Nervous Dell owners around the world are scrutinising their battery packs and wondering if their laptop is one step away from bursting into a high-tech inferno. Other laptop owners also have to wonder if their systems might also be affected by faulty lithium-ion batteries. Here's what you need to know.
Among the best value in front projection in its class, the Optoma HD72 is a surprisingly good performer at a price that represents reasonable value.
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Intel's latest mobile platform, now officially christened Centrino Duo, introduces the Core Duo (Yonah) chip with dual CPU cores. This and other developments should deliver useful -- if not revolutionary -- increases in notebook performance and battery life.
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Netgear's RangeMax router delivers great performance in most circumstances.
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Processors are now called upon to handle everything from simple text and graphics, through 3D games, to serious tasks like video rendering. We put Intel and AMD's desktop CPUs through the labs to see how they cope.
3G, GPRS, TransFlash, RS-MMC. Don't know what they mean? Check out our glossary of wireless terms.
In a world where the spies have unparalleled access to our everyday lives, there are some simple ways to make them earn their pay.
Canon has launched what it claims to be the world's fastest 8-megapixel digital SLR.
Researchers at Stanford and UC Berkeley have come up with a way to grow carbon nanotubes on silicon wafers and to test the nanotubes, which could help pave the way for carbon chips.
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Intel said it has produced chips with the 65-nanometer manufacturing process, a strong sign the company will continue to keep pace with Moore's Law.
Looking to allay concerns over the safety of some of its mobile phones, Nokia cited a study that showed that earlier research on its "exploding" phones was based on samples that included counterfeit batteries.
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Looking to buy a printer? Our superguide rates the latest printers and shines a light into the industry.
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Over the last decade the art of maintaining the datacentre of a large organisation has evolved into an art form.
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