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Laptop or Desktop for University

For students beginning college or university in the fall, there is always the question of whether to buy a laptop or a desktop for school. The choice, without any hesitation, would be a laptop for me. As a student, you simply need the versatility.
You will find that class notes are easier to maintain […]

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Security Breach at the Daily Mail

The Daily Mail has had scathing headlines when government agencies have had security breaches. Now the Daily Mail itself has become a victim and has exposed thousands of confidential files:
“Daily Mail publisher Associated Newspapers has admitted that a laptop containing financial and personal details of thousands of staff, suppliers and contributors has been stolen.”
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Travel Rules for Your Laptop Battery

Many people travel with an extra laptop battery. It is a good idea to have a well charged battery when going through airport security. In having the laptop hand checked through security, you may be asked to boot the machine to prove that it is functioning. It avoids a myriad of problems […]

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Documenting Your Laptop

When you travel with your laptop, passing through security can be a nightmare. This is especially true for international travel. Your laptop may be hand checked. This means that you are asked to turn on the laptop and show the security person that it is indeed a functioning laptop.
A question […]

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Asus and a One Terabyte Laptop

I thought that 500 GB of storage space was huge for a laptop. It seems that Asus has pushed the laptop storage even further - to one terabyte:
“…The machine, due for release at next week’s Consumer Electronics Show, is targeted at the fast-expanding multimedia sector of the laptop market and packs dual 500G-byte drives […]

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Hitachi: A 500 GB Laptop Hard Drive

It is another step towards huge storage capacity for laptops. Hitachi is at the 500 GB level:
“…The Travelstar 5K500, which is the highest capacity drive yet developed for portable PCs, is due to begin shipping in February and should go some way towards quenching user thirst for storage space.
“…The 5,400-rpm drive offers a […]