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Review: Toshiba G450 USB modem

An HSDPA modem that doubles as a mobile phone and MP3 player
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Review: Ergo internet search application

Enhance your online searches by categorising and previewing results
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Review: Asus P5Q Pro motherboard

A board with Intel’s latest chipset and plenty of overclocking potential
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Review: Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty soundcard

This Soundblaster PCI Express card is designed specifically for gamers
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Review: Avermedia Hybrid STB 1080i digital set-top box

Freeview or analogue TV direct to your monitor
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Improving the Eee PC's battery life
Wednesday, 23 July 2008
We've had the odd complaint about poor battery life from Celeron M based Eee PCs, especially since our Eee PC 701 and...

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Hands on: Combine text and graphics in Microsoft Word

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Find out what type of hardware you need to run the open-source operating system

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Not getting sound from your soundcard? Here are some tips that might help

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Find a new use for an old favourite and how to safely log on to Windows

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A new operating system can put undue pressure on an old notebook
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