Alan Lu is currently external communications manager at Vodafone UK and has a background in corporate communications and media writing. An alumnus of The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), he has previously served as reviews editor for IT Pro and Computeractive.
HP ProBook 4720s review The HP ProBook 4720s looks great and has surprisingly long battery life, but it's short on RAM and hard disk space at this price.
£692
Etymotic MC5 review The MC5 earphones sound generally well-balanced, but their noise isolation isn't as effective as we hoped.
Dell Inspiron M301z review The Inspiron M301z is a sleek ultra-portable laptop, but there are cheaper alternatives available that have even longer-lasting batteries
£529
Western DigitalMy Book Elite 2TB review The My Book Elite is surprisingly affordable, but at this price you may want to consider a USB3 disk if speed is important.
£140
Creative HS-930i review The Creative HS-930i earphones aren't cheap but they sound great and have reasonably effective noise isolation.
LiteOn iHAS524 review The LiteOn iHAS524 is a good value DVD writer with a reasonably useful, if imperfect, disc labelling feature.
£21
Seagate Freeagent Go 500GB review Seagate's 500GB Freeagent Go is quick and reasonably priced, but there's little to set it apart from the competition.
Sandberg Multi Hard Disk Box 2.5in review It is a sturdy and easy to assemble hard disk enclosure that will appeal if you still have older PATA hard disks.£24
HP ProBook 4720s review The HP ProBook 4720s looks great and has surprisingly long battery life, but it's short on RAM and hard disk space at this price.£692
Etymotic MC5 review The MC5 earphones sound generally well-balanced, but their noise isolation isn't as effective as we hoped.£55
Verbatim Insight 500GB review The electronic display is useful, but it doesn't justify this disk's high price.£87
Dell Inspiron M301z review The Inspiron M301z is a sleek ultra-portable laptop, but there are cheaper alternatives available that have even longer-lasting batteries£529
Western DigitalMy Book Elite 2TB review The My Book Elite is surprisingly affordable, but at this price you may want to consider a USB3 disk if speed is important.£140
Creative HS-930i review The Creative HS-930i earphones aren't cheap but they sound great and have reasonably effective noise isolation.£90
IOCell NetDisk 351UNE review It's a basic NAS, but it's still a great buy thanks to its simple configuration, fast performance and low price.£61
LaCie Starck Desktop Hard Drive 1TB review The LaCie Stark is an attractive, robust and good value 1TB desktop hard disk.£83
Revo Heritage The Revo Heritage is a compact, attractive and easy-to-use network media player with some well-designed and useful features£230
Samsung Story Station USB 3.0 2TB review Samsung's first USB3 desktop disk is very fast, but it's also relatively expensive£160
LiteOn iHAS524 review The LiteOn iHAS524 is a good value DVD writer with a reasonably useful, if imperfect, disc labelling feature.£21
Seagate Freeagent Go 500GB review Seagate's 500GB Freeagent Go is quick and reasonably priced, but there's little to set it apart from the competition.£75
Zyxel NSA221 review£129
Iomega Professional External Hard Drive 1TB review Iomega's USB2 and eSATA-equipped Professional hard disk isn't bad, but there are better value alternatives available.£100