers are “designed to foster creativity and innovation” - that being the case you need a computer that will help you achieve that, one whose own design is creative and innovative.
The Dell Studio laptop brand is one that will be providing a higher performance than their Dell Inspiron range while taking some of the design and higher level functionality of the Dell XPS range. It also at the same time provokes creativity and personal expression by being available in a range of colour and design/trim options.
Continue reading »‘Rambo Four Movie’ Review
June 29, 2008
Rambo (18)
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Julie Benz, Matthew Marsden, Graham McTavish, Reynaldo Gallegos, Jake La Botz, Tim Kang, Maung Maung Khim, Paul Schulze, Ken Howard & Sai Mawng
Director: Sylvester Stallone
Running Time: 91 minutes
It’s been twenty years since Rambo III and thank God that Sly Stallone is like a fine wine and gets better with age. I thought ‘Rocky Balboa’ was a good film, but Rambo is better.
The last 2 films, I thought, were a bit over the top with weak characters and storyline. But Rambo’s storyline is stronger and is helped along by a good cast.
Continue reading »Harry Potter Prequel Update
June 28, 2008
To all you Harry Potter fans eagerly waiting to read the ‘Harry Potter prequel’…….here you go! You can now find it over at the Waterstones - What’s Your Story? website.
It’s only a very short story that’s about 800 words, and it’s about James Potter and Sirius Black and an altercation with the police.
Continue reading »Sam & Max - Season 2 Episode 1 for Free!
June 28, 2008
I’ve got great memories of playing the original Lucasarts ‘Sam & Max: Hit the Road’ point and click adventure game back in the 90s - those kind of games were great!
The Sam & Max franchise now continues in an episodic gaming format now from Telltale Games who are one of the pioneers with regard to episodic gaming. The first season of 6 episodes was well received and now that the second season of 5 episodes having finished I’m sure the development team are now really finding their feet with these games.
Continue reading »‘The Incredible Hulk’ Review
June 27, 2008
The Incredible Hulk (12A)
Cast: Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, William Hurt, Tim Roth, Tim Blake Nelson
Director: Louis Leterrier
Running Time: 112 minutes
I’m sure I wasn’t the only person who thought ‘hear we go again’ when they announced another Hulk film. I personally thought the first Hulk was the biggest waste of time going.
The more trailers and TV spots I saw for ‘The Incredible Hulk’ the more I started swaying towards the idea that this could be a good film after all.
Continue reading »The Math of Zath! - May 2008
June 26, 2008
What can be said for the Math of Zath! in May? Well it thankfully a fairly consistent month of traffic compared to previous months which had been up and down like a yoyo! I suppose this also means that the top popular are a more accurate measure of what Zath! was ranking well on all month long.
Anyway, if you’ve missed out on seeing these posts at the time, now’s the time to see what everyone else has been taking a look at, followed by some other of my personal favourites from May.
Continue reading »LG KF600 Review
June 25, 2008
Here is my latest mobile phone handset review, that of the LG KF600 brought to you by a company that is focusing on producing stylish mobile phones that have well implemented and developed features.
Your first impressions of this product is that from looking at how the box is presented - a folding out cube that has clearly been influenced by Apple’s iPod packaging!
The next thing that strikes you once you pick up the handset is the fact that it has two smaller screens rather than one larger one - there’s the main screen, which is purely for standard display purposes and the other one located below it which is for the touchscreen operation is known as the ‘InteractPad’.
Continue reading »Balloonacy - The Internet’s First Balloon Race!
June 24, 2008
Have you ever taken part in a balloon race? Normally it involves releasing a balloon to travel the country and seeing where it manages to end up, however in the case of Orange they are running a competition for the next week to celebrate the fact that they are releasing their animal tariffs onto PAYG mobile phones.
Zath! is just one of the sites across the Internet that are taking part as a host for the balloon race as shown by this balloon on selected mobile phone related pages such as the Free Orange Sim Card page. Your Orange balloon will travel across as you take part in this unique competition where you race your chosen animal balloon around the Internet completing 1 Internet mile per website. My friend Gaj (of Gaj-It.com) is taking part as can be seen by his comprehensive instructions below!
Swiftcover Review
June 24, 2008
Would a Swiftcover review be of use? I’ve been meaning cover the issue of cheap car insurance online for a while now as I’ve spoken to people who dismiss the notion of using the Internet for obtaining car insurance quotes and entirely renewing their car insurance policy online.
I’ve been using online car insurance companies for the past 3.5 years to set up my annual car insurance renewal with Lloyds TSB, Elephant and now Swiftcover.
I’ve found that it’s rather easy to set up a quote with Swiftcover that includes exactly the specifications that you require, this means that you can modify the policy to remove certain parts of cover such as increasing the minimum excess to reduce your insurance quote as I did.
Continue reading »Race Gamer: Logitech G25 Racing Wheel PS3
June 23, 2008
Zath: Here’s another great syndicated gaming article on behalf of Game People, this time it’s from their latest writer, Jon Starkey, who as you can perhaps tell from the title, is a gamer who likes to play a racing game particularly using the Logitech G25 racing wheel and a GameRacer Seat. I believe this is the set-up that I played with when I went to Sega HQ to preview Sega Rally last August - so I can vouch for how great it was to use as well - I just wish I had these to play with at home! I hope you enjoy reading Jon’s perspective on gaming here and in the future - feel free to leave a comment on what you think.
Every petrol-head dreams of that perfect setup. Real cockpit, quality wheel and gear shift twinned with a console and game that can deliver the experience to match the hardware.
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