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An incredibly light and practical notebook for frequent travellers, but not without its quirks.

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A decent machine with plenty of power, but it’s not earth shattering in terms of features and value.

Canon continues the good work and delivers another winner with the MP610.

A versatile and compact tablet PC with stunning battery life, but we do have a few usability complaints.

A big brash, powerful pc with loads of features and a giant screen. It’s a good thing, because the orange case distracts from the DDR5’s true purpose: performance.

This notebook was designed from the ground up with business and security in mind, and it succeeds.

Windows SideShow is a fascinating distraction, but even without the supplementary screen the W5fe is impressive.

The FF1 is well featured and comes with some useful accessories. Picture quality isn’t perfect, but it still has a range of practical uses.

A veritable Swiss Army Knife of a NAS drive, the QNAP TS-119 Turbo NAS has every feature under the sun

Possibly the last great AGP graphics card, and it's quite the powerhouse.

A stunning design backed up by great performance and good value for money.

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Internet everywhere, for affordable prices. Dave Stevenson investigates the claims, tests the speeds and delivers a verdict on the best plan for your mobile dollars.

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