Alan Lu
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Dell Vostro V130 review
By Alan Lu published
Reviews A sleek and slender Dell ultra-portable laptop with built-in 3G that leaves us lukewarm. Why? Read our exclusive review to find out.
Panasonic ToughBook CF-C1 review
By Alan Lu published
Reviews Panasonic's latest ToughBook laptop is not only more rugged than other laptops, it also has a touchscreen. Is this enough to justify its high price? Read our review to find out.
Oracle unveils new SPARC Supercluster
By Alan Lu published
News Oracle's new combination of hardware and software showcases the new 16-core Sun SPARC T3 processor.
Promise launches low-cost RAID NAS
By Alan Lu published
News A two-bay RAID capable NAS at a low price has come onto the market, launched by Promise.
Week in Review: Virgin WiFi? More tablets? Larry Ellison is
By Alan Lu published
News Branson could be bringing his own Wi-Fi hotspots to the country, Acer announces a range of tablets and Larry Ellison has the last laugh as Oracle wins its lawsuit against SAP.
Lenovo ThinkPad Edge 11" Intel review
By Alan Lu published
Reviews We review Lenovo's newest ultraportable laptop equipped with one of Intel's latest processors. Is this budget priced laptop a bargain or a waste of time? Read on to find out.
Apple MacBook Air (11-inch, Late 2010) review
By Alan Lu published
Reviews In the second part of our coverage of the new MacBook Air range, we take a look at the new 11in model. Is this sleek and small ultra-portable laptop worth its high price? Read our review to find out.
Iomega SSD Flash External Drive 64GB review
By Alan Lu published
Reviews An SSD with a USB3 connection. What could possibly go wrong? Quite a lot as our review reveals.
Samsung N350 review
By Alan Lu published
Reviews We review Samsung's latest dual-core netbook to see if it's worth buying.
Apple MacBook Air (13-inch, Late 2010) review
By Alan Lu published
Reviews Is Apple's latest 13in MacBook Air the best ultra-portable laptop ever? Read our review to find out.
iPad adoption surges in the financial services industry
By Alan Lu published
News The iPad may have only been on the market for a few short months, but it's been quickly embraced by enterprises.
Head to Head: Parallels Desktop 6 vs VMware Fusion 3
By Alan Lu published
Reviews We pit the two leading Mac virtualisation programs against each other to see which is best for running Windows on your shiny Apple computer.
Samsung Galaxy Tab review
By Alan Lu published
Reviews Samsung's eagerly anticipated Android tablet is finally here, but it doesn't live up to all the hype. Read our in-depth review to find out why.
Hotmail users benefit from new any address feature
By Alan Lu published
News Microsoft's new Hotmail feature will seem very familiar to longtime GMail users.
Samsung SF310 review
By Alan Lu published
Reviews Samsung's latest ultra-portable laptop looks gorgeous and has good battery life, yet we're still not totally taken with it. Read our review to find out why.
Week in review: Super fast broadband and wireless for
By Alan Lu published
News Meanwhile the Oracle vs HP feud flares up. Again.
Samsung NF210 review
By Alan Lu published
Reviews Samsung's first dual core Atom netbook looks luxurious, but we're not convinced it's the best buy for most people. Read our review to find out why.
Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac review
By Alan Lu published
Reviews The latest version of Microsoft Office for the Mac is finally here, but is it worth upgrading? Read our reviews of each app to find out.
Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac - Word 2011 review
By Alan Lu published
Reviews Almost every Mac user needs a word processing program, but should they choose Microsoft Word 2011? Read our review to find out.
Top 5 smartphones
By Alan Lu published
Reviews Looking for a new smartphone? Don't part with your money before checking our list of the five best smartphones we've reviewed so far.
When geeks get it wrong: the top 10 most useless gadgets
By Alan Lu published
In-depth Even IT geeks sometimes buy duff gadgets and technology from time-to-time. Here, we look at 10 examples of tech that should have been left to rot, but ended up in someone's shopping bag instead.
Toshiba AC100 netbook review
By Alan Lu published
Reviews Toshiba's latest netbook uses Android instead of Windows and has an Nvidia processor instead of an Intel Atom. Yet, despite its low weight, long battery life and HD video playback, we have mixed feelings about it. Read our exhaustive review to find out why.
Canon promises keyword-based document scanning and printing
By Alan Lu published
News Canon's Uniflow 5 technology will please corporate compliance departments everywhere as it can apparently prevent users from copying or printing documents that contain specific keywords.
Lenovo ThinkStation C20 review
By Alan Lu published
Reviews Lenovo claims its ThinkStation C20 PC is the world's smallest dual processor workstation. It's certainly compact, but is it as powerful and expandable as the competition? Read our review to find out.
Week in review: Virus hits Iran nuclear power plant,
By Alan Lu published
News The past week was filled with intrigue, action and big money as a virus hits an Iranian nuclear power planet, the British police crack down on the Zeus online bank thieves and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer misses out on a wad of cash.
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