Review

As you no doubt know, when it comes to trying to pack the performance needed to undertake serious video gaming in a laptop, it comes down to a very tricky balance between speed and portability. Try to shove too much power in a gaming laptop and for all intents and purposes, it ceases to be a portable PC —heavy, bulky and with little battery life. Go too far in the other direction, though, and you end up with something that’s svelte but unable to play games on anything but the lowest settings. I just spent some quality time with a gaming laptop that manages to strike the perfect balance: the Eurocom M3. It’s a compact, lightweight laptop with the power to chew through pixels and polygons while keeping frame rates high. Eurocom says the M3 is the most powerful 13-inch notebook ever made and everything I’ve seen supports that claim.

 The dreaded “Can’t take photo. There is not enough storage space” message is history on my iPhone thanks to Leef iAccess. It’s a small, easy to use microSD reader that you can attach and leave on your phone to expand your memory up to 128 GB, and it’s the perfect summer accessory for anyone who wants the freedom to use their phone without storage issues. 

With two new eReaders in the Sage and Libra 2, Kobo is not only tackling familiar designs, but also changing how you read ebooks on them.

Ever watch someone unveil their very serious and impressive RC vehicle – be it boat, plane, or four wheeled – and think, “man that looks so fun, those people are super cool?” Ok, so, maybe not that last part, but the first one is absolutely true. I was recently given a chance to play with some of these ultimate “Big Kid” toys. Powerful, awesome looking, wonderfully designed: I’m talking about the E-Maxx and E-Revo by Traxxas. Come on, let’s take a spin.

Join the force The next chapter in Nintendo’s beloved Metroid franchise, Metroid Prime: Federation Force—a first person shooter and sports game—is now available exclusively on the Nintendo 3DS. Developed by Next Level Games from Vancouver, this independent game developer has been working exclusively with Nintendo since 2004 on hit games such as Mario Strikers, and Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon. Metroid Prime: Federation Force has faced some heavy criticism since its initial unveiling at E3 2015, and has had many fans disgruntled...

 Having owned a Dyson canister vacuum for many years, I didn’t think it was possible for something to perform better than the one I have. However, the DC66 outperforms it and is about half the size of DC28. Finding more dust and dirt in places after I’ve previously vacuumed is just the start. Read on to find more about this compact, yet powerful release from the Dyson family

 Camping season is in full swing, and unless you own an RV you’ll need some shelter to sleep in. If you own a truck, you’ve probably contemplated one of the cool looking truck bed tent models.  Are they worth it?  What considerations do you need to be aware of with this type of tent? Can you use it with a tonneau cover? Click for the full blog review plus a video.

Sony’s Vaio series of PC laptops has always won points for style and design and the company has become a leader in producing Windows 8 hybrid machines —portables that combine Windows 8 PC and tablet capabilities. I’ve spent the past week trying out Sony’s latest take on the hybrid form factor. After putting it through its paces, I can assure you that the Vaio Fit 15A is one of the most useful variations yet on the tablet/notebook convertible hybrid, a real looker (especially in the black finish of the test unit) and an able performer. It’s held back a little by a few details —a loud and persistent fan, so-so keyboard, and not so stellar battery life among them— but offers a solid portable computer experience, along with tablet capability, in a single package that just happens to look pretty smashing.  

When I was growing up in the 80s there were all sorts of toys, action figures, board games, video games and more. Always something else for our parents to buy us if we pleaded long and hard enough. Some of the most amazing, and still to this day coveted, toys, are the Transformers. Now, finally after all these years of waiting, true fans have a video game worthy of the name Transformers, that game being Transformers Devastation.

Paw Patrol is a hugely popular TV show for small children so of course there is a huge selection of toys, games and accessories on the market. Kids are going to want to be part of Adventure Bay and play along with Ryder and his pack of pups. Read on for my review of Zoomer Marshall.