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Hands on: Blackberry Storm 9500 review

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The first thing to note about the BlackBerry Storm 9500 is that while this handset features the first touchscreen from RIM, its design was specified by Vodafone – so the mobile network is obviously taking some of the kudos for what really is a very slick handset.
The home screen is similar to the ‘normal’ BlackBerry [...]

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YoYoTech Fi7EPOWER MLK 1610 review from TechRadar’s expert reviews of DesktopsUpdated 56 minutes agoUsernamePasswordRemember me

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The amazing £4,000 beast you see here has been configured with one simple purpose in mind: to break the world record in the benchmark that many consider to be the de facto metric of overall CPU performance, SPEC CPU2006.
And has it pulled it off? Your bet your ass it has – it’s officially the fastest [...]

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14 ways to make your laptop battery last longer

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We all know the feeling; you need to finish some work on the train but your battery has but seconds left and the charger is still on your desk. So how can you avoid it?
Logic will tell you that playing games or watching DVDs on your laptop might just be a slight drain on its [...]

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