What can a vendor-controlled comparison of notebook technology teach us? Plenty – but not in the way it was intended. Read on as we expose HP’s notebook ‘Reliability Challenge’.

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Last week, in honour of the Windows 7 launch, we covered Microsoft's biggest successes in the computing field. This week, in the interest of balance, we're looking to the company's dark side..

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The system receives competition information from the Venue Results applications and distributes it to 15,000 media through more than 700 Fuji Xerox printers. At the competition venues, printed results

PC Authority takes a trip down computer memory lane and discovers just how PC technology has evolved... and how Microsoft and IBM nearly destroyed each other.

Ever wondered what a particular acronym stands for? Find the answer in our comprehensive reference guide to computer industry acronyms. RTFM!

What happens when multiple-core processors are no longer sufficient for our demands? Stuart Andrews looks at the future of CPUs.

From flying cars to hoverboards, and AI to lasers, we delve into 10 technologies from a list of iconic films and find out just how close we are to making each a reality

IBM Global Financing Australia has launched a certified used equipment service which will sell refurbished off-lease equipment online and through its distributor and dealer channels.

When it comes to design principles, the IBM embodies a completely different approach to the Toshiba

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Not a stylish machine, but it’s good value, well built and boasts surprisingly impressive battery life

The Holy Grail of personal computing miniaturisation has to be the wristwatch PC. You might imagine that this was always doomed to be a typical example of form fighting function, and for a long time t

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1980 Sinclair Producing everything from electric cars to home computers, Clive Sinclair was the 1980s embodiment of English eccentric genius. While Americas kids wiled away t

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Theres no doubt the march of technological advance inside the machine certainly impacts upon its external visual aspects. So-called legacy-free PCs are starting to appear in numbers now, and their str

Leigh Dyer looks at Sun’s attempts to keep Solaris relevant in a Linux world.