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Is email wasting your day? The two-minute rule for Outlook, and other tips to feel like you've achieved something each day

Is email wasting your day? The two-minute rule for Outlook, and other tips to feel like you've achieved something each day

This feature is for anyone who's finished a working day with the horrible sense of dissatisfaction that things didn't go to plan, that you've been ineffective. That you just didn't do all the ...

 
Smarter Smartphones: 12 high-end mobile handsets tested and reviewed

Smarter Smartphones: 12 high-end mobile handsets tested and reviewed

Jonathan Bray and Alex Bradner put 12 high-end handsets through our gruelling tests to find the best one for you.

 
Small Business Security Group Test: Symantec, McAfee, Kaspersky, Trend Micro and more

Small Business Security Group Test: Symantec, McAfee, Kaspersky, Trend Micro and more

When you're a small business without an IT department you need easy-to-install, easy-to-manage security. We've reviewed eight small business security packages.

 
 

Reviews

HP Elitebook 2530p, a business laptop with a solid 4-5 hours of battery life
5 out of 6

Long-lasting battery, enough power to go, and a lightweight design: this has it all in a small package

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Kensington  Dual  Monitor Adapter, lets you plug in a second screen via USB
4 out of 6

Feeling the need for a second screen? This little gadget allows you to add a second screen to your computer over USB rather than D-SUB or DVI

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Xerox Phaser 3125N, a phenomenal 20,000 pages per month duty cycle
3 out of 6

The Xerox Phaser 3125N isn’t much to look at, with a design not unlike business lasers from the early nineties. Unlike its ancestors, however, it’s only a fraction of the size and significantly more powerful.

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FileMaker Pro 10
5 out of 6

Script triggering and interface changes headline an upgrade that’s good for developers and users alike

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Maxtor Blackarmor 320GB, a USB drive with US-grade military encryption
5 out of 6

The Maxtor Blackarmor has one thing that other USB hard drives don’t - military grade data security in a very stylish package

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D-Link DNS-343
3 out of 6

D-Link offers a well-built desktop NAS appliance that looks good value, but for business users it’s short of features

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News

If you're going to Microsoft's TechEd conference, you're getting a free HP 2140 netbook loaded with Windows 7 If you're going to Microsoft's TechEd conference, you're getting a free HP 2140 netbook loaded with Windows 7 Microsoft is certainly not holding back on efforts to promote Windows 7 or their TechEd conference. Not only is Windows 7 RC a free download, but if you're paying to go to TechEd you get a free HP netbook.
COBOL could get a new lease on life
COBOL could get a new lease on life The 50 year old programming language COBOL is the code that won't go away, and can be found at the heart of ATM transactions, ticket purchases and telephone calls
 
EModeration launches online reputation service
EModeration launches online reputation service New ReputationShare technology could give firms vital insight into user behaviour.
 
Taking work home is now literally true, thanks to Aruba Network’s RAP-2
Taking work home is now literally true, thanks to Aruba Network’s RAP-2 Ever wished that connecting to the office was as easy as being in the office? Aruba Networks has made it happen with its RAP-2 devices – at a price that’s perfect for small business
 

Features

Top 10 amazing research projects Top 10 amazing research projects We tour several of the leading tech research labs in the US to discover which 10 research projects could soon change the world
Is email wasting your day? The two-minute rule for Outlook, and other tips to feel like you've achieved something each day
Is email wasting your day? The two-minute rule for Outlook, and other tips to feel like you've achieved something each day This feature is for anyone who's finished a working day with the horrible sense of dissatisfaction that things didn't go to plan, that you've been ineffective. That you just didn't do all the things you wanted to.
 
Free laptop deals, are they a cleverly disguised con?
Free laptop deals, are they a cleverly disguised con? Are "free laptop" deals like Vodafone's Dell Inspiron mini 9 offer a great way to save money on a new PC, or a cleverly disguised con? We reveal the truth
 
Top ten unlucky IT incidents
Top ten unlucky IT incidents No matter how much we tell ourselves that we are rational, scientific human beings a Friday 13th still sends a tremor up some spines.
 

Group Tests

Smarter Smartphones: 12 high-end mobile handsets tested and reviewed Smarter Smartphones: 12 high-end mobile handsets tested and reviewed Jonathan Bray and Alex Bradner put 12 high-end handsets through our gruelling tests to find the best one for you.
Small Business Security Group Test: Symantec, McAfee, Kaspersky, Trend Micro and more
Small Business Security Group Test: Symantec, McAfee, Kaspersky, Trend Micro and more When you're a small business without an IT department you need easy-to-install, easy-to-manage security. We've reviewed eight small business security packages.
 
Roundup: Small Business Routers
Roundup: Small Business Routers For many small businesses or home offices, a wireless router will be a core component of your network. We've looked for routers from Linksys, Netgear, D-Link, Netcomm and others.
 
Online backup
Online backup With online services easier to use and cheaper than ever, there’s now no excuse not to back up your files, says Stuart Andrews.