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Apple could give your next MacBook the finger(print)

By JR Bookwalter With all the feature sharing going on between Mac and iOS, it’s not hard to imagine Apple might one day allow Touch ID to unlock notebooks or even desktop systems, but could it be coming sooner than we think? An Apple-centric blog out of Taiwan called AppleCorner (via AppleInsider) seems to think…

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Apple could give your next MacBook the finger(print)

By JR Bookwalter With all the feature sharing going on between Mac and iOS, it’s not hard to imagine Apple might one day allow Touch ID to unlock notebooks or even desktop systems, but could it be coming sooner than we think? An Apple-centric blog out of Taiwan called AppleCorner (via AppleInsider) seems to think…

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Review: Synology DS1815+ Review

By Orestis Bastounis Introduction Aimed at both business and home users in need of gigantic amounts of storage, the DS1815+ is an eight-bay NAS from Synology, powered by a quad-core CPU and up to 6GB of memory. This places it at the very opposite end of the performance scale from the single-bay DS115J that came…

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Review: Synology DS1815+ Review

By Orestis Bastounis Introduction Aimed at both business and home users in need of gigantic amounts of storage, the DS1815+ is an eight-bay NAS from Synology, powered by a quad-core CPU and up to 6GB of memory. This places it at the very opposite end of the performance scale from the single-bay DS115J that came…

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Hands-on review: Toshiba Satellite Click Mini

By Kane Fulton The Satellite Click Mini could’ve turned out very differently. Toshiba lifted the lid on its titular convertible tablet at CES 2015, but instead of emerging as a miniature version of the – quite frankly, ugly – Click 2 it’s a surprisingly attractive and portable budget package. Toshiba’s £250 (around US$384, or AUS$492)…

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Hands-on review: Toshiba Satellite Click Mini

By Kane Fulton The Satellite Click Mini could’ve turned out very differently. Toshiba lifted the lid on its titular convertible tablet at CES 2015, but instead of emerging as a miniature version of the – quite frankly, ugly – Click 2 it’s a surprisingly attractive and portable budget package. Toshiba’s £250 (around US$384, or AUS$492)…

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DealRadar: TechRadar Deals: Panasonic camera bargain, headphones, games and more

By DealRadar We’re back with more deals and today we’ve found a fantastic deal on a brilliant Panasonic compact camera, so let’s drive straight in with that… TODAY’S HOT DEALS Compact camera: The brilliant Panasonic TZ60 is a versatile camera that’s ideal for taking on trips either for business or pleasure, and its huge zoom…

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Hands-on review: HP Sprout review

By Kane Fulton Introduction The HP Sprout is an innovative, quirky and exciting all-in-one PC aimed at content creators, designers and anyone looking for an excuse to ditch their mouse and keyboard. Available now in the US and UK for $1,899 (£1,899), Sprout’s price tag alone hints that it may offer something more than your…

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Hands-on review: HP Sprout review

By Kane Fulton Introduction The HP Sprout is an innovative, quirky and exciting all-in-one PC aimed at content creators, designers and anyone looking for an excuse to ditch their mouse and keyboard. Available now in the US and UK for $1,899 (£1,899), Sprout’s price tag alone hints that it may offer something more than your…

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DealRadar: TechRadar Deals: Samsung Galaxy Tab S, speakers, games and more!

By DealRadar TechRadar searches the web every day to bring you the best deals on the best tech and games from all the biggest retailers. Let’s kick today’s post off with some deals on gaming hardware. You can currently pick up the Nintendo 3DS XL with its 90% bigger screen for just £99 at Tesco…

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Nvidia disables overclocking, says it’s for your own good

By Kane Fulton Sorry, owners of GTX 900M GPU-series notebooks: Nvidia has taken away the ability for you to overclock its beefy mobile graphics cards, and it’s apparently for your own good. According to a post by a customer care representative on Nvidia’s forum, it was only possible to overclock (and underclock) the GPU prior…

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Nvidia disables overclocking, says it’s for your own good

By Kane Fulton Sorry, owners of GTX 900M GPU-series notebooks: Nvidia has taken away the ability for you to overclock its beefy mobile graphics cards, and it’s apparently for your own good. According to a post by a customer care representative on Nvidia’s forum, it was only possible to overclock (and underclock) the GPU prior…

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Industry voice: Don’t risk your server data: go for RAID hardware, not a software solution

By Jim Evans I’m reminded that when I do what I do best and don’t try to be all things to all people, I get much more accomplished. Interestingly, I’ve found that the same approach applies to server storage system controllers – and to the home PC I use for photo editing. The question many…

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Industry voice: Don’t risk your server data: go for RAID hardware, not a software solution

By Jim Evans I’m reminded that when I do what I do best and don’t try to be all things to all people, I get much more accomplished. Interestingly, I’ve found that the same approach applies to server storage system controllers – and to the home PC I use for photo editing. The question many…

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Hands-on review: Dell Venue 10 and Venue 10 Pro review

By Chuong Nguyen Dell is taking the success of the business-centric $700 (£437 or AU$800) Venue 11 Pro to the educational market in the form of the $299 (£197 or AU$390) Android-powered Dell Venue 10 and the $329 (£216 or AU$430) Windows-based Venue 10 Pro. Like the Venue 11 Pro, both Venue 10 tablets can…

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