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Apple iMac (24in., 2.66GHz Core 2 Duo, 2009)
Reviews Apple has made a number of changes to its £1,199 iMac, but offering a 24in. screen at this price is the most impressive. The remaining updates are welcome, and the system's multitasking capability remains unmatched.
Tags: Apple Inc., Apple iMac, Chip, Hardware, hard drive, Intel Core 2 Duo, desktop, Sony Corp., game, digital media
Apple iMac (24in., 2.66GHz Core 2 Duo, 2009)
Reviews Apple has made a number of changes to its £1,199 iMac, but offering a 24in. screen at this price is the most impressive. The remaining updates are welcome, and the system's multitasking capability remains unmatched.
Tags: Apple Inc., Apple iMac, Chip, Hardware, hard drive, Intel Core 2 Duo, desktop, Sony Corp., game, digital media
Apple iMac (24in., 2.66GHz Core 2 Duo, 2009)
Reviews Apple has made a number of changes to its £1,199 iMac, but offering a 24in. screen at this price is the most impressive. The remaining updates are welcome, and the system's multitasking capability remains unmatched.
Tags: Apple Inc., Apple iMac, Chip, Hardware, hard drive, Intel Core 2 Duo, desktop, Sony Corp., game, digital media
Microsoft cutting price of high-end Xbox 360
News Microsoft drops price of high-end Xbox 360 console by US$100 to match Sony's price cut for the PlayStation 3.
Tags: Game players, Sales, Microsoft Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, console, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox, game, Nintendo Co. Ltd., Game players
My new Windows notebook is a MacBook Pro
Blogs I suffered one year of sleep, hibernate and boot problems with my Sony Vaio VGN-AR69GU laptop. The last time I applied a...
When virtual meets business
Insight Many analysts have been dismissive of online virtual worlds, or are they also guilty of second-degree Second Life hyping?
Tags: Games, Web 2.0, Web sites, Google Inc., 3D, venture capital, Environment, Telstra Corp., virtual world, marketing
Sony Reader PRS-505
Reviews Sony's Reader PRS-505 is the best-designed e-book reader we've seen. However, it's still unlikely to be an everyday replacement for paper.
Tags: Battery, Adapter, Sony Reader, E-book Reader, E-book, SD card, E Ink Corp., Sony Reader PRS-505, Reader PRS-505, software
Sony Vaio P
Reviews Sony's upscale Atom-powered Vaio P has the components of a cheaper machine, but the design of a more expensive one. The end result will be a useful travel PC for some and a conversation piece for others.
Tags: Battery, Microsoft Windows Vista, Mouse Button, operating system, Notebook, Mouse, Sony VAIO P, VAIO P, Sony Vaio, Microsoft Windows
Sony Vaio VGN-TT11WN/B
Reviews This is an attractive ultraportable with a high-quality screen, a good keyboard and integrated mobile broadband. But for the (high) asking price we'd expect a larger hard drive, a better webcam, more USB ports and better graphics performance.
Tags: Battery, Graphics, Notebook, Mouse, Connectivity Feature, VAIO VGN-TT11WN/B, TT, VAIO TT VGN-TT11WN/B, TT11WN/B, Sony Vaio
Sony Vaio VGN-BZ11MN
Reviews The Vaio VGN-BZ11MN is a cost-effective 15.4in. Centrino 2 notebook. It's solidly built if somewhat uninspiring, and you may want to opt for its £100 more expensive stablemate to get a higher-resolution screen.
Tags: Intel Corp., Google Inc., Lid, Graphics, Notebook, Screen Resolution, Touchpad, VAIO VGN-BZ11MN, Hinge Mechanism, BZ11XN
Sony Vaio VGN-Z11WN/B
Reviews Beautifully designed and reassuringly robust, the 1.5kg Vaio Z11 marries a decent-sized 13.1in. screen with good portability and integrated 3G/HSDPA. It's not flawless, but if you can afford it, buy it.
Tags: Battery, Mode, Graphics, Notebook, Graphics Subsystem, Brightness Adjustment, VAIO Z11WN/B, Sony Vaio, performance, Wi-Fi
How lame is lithium ion?
Insight commentary Now a start-up called ZPower says it's come up with a battery technology breakthrough which it claims will result in 40 percent longer laptop life than lithium-ion on a single charge.
Tags: Components, Notebooks and tablets, Battery, PC Company, Notebook, San Francisco, lithium-ion, Laptop Computer, power management, laptop battery
Is it time for (a leadership) change at Microsoft?
Insight commentary If Redmond can’t find new ways of thinking, demonstrate initiative and imagination, or show some hunger and verve, then perhaps its current batch of leaders are no longer fit for purpose.
Tags: Business development/management, Leadership, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Advertisement, bank, shareholder, strategy
Amazon: Google Books deal an 'unprecedented' copyright hack
News Perhaps the most strident criticism from a competitor of Google's digital book settlement with publishers and authors was released Wednesday by Amazon.
Tags: E-commerce, Web sites, Content management, Settlement, Class Action, copyright law, Judge, U.S. District Court, U.S. Congress, Sony Corp.
Yahoo wins appeal of music-streaming case
News Yahoo's music services are not interactive enough to require it to pay the rights holders of songs additional royalty fees, a three-judge panel ruled in upholding an earlier verdict.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Music, CBS Corp., digital music, Internet radio, record company, Internet, radio, Thomson Reuters Corp.
