Mobile Computing News

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While all the debate and conversation centres around what tablet computers mean for netbooks, many people overlook the grandfather (and still the best all-rounder) of mobile computing – the laptop. We’ve racked the brains of our editorial team to come up with the top three Intel Core i7 laptops released in 2010. (Read more…)

Tags for this article: Asus G73JH, HP Pavillion dv7-3110ea, Intel Core i7, macbook pro

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Finland becomes the world’s first country where broadband access is a legal right for every citizen. You read right, Finland has made having access to the internet a right. (Read more…)

Tags for this article: broadband, ConDem government, internet, ISP, telecommunications

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Research giant Gartner has reduced its global IT spending forecast from a previous forecasted year-on-year growth of 5.3 per cent to a forecasted year-on-year growth of 3.9 per cent. (Read more…)

Tags for this article: 2010 IT spending forecast, Gartner, global IT, windows 7

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As fast data transfer becomes a growing concern, coupled with the increasing demand for more storage space, data storage manufacturers have had to come to terms with an interesting conundrum or two. The Lacie Rugged 500GB USB 3.0 external drive aims to solve these problems, while tackling an additional one – heavy use. (Read more…)

Tags for this article: external drive, external hard drive, Lacie Rugged, USB 2.0, usb 3.0

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True to their word that they would keep investing heavily and rapidly in ever-expanding drive capacity, Seagate this week unveiled the world’s first ever external 3TB external drive. (Read more…)

Tags for this article: seagate, external hard drive

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While doomsayers the world over predict tablets will eclipse netbooks, and netbooks will disappear as fast as they’ve come to prominence, there still remain a few netbooks that are head and shoulders better than anything else in their price range. This list aims to serve as a quick reference guide to the best all-round netbooks available on the market today. (Read more…)

Tags for this article: netbook, best netbooks

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Not that we endorse inter-family violence, but Microsoft has announced that it has abandoned its Microsoft Kin One and Microsoft Kin Two social phones. The company is attributing the product culling to wanting to focus on Windows Phone 7 Series, but it appears weak sales are to blame. (Read more…)

Tags for this article: microsoft kin, Microsoft Kin One, Microsoft Kin Two, social phone, Windows Phone 7 Series

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In what must go down as the umpteenth engineering mistake by a major corporation in the last 12 months, Sony has recalled over 530,000 Vaios due to a defect that may cause them to overheat. (Read more…)

Tags for this article: Sony PS3, sony vaio, Sony Vaio C, Sony Vaio F

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As we get closer to the release of Windows Phone 7 Series this October, Microsoft’s slow burn breadcrumb marketing campaign is gathering steam. The latest announcement the company has made is that there will be a huge focus on porting Xbox Live Arcade games over to their incoming mobile OS. (Read more…)

Tags for this article: windows 7, Windows Phone 7 Series, Xbox 360, Xbox Live arcade, XNA framework

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It’s looking like Foxconn’s troubles are continuing, and Apple’s by association, as the latest reports indicate up to 100,000 students have been ‘ordered’ to report to scandal plagued Foxconn factories for work, or face expulsion from school. (Read more…)

Tags for this article: apple, iPhone

Photo: Cisco

While everybody follows Apple into its foray into the consumer tablet market, Cisco computers is aiming to create its own space by developing a tablet computer aimed at enterprise and business. (Read more…)

Tags for this article: Cisco, Cisco Cius, google android, ipad, smartphone

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We like it when websites crossover with gadgets and the real world, too. We especially like it when the Internet acts as a motivator for something we’re not all too keen to do. Which is exactly what Dailyburn does. It’s a veritable online personal trainer, for those who dread exercise, but love being online. (Read more…)

Tags for this article: Dailyburn, fitness, pedometer, social network, social networking

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You would think the world’s biggest companies took a long hard look at Toyota’s massive recall – due to cutting corners – and thought: ‘Nope, this won’t be us.’ Allegedly Dell were cutting corners years before Toyota when they received a massive shipment of capacitors they knew would be faulty, yet still shipped computers with them. (Read more…)

Tags for this article: Laptops, dell

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Memory sticks are a dime a dozen nowadays, with everybody from traditional storage companies to your bank branding a USB stick. As a result, those who make money off memory sticks have had to find clever solutions to get you to pay attention to their devices. Thing is, they’ve gone and taken it a bit far. Here’s a look at the class of ‘cool USB sticks that may just be too cool for school’. (Read more…)

Tags for this article: computer accessories, kingston, memory stick, Pretec, usb stick

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Call of Duty: Black Ops is inching closer to its finish line release date in November, and more information is slowly pouring in, the latest info to come from E3 and interviews focuses on the game’s single-player aspect.
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Tags for this article: pc games, ps3, wii, Xbox 360

Photo: Nokia

As Nokia’s transition to the new generation of smartphones continues, the company is finding itself in an increasingly difficult position. To their credit, though, the Finnish mobile phones giant is beginning to show signs of a clear strategy, announcing MeeGo will become the sole mobile OS on high-end phones. (Read more…)

Tags for this article: MeeGo, mobile OS, Nokia N8, Nokia N900, symbian