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Ritmo's Smart 256 is a plain looking key with very little else in the pack aside from a lanyard and a USB extension cable.

Scintillating performance but at a high price. It’s this thrilling blend of affordability, flexibility and (above all) capability that makes the IN82 so special. Nothing else we’ve tested at this price gets close.

While the $2500 price ceiling means you're usually picking up larger form factored notebooks with an average 15in display, some manufacturers like Apple and Twinhead have put together smaller ultra portable 12 inch models for those who value size over all else.

Encarta Premium Suite claims a base of 130,000+ articles, along with 25,300+ photos and illustrations and 1.8 million map locations. That's more than a bit of bedtime reading, although of course there are really only two reasons why people buy digital encyclopedias these days -- either they've got kids to educate, or they're after some verifiable and quotable facts for a research project. For almost anyone else, of course, there's Google.

The Turing Test does illustrate one thing further than the ability of modern machines to trick us into various things. The test shows just how important the quality and depth of information provided t

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Durable, powerful and packed with security features. A phenomenal ultraportable.

A stern challenger to pricier kit: this is an amazing projector for the cash

Not the slimmest any more, but still amazingly compact. A very capable cam if you don’t mind the menus

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Despite worrying reports about network congestion, Optus performed well in our tests. Top-notch speed, balanced with keen pricing - if you value network performance above all else this is the mobile broadband to get

An older model, and not the best 50in Pioneer, but still better than every other 50in on the planet in its day. If you can’t manage the top-end Pioneer, this is the set to go for

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The Dell U2410f features breathtaking image quality, but the price is steeper than most are willing to pay for it.

Good, but not good enough: it can’t compete with the winners this month