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New Mac mini: photos

New Mac mini: photos

...Snow Leopard Server for organisations. Both models now come in a smart aluminium unibody, and an optical drive slot sits at the front for non... Read more

15 June, 2010 by Rupert Goodwins

9/11 wreckage metal finds a home on Mars

Aluminium salvaged from the ruins of the World Trade Centre towers has allowed... Read more

11 September, 2011

Photos: Apple Mac Mini gets a refresh

Aluminium box computing at a price... Apple has refreshed its minimalist Mac Mini... Read more

16 June, 2010 by Natasha Lomas
Asus Transformer Pad TF300T

Asus Transformer Pad TF300T

...that the new tablet's chassis is made from plastic rather than aluminium. There is a little give in the back of the tablet, but... Read more

22 May, 2012 by Sandra Vogel
Sony Vaio T series ultrabooks, in pictures

Sony Vaio T series ultrabooks, in pictures

...information at the time of writing. "Smartly styled in tough magnesium and aluminium, the go-anywhere Vaio T Series is tailor-made to handle daily... Read more

3 May, 2012 by Ben Woods
Dell Precision M6600

Dell Precision M6600

...around a sturdy magnesium chassis, it's clad in slate-grey anodised aluminium and feels solid — as it should, weighing 3.5kg. Not only does... Read more

15 February, 2012 by Charles McLellan

HTC One V

...of access to the battery, which is permanently fixed beneath a solid aluminium backplate. The SIM and microSD memory card slot are accessed via a... Read more

16 May, 2012
Dell Vostro 3555

Dell Vostro 3555

...wide hinge that holds the lid and base sections together and sturdy aluminium casting as key features. Although the hinge mechanism is solid enough and... Read more

8 May, 2012 by Sandra Vogel
Toshiba AT200

Toshiba AT200

...mobile broadband), and is comfortable to hold for extended periods. The brushed aluminium backplate looks good, but scratches easily, while the rounded edges to the... Read more

1 May, 2012 by Sandra Vogel
HP EliteBook 8560w Mobile Workstation

HP EliteBook 8560w Mobile Workstation

...from a desk, it ought to survive. The chassis is made from aluminium and magnesium alloy. The lid section is thick and exhibits almost no... Read more

13 March, 2012 by Sandra Vogel
HP Folio 13-2000

HP Folio 13-2000

...a potential worry, and you can certainly bend the system's brushed-aluminium lid, but we've seen more flex in many ultraportables and the... Read more

28 February, 2012 by Sandra Vogel

Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime Wi-Fi & GPS problems?

...to get a fix. We suspected this to be because of the aluminium chassis and indeed, when we applied a fix we found on the... Read more

2 February, 2012
Dell Vostro 3750

Dell Vostro 3750

...Design Despite its bulk, the Vostro 3750 looks quite elegant, with an aluminium casing that looks as if it could take a knock or two... Read more

9 August, 2011 by Charles McLellan
Apple MacBook Pro Winter 2011 (13in.)

Apple MacBook Pro Winter 2011 (13in.)

Despite retaining the same price and look as last year's model, the new 13in. MacBook Pro's significant CPU updates and fantastic battery life make it one of the top notebooks we've reviewed, provided you can live with passable integrated graphics. Read more

2 March, 2011 by Scott Stein

Asus Transformer 300 coming soon at £399

...core GeForce graphics processor. The TF300T is made of plastic rather than aluminium, like the Prime version. It is also slightly thicker and heavier than... Read more

23 April, 2012

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knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

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JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

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Iain Sutherland

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Yes it is basically down to "nobody in control understands IT, is willing to admit it, or allow decisions to be delegated". Lets get someone in who...

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pjc158

So let me get this straight just because a consultant has oberved that mobile companies who get in trouble never recover, well we all might as well...

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Jake Rayson

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archerthom

I'm imagining Batman-style sonar imaging that will detect the cat and Lego bricks in the dark - I'm going to be disappointed aren't I?

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NarayanaIyyappan

It is useful for their lifes,and also this matters are important for networking students.

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DarkDown

yeah! all we want free software

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Jack Strain

Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

2 days ago by Jack Strain via Facebook on Indoor navigation coming to a mobile near you soon
Sungwoo

do You know that? it can install 4G Ram. So i buy 4g and install It work! I can run call of duty 4,6,7 [Modern war... 1,2,3] Call of duty 1 was...

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itsajob

2. Bad idea. Making up patch cables loses you your commission from the cable supplier. 3. If you tidy up, other people can understand where the...

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Paul Smyth

Is this classic FUD? One thing I would definitely have notice is a Mozilla threat to stop supporting GNU/Linux.

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UnderINK

I agree with the previous commenter wholeheartedly. I couldn't say it better myself. This is very 'Big Brother'. And while I agree with protecting...

3 days ago by UnderINK on European e-identity plan to be unveiled this month
Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe

Nice to see that Turing's idea of a general purpose computer doing once-hardware-powered tasks in software is now universal ;-) Mary

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Jason Burchell

seriously now. I've only bothered to read a small bit of the comments. do me and the rest of the world a favour. stop saying it does not work or...

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Philip Charles Cohen

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