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DJ Ditty killed after 11 months.

New super thin notebook comes with 64GB SSD, multitouch, and amazingly it doesn’t cost the earth.

World's Fastest Notebook.

The days when laptops occasionally explode due to their lithium batteries breaking down could soon be over thanks to a new invention which shuts down the explosive reaction.

With new, supercharged battery life, the new iPods offer superb design and performance. But compatibility caveats remain.

Despite not being the smallest or lightest notebook, this veritable speed demon packs a 3.06GHz desktop Pentium 4 processor and is matched with an ATI Mobility 9000 graphics adaptor and quarter gig of PC2100 DDR RAM. Another notebook to dispose of legacy parallel, PS/2 and serial ports, it boasts a pair of rear mounted USB ports, S-Video output and FireWire connectivity. Also included are 10/100 Ethernet, a 56K modem and single PCMCIA slot for card expansion.

Slick looks and astonishing battery life make this the pick of the bunch for travelers, especially for the business person on the go.

Gorgeous, expensive and exasperating in equal measure, and yet still desirable despite its myriad faults

The Inspiron 630m is Dell’s first 14-inch widescreen notebook.

We're doing our best to champion Australia's home grown White Box market.

Dell's 6400 is a great value mid-range notebook with very few weaknesses. The support is the icing on the cake.

Toshiba's PDA strategy is clear: business users should opt for the larger, more flexible e750 (above), while consumers are catered for by the e350. After all, this has all the features most people need in a sleek package that won't break the bank.

Ultra-mobile PCs are the future of mobile computing according to Microsoft. Ross Burridge looks at the devices and the technology

A startling achievement: a highly capable mini-laptop for under $700. Only mediocre battery life mars its appeal.

The announcement of a pair of 2GHz dual-core processors from ARM has drawn speculation over a new chip war with Intel in the netbook space, despite the fact that products based on the chips are not likely to appear for at least another year.

Not explosive, just running out of power.

Touch Diamond2 and Touch Pro2 can be upgraded to Windows Mobile 6.5.

Designed to sit between the low-end Inspiron and high-end XPS families, it comes in 15in and 17in flavours and its target audience could be pretty much anyone: few laptops are as customisable as this.

More storage and a bigger screen address the main issues that arose with the original, but the price has risen too.