Pretty much every new product gets hyped as a potentially disruptive technology these days, and usually nobody outside of the company's marketing department actually believes it.

With only Dell's disappointing Inspiron Mini 12 so far released, Samsung doesn't have a great deal of competition at this size. The NC20 has six-hour battery life, fine performance and a superb display

Founder kills off search engine project after disappointing takeup.

Surprisingly there's no visual voicemail on our Optus iPhone, but otherwise the phone performs brilliantly with a massive speed boost over the 1st gen model.

An improvement over the Eee PC 900, with longer battery life and sleeker looks – but its rivals are catching up

Very much a case of average performance for an average price

Excellent touches promise so much, including a great screen and browser, but in use it’s unbearably slow

Decent image quality and a price that's hard to believe

The best image quality of the 22in LCDs, plus it’s elegant and well featured.

Efficient photo management and sharing, but let down by some surprisingly underpowered editing.

Buffalo is first to show off the recently ratified Draft 802.11n specification, but the Nfiniti doesn’t really showcase its talents

Global mobile-phone sales increased 34 percent in the first quarter of the year, as a surprising number of people choose to upgrade to flashy phones with built-in cameras and colour screens, a market-research firm said Tuesday.

If you've ever wondered what the difference would be between a system you buy off-the-shelf, and the same system overclocked, Trinity International Computers sent us two systems that answer exactly that question

Built-in tracing and improved drawing, formatting and colour correction make X3 the best CorelDRAW upgrade in years.

Disappointing speeds in our tests, underwhelming plans and expensive hardware make Unwired a niche choice

Disappointing gaming ability and a higher price than media-centre cards rule this one out of contention

Disappointing ergonomics, but the blend of power and battery life makes it very good value.