Laptops Tommy Melville - 23 April 2009 - 10:27am Last night Toshiba invited us to Paramount鈥檚 UK offices for a preview of the new Star Trek film, and to also have a look at their recently announced netbook, the NB200. The NB200 is Toshiba鈥檚 second foray into the聽netbook world, the first...
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There goes Apple, trash-talking netbooks again. Tim Cook, the company鈥檚 chief operating officer, had harsh words yesterday for the current crop of inexpensive mini-notebooks , calling them 鈥?a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/163679/apple_dismisses_netbook_trend.html" target="...
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General Review First looks Asus Desktop Replacement Intel Super-TFT Under 3.5kg Philip Barker - 22 April 2009 - 5:26pm We鈥檙e seeing more and more laptop manufacturers concentrating on the multimedia end of the market, spurred on by the introduction of the widescreen 16:...
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News Tommy Melville - 21 April 2009 - 11:55am HP has announced the addition of the dv3 Entertainment Notebook PC聽to its Pavilion laptop range. Riding on the back of the Pavilion dv2 鈥檚 release, the 13.3-inch laptop aims to provide enhanced performance over its little brother, while stil...
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Apple released four new ads in its "Get a Mac" campaign that address several selling points for Macs vs. PCs, but do not directly respond to Microsoft's campaign highlighting how expensive Apple computers are . Why? Because Macs are undeniably more expensive than PCs, and Apple cannot ...
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Tommy Melville - 17 April 2009 - 3:49pm HP has tried to solve the age-old issue of power versus portability by creating the 12.1-inch Pavilion dv2-1010ea (拢499 inc. VAT), which aims to combine portability and multimedia functionality. Weighing only 1.8kg, you won鈥檛 have any problem carrying i...
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Microsoft plans to offer a netbook-friendly version of Windows 7 that can only run three programs at a time and has a less robust graphical interface than the complete version of Windows 7. Called Starter, Microsoft plans to offer the low powered OS as a viable competitor in the netbook market, w...
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Tommy Melville - 17 April 2009 - 3:49pm Packard Bell has announced the impending arrival of two new laptops, the EasyNote Butterfly and EasyNote TR85. 聽 The EasyNote Butterfly has been designed with portability in mind, and Packard Bell claim to squeeze a full day鈥檚 use out of the bat...
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News Tommy Melville - 16 April 2009 - 3:49pm Packard Bell has drawn back the curtains on its latest line of netbooks, consisting of the 鈥榙ot m鈥?and 鈥榙ot s鈥? and immediately proclaimed it 鈥渢he most amazing product range ever鈥? The 鈥榙ot m鈥?looks very slim and features a relatively large t...
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Laptops Philip Barker - 17 April 2009 - 3:49pm While lots of its rivals are introducing more and more budget models, Acer has bucked the trend and released a range of upmarket laptops, called the Aspire Timeline series. The range is currently made up of three machines, the Aspire Timeli...
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News Tommy Melville - 20 April 2009 - 10:00am Stone Computers, the company behind Rock laptops, has announced the arrival of their first netbook, the Neo 101. The 10.1-inch Neo 101 is powered by Intel鈥檚 energy efficient Atom processor 鈥?the staple of the netbook world 鈥?and boasts a wea...
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Sales of desktop PCs have been declining for some time now. In fact, notebooks now outsell their deskbound brethren worldwide. This trend isn't surprising, given the convenience, portability and growing affordability of portable PCs. Add to that the rapid ascension of the netbook , with its ev...
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Laptops Philip Barker - 15 April 2009 - 11:07am HP鈥檚 Pavilion range has recently featured a major overhaul, the Pavilion dv6 being one of the machines introduced to the range. This 16-inch laptop is aimed at regular consumers wanting an affordable multimedia centre, with the display fea...
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Alex Bentley - 14 April 2009 - 10:35am Backing up your personal and valuable files to an external drive is one of the most important things you can do to protect against disasters such as theft or damage to your laptop. Toshiba makes this easier than ever with its stylish range of external hard ...
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News Tommy Melville - 14 April 2009 - 1:00pm Norton鈥檚 360 security suite has become extremely popular in the two years since it was first released. The software aims to provide an all-in-one solution for your computers security, and covers your online activities as well as keeping your l...
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Is Apple preparing the ground for Steve Jobs' early return ? Saturday's The Wall Street Journal reports that Jobs was deeply involved in important decisions at Apple, despite a leave of absence announced in January . Reportedly, Jobs still has his hands on the controls for Apple's business stra...
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Artwork: Chip Taylor We know (though don't always follow) etiquette for public cell phones use , but public laptop usage has avoided a social scrutiny until now. With in-flight Wi-Fi access now available on American Airlines , Delta Airlines , United Airlines, and Virgin America , the chance o...
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Microsoft changed demographics with its third addition to its Laptop Hunters ad campaign . This time, Mom Lisa and 11 year-old Jackson go off to shop for a laptop under $1500, using the same Mac-bashing template as the previous ads. The pair is looking for a computer with "speed, a big hard d...
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Sat-Nav TomTom Philip Barker - 8 April 2009 - 12:44pm TomTom鈥檚 ONE V4 may not be the cheapest entry-level satellite navigation device on the market, but that doesn鈥檛 stop it from making a great first impression. The plastics used are all of a high quality, and it鈥檚 a truly pocketable ...
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James dropped his laptop and broke the screen. What should he do? First, you need to determine if anything else is broken. Try booting the laptop. If the screen can still create a legible image, you should have no trouble seeing if everything else works. (On the other hand, if you hear a loud scra...
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