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Hands-on review: HP Pro Tab 10 EE

By Juan Martinez HP recently unveiled its newest fleet of enterprise tablets and convertibles. Leading the pack was the HP Pro Slate 12 ($529, £349, or AUS$646), a large format tablet that can turn physical pen-to-paper drawings into digital files. The Pro Slate 12 fits nicely into a category that is already jam-packed with excellent…

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Hands-on review: HP Pro Tab 10 EE

By Juan Martinez HP recently unveiled its newest fleet of enterprise tablets and convertibles. Leading the pack was the HP Pro Slate 12 ($529, £349, or AUS$646), a large format tablet that can turn physical pen-to-paper drawings into digital files. The Pro Slate 12 fits nicely into a category that is already jam-packed with excellent…

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Review: WD Sentinel DX4200

By Alan Stevens Introduction and performance At first glance it looks like little more than just another 4-bay NAS appliance, but the Sentinel DX4200 from Western Digital stands out from the crowd both in terms of the hardware involved and the Windows rather than Linux software it runs. Moreover, the DX4200 is very much aimed…

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Review: WD Sentinel DX4200

By Alan Stevens Introduction and performance At first glance it looks like little more than just another 4-bay NAS appliance, but the Sentinel DX4200 from Western Digital stands out from the crowd both in terms of the hardware involved and the Windows rather than Linux software it runs. Moreover, the DX4200 is very much aimed…

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Hands-on review: Surface Hub

By Mary Branscombe There are plenty of giant screens and plenty of whiteboard systems. Surface Hub – which is the new name for the latest Perceptive Pixel system – uses Windows 10, OneNote and Skype for Business to turn the great PPI touch interface into a way to take the pain out of meetings. It’s…

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Hands-on review: Surface Hub

By Mary Branscombe There are plenty of giant screens and plenty of whiteboard systems. Surface Hub – which is the new name for the latest Perceptive Pixel system – uses Windows 10, OneNote and Skype for Business to turn the great PPI touch interface into a way to take the pain out of meetings. It’s…

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Hands-on review: HP Pro Slate 12

By Juan Martinez The enterprise tablet market is chock full of powerful devices that offer portability, durability and style. Among the best available devices are the Dell Venue 11 Pro 7140 (starting at $699, £430, AU$795), a 1.55 pound, 11-inch device that packs 9 hours of battery life into a single charge. Also on the…

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Hands-on review: HP Pro Slate 12

By Juan Martinez The enterprise tablet market is chock full of powerful devices that offer portability, durability and style. Among the best available devices are the Dell Venue 11 Pro 7140 (starting at $699, £430, AU$795), a 1.55 pound, 11-inch device that packs 9 hours of battery life into a single charge. Also on the…

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Review: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SuperSC review

By Dave James Introduction The GPU sweet spot. That’s how Nvidia is referring to its new mid-range Maxwell card, the Nvidia GeForce GTX 960. The bare minimum. That’s how we’re going to be referring to it. Nvidia has released the GeForce GTX 960 as the necessary replacement for the last remaining Kepler-based graphics card in…

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Review: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SuperSC review

By Dave James Introduction The GPU sweet spot. That’s how Nvidia is referring to its new mid-range Maxwell card, the Nvidia GeForce GTX 960. The bare minimum. That’s how we’re going to be referring to it. Nvidia has released the GeForce GTX 960 as the necessary replacement for the last remaining Kepler-based graphics card in…

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Review: Canon Maxify MB5320

By Gabie Kur Introduction, specs and features Canon’s Maxify MB5320 is the latest installment in the company’s small business hardware designed to bring low-cost printing capabilities to smaller and home offices. This is part of Canon’s push to place a chokehold on the small office/home office (SOHO) market. The MB5320 is a wireless inkjet all-in-one…

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Review: Canon Maxify MB5320

By Gabie Kur Introduction, specs and features Canon’s Maxify MB5320 is the latest installment in the company’s small business hardware designed to bring low-cost printing capabilities to smaller and home offices. This is part of Canon’s push to place a chokehold on the small office/home office (SOHO) market. The MB5320 is a wireless inkjet all-in-one…

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Hands-on review: Acer Chromebook C740 review

By Juan Martinez If you’re the parent of a child who’s desperate to bring his/her laptop to school each day, you’re probably going to want to buy him/her a Chromebook. These low-cost, lightweight devices don’t offer much in the way of storage or processing speed, but they’re stylish devices that are perfect for document creation…

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Hands-on review: Acer Chromebook C740 review

By Juan Martinez If you’re the parent of a child who’s desperate to bring his/her laptop to school each day, you’re probably going to want to buy him/her a Chromebook. These low-cost, lightweight devices don’t offer much in the way of storage or processing speed, but they’re stylish devices that are perfect for document creation…

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Review: Samsung Portable T1 SSD review

By EZ Bardeguez Introduction and specs As a lover of technology, I’ve bought a bunch of portable hard drives and flash drives. Unfortunately, I always find myself wishing for something bigger or faster. It looks like I don’t have to wish any longer. The Samsung T1 SSD drive is everything I’ve ever wanted in an…

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