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Article | 12/06/2009 Best tech bargains of the week

We’ll show you how to pick up a bargain this week, including a great deal on a Nokia smartphone, an HP netbook for under $500 and a 200Hz 40in Sony Br...

Article | 10/06/2009 Apple's WWDC: Ten things we wanted but didn't get

Apple's new iPhone 3G S is officially on its way to store shelves. The highlight of the company's Worldwide Developers Conference keynote Monday, the ...

Article | 10/06/2009 End of financial year deals: pay bargain basement prices for 10in netbooks

It's turning out to be the year of the netbook. So far we've had new netbooks from ASUS, Acer, HP, MSI, Samsung and Toshiba -- all 10in models -- whil...

Article | 4/06/2009 The world's weirdest mice

A mouse is such a simple device that not even the worst inventor could screw it up, right? Wrong! We'll give you 13 examples.

Article | 3/06/2009 Apple's 11 Most Intriguing Computer Designs

For many computer users, Apple has defined the personal computer industry, driven technology innovation, and changed the perception of personal comput...

Article | 2/06/2009 Never mind the netbook, here's the smartbook

If you still blanche at the term "netbook" for being an ungainly piece of vendor-speak, then prepare to be nauseated later this year as "smartbook" su...

Article | 2/06/2009 Windows 7 public previews slow Vista's growth, says metrics firm

Windows Vista's market share growth has slowed since Microsoft released public versions of Vista's successor, Windows 7, according to data published t...

Article | 29/05/2009 Windows 7 alluring, but XP is the migration X factor

Corporate migration to Windows 7 may be less about evaluating the new Microsoft operating system and more about how to properly gauge the correct time...

Article | 28/05/2009 Windows 7 Starter Edition for netbooks loses 3-app limit

A reversal seemed highly likely from the moment Microsoft announced a three-application limit in the Windows 7 Starter Edition OS planned for netbooks...

Article | 28/05/2009 Firefox 3.5: An early look

There was a time when Firefox was the Web browser for the cool kids who knew their tech. Most would still agree that it's better than Internet Explore...

Article | 24/04/2009 Netbook or ultraportable for the job?

Netbooks are starting to look like ultraportable laptops, while some ultraportables are beginning to resemble netbooks. In a tight economy, the questi...

Article | 23/05/2009 As Apple confab nears iGossip heats up - a lot!

We're a little over two weeks away from this year's Worldwide Developers Conference, and the rumor mill is starting to go into overdrive. Forget Snow ...

Article | 15/05/2009 Switching my dad to Linux -- part two

As mentioned in my last posting, I'm not a very good Linux evangelist. I don't try and convert family and friends to Linux. Therefore, as surprising a...

Article | 23/05/2009 Google's Chrome 2.0: first impressions

Google Chrome is a browser whose only claim to fame (aside from being a Google product) is its speed and simplicity. In fact, some would claim that Ch...

Article | 23/05/2009 A Mac tablet would be a welcome addition to tablet PCs

It would not be the end of a slow news week without more rumors concerning an Apple product with a large touchscreen. Some call it a netbook, others s...

Article | 20/05/2009 Hands on: Toshiba's NB200 netbook

Toshiba today launched what we think is the sexiest 10.1in netbook on the market: the copper-coloured Toshiba NB200. This little netbook is aimed at t...

Article | 20/05/2009 Hands on: Toshiba's Qosmio X300/01N gaming notebook

If you don’t like the overbearing style and blistering red colour of the 17in Toshiba Qosmio X300/01N, then it’s probably not for you. If you don’t ha...

Article | 20/05/2009 Toshiba releases new NB200 netbook, fastest Qosmio X300 notebook

Toshiba today launched what we think is the sexiest 10.1in netbook on the market: the copper-coloured Toshiba NB200. This little netbook is aimed at t...

Article | 19/05/2009 First look: Dell Latitude 2100 ruggedised netbook

Dell today announced the first ruggedised netbook the company has designed specifically with students in mind: the Latitude 2100.

Article | 18/05/2009 Desktop Linux: why you shouldn't care

Recently, the Web site analytics company Net Applications came out with figures that showed that in April, the percentage of "client devices" used to ...