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Microsoft officially launches Windows 8

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EE defends its 4G price hikes

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Samsung Galaxy Note II: a giant success

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Amazon Kindle review

Amazon takes its cheapest Kindle and knocks £20 off the price
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Amazon Kindle (fifth generation)

Amazon takes its cheapest Kindle and knocks £20 off the price. We find out if it's still got what it takes to be the most popular ebook reader around

Samsung Galaxy Note II

Samsung struck gold with its first Note, but can the supersized Note II find the same level of success?

HP ProLiant ML350 Gen8

HP beefs up its pedestal serve range with the latest eight-core Xeon processors - but can it compete in a market crowded with impressive rivals?

Sony Vegas Pro 12 Edit

Sony slashes the price of its Pro video editor. We find out how much impact that's had

Gigabyte X11

Gigabyte crashes the Ultrabook party with a sub-1kg stunner, the carbon-fibre clad X11

Amazon Kindle Paperwhite

Amazon's Kindle Paperwhite takes it to the next level with a built-in light and glorious high-resolution E Ink touchscreen

Ubuntu 12.10

The latest version of Ubuntu Linux arrives, with new cloud-friendly features

Olympus OM-D E-M5

It's got retro styling, but Olympus has packed plenty of features into its latest camera. We find out how it stands up to the competition

Axis Q1922-E

Axis improves its detection quality, resolution and range, but does that make its latest IP camera worth more than £6,500?

Dell XPS 12 review: first look

I’ve spent a lot of time in the past couple of days examining Windows 8 devices in all shapes and forms, but to me the XPS 12 ( which first broke cover at...

Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 11 review: first look

If Windows 8 tablets are going to take off, it’s designs like the IdeaPad Yoga 11 that are going to make the difference. It’s slim, has stunning...

Lenovo IdeaTab Lynx review: first look

With two days to go until the Windows 8 launch, we’ve enjoyed an hour or two with all Lenovo’s new devices: and the IdeaTab Lynx promises “the ultimate...

Asus VivoBook S200 and VivoBook S400 review: first look

With yesterday's launch events in London and New York, Asus introduced its glittering new range of Windows 8 devices to the world. In amongst a host of...

ISPs must sabotage your broadband to survive

Dick Pountain uses economics theory to explain why ISPs are forced to throttle your bandwidth

The truth about BYOD

Is letting employees bring their own devices a great way to cut costs or a recipe for disaster? Tim Anderson finds out

Inside the Ultrabook factory

Sasha Muller is given rare access to Samsung’s Korean HQ to find out what challenges were faced in making the slimmest laptop in the world

The first PC review ever published in PC Pro

We republish the first ever PC review to appear in PC Pro back in 1994

Office 2013's unhealthy obsession with an internet connection

Simon Jones wonders if Microsoft's latest Office suite puts too much emphasis on connectivity

Time to kill off CAPTCHA

Davey Winder on the anti-spam system that has long since ceased to be effective

Why the MacBook Pro Retina display is overkill

Paul Ockenden explains why you simply don't need all the pixels in the MacBook Pro's Retina display

Plastic cabling won't save you from electrosmog

Steve Cassidy takes retailers to task for advertising the health benefits of a plastic optical fibre distribution system

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How to activate Gmail two-step authentication

Passwords are only as strong as you make them, but there is an easy way to boost security on many web services, as Davey Winder explains

Write your own Raspberry Pi game

Follow Stuart Andrews’ step-by-step tutorial to writing your own game on the Raspberry Pi and enter our fabulous competition to win £250

Installing CyanogenMod on the Samsung Galaxy S II

Darien Graham-Smith reveals how to install the customisable firmware on your Android phone

Transferring your iPhone or iPad to a new Mac

We reveal how to move your iOS device to a new Mac without losing your data

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How to choose the right Toshiba Ultrabook

Toshiba's Ultrabook won a PC Pro Recommended award for its great battery life and business-friendly features, but which of the five available models should you choose?

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