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Designed with portability in mind, this notebook is slim, sexy and versatile, enabling basic office usage, DVD playback or even some weekend gaming.

This month's winner, the A510 from Targa well and truly trounced the competitors this month, with the exception of Dell who trailed by only three points.

Living up to the sub-notebook name, this portable system from IBM represents one of the best instances of miniaturised engineering

Tiny, lightweight and rugged, this USB thumb drive 802.11b adaptor features 64- and 128-bit WEP security making it ideal for frequent travellers and notebook users without a free PCMCIA slot.

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Coming in under our stringent pricing scheme, ASUS bettered it by $50 and managed to include some great hardware and features unavailable in some of the more expensive units.

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Not all webcams will work in Vista, so we examined three Vista-ready models to find the best.

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Nanotech breakthrough sees quadrupling of capacities.

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