Where Paris once led the way as the centre of Europes bohemian lifestyle, Prague now comes out on top. The fourth edition of Lonely Planet: Prague manages to be both compact and comprehensive and is generally a good introduction to this city where European and North American wannabe poets now hang out.

Although the guides structure follows the layout used by most books in the Lonely Planet series, there is more of a concentration on cultural issues than is often the case. As well as an..

The AA Where to Stay in Britain & Ireland CD-ROM is a comprehensive accommodation guide covering all types of places to stay from bed and breakfast to the most expensive of hotels.

The AA has been publishing this guide for several years now and this time around the interface has had an overhaul. There are more than 7,000 establishments covered and it is still easy to find precisely what you want. First choose a location. Then point-and-click at the screen to indicate the maximum you ar..

The DVP-NS300 is Sonys entry-level DVD player, but still boasts the comprehensive set-up controls of the more expensive models. It also carries Sonys TV Virtual Surround and a Block Noise Reduction system to improve picture quality. On professionally encoded modern DVDs the effect of this is negligible, but it does help with some of the early DVDs which were poorly encoded, helping to reduce artefacts.

The first thing that strikes you about this player as you pull it from its box, is that it ..