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At CES 2011, HP today announced a raft of changes to its portable computing portfolio, bringing an exceptional mobile experience to its consumers through upgrades to processors, graphics, audio and design features. Additionally, the Pavilion line of desktop PCs benefits with similar changes to their specifications. The HP Pavilion dm1 is ideal for the mobile user, being thin and light while
At CES in Las Vegas, HP today announced new desktops, thin clients and monitors to enable the business community to get great performance at a great price while reducing the effect on the environment. In particular, HP has unveiled the HP Compaq 8200 Elite, the 6200 Pro and 4000 Pro, plus the HP 100B All-in-One business desktops. The 8200 is
Although it seems that the Pilot Frixion rollerballs have been out for about a year, the first I knew of them was while looking for stocking fillers in a local newsagent's. Pilot claims that these are erasable but I suspect many of us have purchased erasable pens in the past only to find that they erase by scratching a hole
Sigh. I love Linux but there are times when you realise it's never going to take over the world... I was working with Amarok, but the program crashed completely every time it hit a certain file in my audio library. This wasn't a big deal but being a helpful soul, when I was presented with the option to send crash
This week, it's the turn of Nokia's N97 mini to come under the harsh glare of the GNC spotlight. Now over a year old, the smartphone market has changed significantly in the last 12 months, so how does the N97 mini stack up against the current offerings from Android, Apple and Palm? As the name suggests, this is smaller version
The Nokia E5 is a non-touchscreen smartphone with a split personality, bringing business features to the social networking crowd. It's an interesting idea but are the features let down by lack of touch? Let's find out. The E5 is a candy-bar phones with a 320 x 240 2.4" screen above an alphanumeric keyboard. Separating the two is Nokia's trademark arrangement of
If you're the kind of person who has to have the fastest processor, the quickest memory and the nippiest hard drive, then you might as well stop reading this review and simply go out and buy a Buffalo MicroStation SSD. Because it's fast. Probably not the fastest SSD out there, but in comparison to a spinning hard disk drive, it's