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Toshiba updates Portégé range

Toshiba adds 128GB Flash drive to thin-and-light laptop range

25 Apr 2008

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More mini laptops unveiled

NEC and Asus line up new models 15 Apr 2008

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Apple’s MacBook Air a mixed bag

New laptop launched at Macworld, but will it win over IT managers? 16 Jan 2008

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Ultraportable from Dell comes with Flash option

Dell's Latitude D430 weighs 1.35kg and has a 12.1in widescreen display 09 Jul 2007

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Acer unveils Centrino Pro laptop lines

Acer has announced new TravelMate laptops aimed at business buyers 15 May 2007

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HP revamps laptops with Centrino Pro

Laptop range also rebranded into three lines to reflect mobility and performance levels 09 May 2007

Client

Socket to fill handheld vacuum

As mainstream vendors move out of business PDAs, niche vendors like Socket Mobile are moving in 24 Apr 2007

Chips & Components

XIP-equipped phones to boot up in a Flash

Spansion's new Flash memory chips support execution in place (XIP) and could lead to speedier phones 03 Apr 2007

Client

HTC launches mini Vista laptop

HTC's upcoming Shift is an ultra-compact laptop with a 7in screen and running Windows Vista 27 Mar 2007

Operating Systems

Palm gains perpetual licence to Palm OS

Handheld maker Palm goes back to square one, securing rights to use Palm OS in its future devices 08 Dec 2006

Client

Nokia puts satnav on its mini tablet

Nokia is working with Navicore to put satellite navigation on its Linux-based mini-tablet handset 16 Oct 2006

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HP unveils trio of new iPaq handhelds

Hewlett-Packard has announced new iPaqs based on Windows mobile 5.0 05 Oct 2006

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Lightest fully rugged laptop ships

Itronix starts shipping small and light rugged laptop 04 Oct 2006

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Virgin loosens laptop rules

Battery serial numbers to be checked in hunt for exploding batteries 26 Sep 2006

Mobile Communications

Faxes double as printers for mobile devices

PremiereAnywhere lets users of net-enabled handsets send print jobs to any nearby fax machine 22 Sep 2006

Peripherals

Batteries charge via USB port

Computer users can ditch bulky chargers for their rechargeable batteries with Moixa’s USB cells 20 Sep 2006

Mobile Communications

Palm unveils Windows Treo for Europe

The Windows-based Palm Treo 750v will be available through Vodafone and supports push email 12 Sep 2006

Client

Panasonic laptops hit by battery curse

Panasonic announces recall and joins vendors suffering battery problems 06 Sep 2006

Mobile Communications

Palm Windows Treo for Europe next month?

A September European debut is rumoured for Palm’s Microsoft-based smartphone 21 Aug 2006

Portable

Toshiba toughens up its budget laptops

EasyGuard technology should help even cheap Toshiba laptops to bounce back after a fall 28 Jul 2006

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Analysis

IT Week's 10th Birthday Special

IT Week is celebrating its 10th anniversary this week. To mark this milestone we’ve put together these features, which look back over some of the biggest IT developments of the past decade, and ahead to what the next 10 years might bring 16 May 2008

Comment

Why it's high time we celebrated technology

Amid all the stories of project failures, it is too easy to forget the huge benefits that IT brings to society 16 May 2008

Software Reviews

Review: desktop security on a stick

BeCrypt’s Trusted Client is a complete user environment on a USB memory stick 16 May 2008

Analysis

IT Leader profile: Denise Plumpton

Denise Plumpton is director of information for the Highways Agency, with a £60m annual budget 16 May 2008

Comment

Kewney: Alone after all this time

Our celebrated pundit looks back to how he became the solitary voice of the back page 16 May 2008

Features

Interview : Viglen chief predicts uphill struggle for Vista

As head of a PC vendor with a big presence in the public sector, Bordan Tkachuk sees little appetite for major Vista deployments 14 May 2008

Comment

Internet service providers put user privacy at risk

Will ISPs drive a gaping hole through internet security for the sake of advertising revenues? 13 May 2008

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Blogs

IT Sneak

Let's have a round of golf.. erm. not you. or your 75,000 mates

Virgin Train s bosses must be rueing the invention of email this month after foolishly using the medium to invite precious customers... 13 May 2008

Readers' letters

Failing to prepare is preparing to fail

I find it quite sad to read that after all these years most companies still have to rely on a few good... 12 May 2008

IT Week Labs

NIC failure scuppers 'Anywhere Access'

Personal file backup can be a pain – so much so that some people can’t be bothered - “It’ll be alright –... 29 Apr 2008

BusinessGreen blog

The Week in Green

It is one of the most encouraging truisms of the entire clean tech sector that the vast majority of the technologies required... 16 May 2008

Lem Bingley

What will web 3.0 involve?

Chatting with an IT industry pal the other day, we got to wondering what might constitute web 3.0.... 31 Mar 2008

Phil Muncaster

Unlocking information with social intelligence

A relative newcomer to the IT industry, Trampoline Systems , has just launched an even newer product called Sonar Flightdeck .... 09 Apr 2008

David Neal

You're not hired

Even though it finished such a long time ago I still miss The Apprentice dreadfully. This is not because of a particular... 17 Jul 2007

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