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Hands on: Google Chrome review

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I’ve been using the Google Chrome web browser for half an hour now, and I already feel right at home. Downloading and installing Google Chrome was quick and painless – a welcome contrast to the chaos and downloading hassles accompanying the launch of Mozilla’s Firefox 3.0 browser in July.
Within just a couple of minutes, Google [...]

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Canon Pixma MX700

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Frankly, we’re stumped. We just can’t work out how Canon has stuffed so much functionality into this, its flagship MX all-in-one. Scanner, printer, copier, fax, document feeder, two paper inputs, memory card slots, colour screen and Ethernet are all present, and it’s all styled with understated flair.
It’s easy to use, too – the only time [...]

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Why you shouldn’t buy a plasma TV

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Traditionally, high-end plasma televisions have been considered to be the best the TV industry has to offer. But many LCD manufacturers are now saying that plasma is no longer worth the expense, with large panels often costing twice as much as similar-sized LCD ones.
Tommaso Monetto of Sharp says that despite plasma screens reigning as king [...]

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The worst PC disasters (and how to survive them)

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You might have spent big money on a great PC, installed only the finest software and spent years learning how to manage it all properly, but the First Rule of Computing still applies: things will go wrong eventually.
Hardware will fail, you’ll delete the wrong file or find your system doesn’t boot, and that’s it – [...]

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