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Antec P180 review
The reason we've included two Antec cases in this small Labs is simply that the company makes great PC cases. Both the P...
Oct 7, 2009
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HP 2133 Mini-Note review
Since its release in the tail end of 2007, Asus' tiny little Eee has won itself plenty of admirers. Tiny, light and inex...
Oct 7, 2009
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Sony AIBO ERS-7M3 review
It isn't often that robotic dogs appear in the pages of PC Pro, but Sony's latest AIBO (Artificial Intelligence Bot) cau...
Oct 7, 2009
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Accent Office Password Recovery review
A forgotten password within the Microsoft Office environment wasn't too difficult to crack in days gone by, but Microsof...
Oct 7, 2009
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Should you be sacked for sending SHOUTY email?
This week it was reported that a New Zealand woman was sacked from her job as an accountant at a healthcare company afte...
Sep 4, 2009
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Meet Bustadrive, a home-made hard disk destroyer
If your job involves having to destroy hard disks and make sure that their data is impossible to recover, you’ll know th...
Aug 14, 2009
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The UK’s Top 40 tech celebs – and why Stephen Fry isn’t number 1
When I volunteered to write a feature about the most techie celebrities from these fair British Isles, I hadn't anticipa...
Jul 16, 2009
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What do Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Scott McNealy have in common? They’re lucky.
If you’ve ever wondered why it’s the likes of Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Steve Ballmer, Scott McNealy and Eric Schmidt who...
Jul 1, 2009V.
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Email File Attachments You Should Not Open
The best advice concerning email attachments I could ever give is to simply never open them. But that's unreasonable con...
Apr 21, 2009
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What’s next on Microsoft’s kill list?
So Microsoft continues to kill off the backwater products in its vast product set. The latest to go is MSN Encarta. Acco...
Apr 1, 2009
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99% Flash Player Penetration – Too Good to be True?
Adobe makes much of the fact that its Flash player has become” the world's most pervasive software platform” bridging th...
Feb 20, 2009V.
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Is It Safe To Leave A Computer On All The Time?
Periodically I am asked whether it's "safe" to leave a computer on all the time. The answer is yes if it's a desktop (me...
Feb 13, 2009
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First look: Acer’s new TravelMate laptops
With the launch of the Centrino 2 platform, we're expecting to see a flurry of activity from all the major manufacturers...
Jul 17, 2008
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First look: Sony VAIO Z-Series
The Z-Series sits near the top of Sony's VAIO range, aiming to attract executives who want to cut a dash in the boardroo...
Jul 16, 2008
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Introducing the Space Cube
I've been surrounded for the past few weeks by a veritable herd of tiny computers for a forthcoming Labs test - nine of...
Jul 3, 2008
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With regret, Sir Alan, you’re fired!
I've written columns in the past bemoaning the slow death of the British PC industry. Now the ravens really are fleeing...
Jul 2, 2008
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Online games? I’m too busy with all this porn
If you've seen the Emmy Award-winning South Park episode "Make Love, Not Warcraft", you'll have a pretty good idea how t...
Jun 11, 2008
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Deep Zoom: proof that Microsoft is still capable of amazing technology
I can't remember the last time a Microsoft technology demo knocked my socks off. But yesterday, during a presentation f...
Jun 6, 2008