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Samsung unpacks the Galaxy Book range

At today's Samsung Unpacked event, the South Korean firm unveiled its vision for the future of PCs. A range of high spec ultrabooks with the characteristics of smartphones - mobility, connectivity and continuity. Not once was the word laptop mentioned in the whole presentation, but instead they're portable PCs. Look like laptops to me... Regardless, Samsung announced two new high-end

Life In and After Lockdown

Although many of us still remain in lockdown, there's light at the end of the pandemic tunnel with a number of countries now easing the restrictions. Painful as it has been for many, it's also been positive in several respects. I spend more time with my children, there's no hour long commute and I've been taking walks every day. Well,

Razer’s Project Valerie Triple Screen Laptop at CES

One of the best things about motor shows are the preposterous concept cars that will never see the light of day and serve only to showcase the manufacturer's technology. Razer are verging into this territory with a bonkers triple 4K screen laptop, codenamed Project Valerie, where the three screens combine to give a whopping resolution of 11520 x 2160. And

MSI shows off New Gaming Laptops at CES

When it comes to computer gaming, the standard thinking is that you've got to have a massive, overpowered desktop system if you really want to be able to play. After all, modern games are chock full of high-resolution audio and graphics files that require a lot of horsepower in order to be properly rendered. And while most of the low-end

Booq Cobra Laptop Briefcase Review

On review here is the Booq Cobra Laptop Briefcase, a lightweight and high-spec laptop bag. Unlike some of the other Booq bags that I've reviewed here for GNC, it's in the more traditional style for those circumstances where a rucksack looks a little bit too casual. Designed for laptops with screens up to 16", it's made with ballistic nylon complimented by lower leather trim, meaning it looks good but is durable too. As you'll see from the pictures, the YKK zips are mostly on show in bright steel, though the main laptop compartment has a covered waterproof zip.

The Mobile App Gap

There's a distinct lack of high quality, sophisticated paid commercial mobile apps for both iOS and Android. Is the computer desktop inherently more valuable to the end user than mobile platform computing?

Device Wars

As technology relentlessly moves forward, functions continually consolidate and devices get smaller as capabilities increase. This march forward has caused form factors to shift. The first desktop computers were relatively large and boxy and certainly not portable. Over time as laptop computers improved, desktop sales began to fall. Imagine the succession of devices you have gone through over a long