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29 January 2013
Opinion: Network not work: life without internet

Could you live without the internet? We certainly can't, and it seems even Google is beginning to rethink its online-only approach with its ARM-powered Chromebook laptops.
19 December 2012
Opinion: 2012: the year Microsoft ran out of ideas

2012 was the year in which Microsoft finally ran out ideas, Google resorted to paying for tablet customers, and wireless speeds increased.
26 November 2012
Opinion: Surface RT: ARM'd, but not dangerous

Windows Phone's where's-my-app theme is echoed by the Surface RT, making it unlikely that Microsoft has the power to steal market share from tablet heavyweights Google and Apple just yet.
19 November 2012
Opinion: Why the Surface RT has to work as a proper 'PC'

Is the idea of a single device to do everything desirable, or even possible? The Surface RT says 'yes'... the Kindle Fire HD 'no'.
30 October 2012
Opinion: Ding, dong, the Wintel witch is dead!

Could it be that the Wintel duopoly of Microsoft’s Windows plus Intel’s processors, a partnership that had the personal-computer industry in a stranglehold through most of the past two decades, is dead?
27 October 2012
Opinion: Would Steve Jobs have allowed Apple to launch the iPad mini?

Steve Jobs was extremely outspoken and dismissive in his opinions of seven-inch tablets back in 2010. If he were around today, would Apple still have launched the iPad mini?
02 October 2012
Opinion: Chips off a new block

Time was when the processor wars raged between Intel and AMD. New skirmishes are now breaking out in the smartphone and tablet mobile world, with Intel determined to make its presence known by doggedly reducing the size and power requirements of the ageing PC chip architecture.
24 September 2012
Opinion: Successful but boring: why Windows 8 needs to be like iPhone 5

The level of interest engendered in the launch of the evolutionary iPhone 5 is staggering. Meanwhile Microsoft would love to see similar interest in Windows 8: a product that is less of a revolution than you might imagine.
25 August 2012
Opinion: Sorry Apple, but I was rooting for Samsung

Shock horror. Apple fanboy admits he wanted Samsung to win in court.
02 August 2012
Opinion: Google's dreams of electric sheep

For the past two years, the iPad has ruled the tablet PC roost. That status quo is about to change, though, with Google determined to claw its way to some market share – not to mention mindshare – of this key category. And it now has the means to do so, with the £159 Nexus 7.
10 July 2012
Opinion: Three blocks SIM-only Pay Monthly account from use with iPad

When my Three Pay Monthly SIM stopped working with my iPad, I decided to investigate. It transpires that although the Terms & Conditions hadn't changed, the way I could use my SIM had.
28 May 2012
Opinion: Wanted: more and faster storage

As computing tech all around us steadily shrinks in size, our need for more outboard storage expands. You can fit only so much expensive flash storage into a phone, tablet or even a laptop.
23 April 2012
Opinion: Google Android: freephone toll

Google is a benevolent provider of free goodies, but it pays to keep up your defences when using its products - particularly Android.
30 March 2012
Opinion: Why can't you give a Kindle book as a gift?

The Kindle has revolutionised the humble book, so it's odd that such a basic facility as sending an eBook as a gift remains unavailable.
22 March 2012
Opinion: Portable computing: Welcome to the future

Tablets, ultrabooks, Windows 8... the portable connected computer of the future is here. And it's brilliant for watching the telly.
16 March 2012
Opinion: It's true: iPads are starting to replace business PCs

Business interest in the iPad is increasing, as Android slips and Dell, HP, and RIM are irrelevant.
13 March 2012
Opinion: Windows 8 is no fun without a touchscreen

Most people don't have a touchscreen, so is it worth upgrading when Windows 8 launches?
17 February 2012
Opinion: Replicants like any other machine

Everyone likes a bargain, and we hate to pay over the odds for a product or service that’s available cheaper elsewhere. Take Samsung and Apple…
16 February 2012
Opinion: Windows 8: ARMed & ready for Apple & Google

Windows 8 may be something of a point upgrade for existing Windows PC users, but it could herald the birth of PCs in all shapes and sizes.
17 January 2012
Opinion: CES: a hundred devices to rule them all

What struck me most about this year's CES was the sheer variety of products on show. Far from consolidating, personal tech grows ever more diverse. And that's a good thing.

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