Dell XPS 13 Ultrabook – slim, fast, gorgeous

Currently whetting appetites around the office is Dell’s astonishingly swish XPS 13 Ultrabook, a gorgeous high end laptop that manages to ‘outsmall’ the MacBook Air.

Currently whetting appetites around the office is Dell’s astonishingly swish XPS 13 Ultrabook, a gorgeous high end laptop that manages to ‘outsmall’ the MacBook Air.

It’s been scaring the Beejezus out us for some time now, but Boston Dynamics’ scary, scuttling robodog has now been spotted shuffling about in the wild, in preparation for military duties.

We’re big fans of Google’s Chrome desktop browser, so we’re stoked to see that the search engine giant has now released a mobile version for the Android mobile OS.

Billed as the world’s thinnest 10 inch tablet, and looking pleasingly slender to our eyes is the Toshiba AT200,

Designed for flour-covered chefs working in steamy kitchens, the Qooq tablet sports a water-resistant design with a wipe clean case, rubber coated feet and built-in kick-stand.

With most of our days spend looking at dour promo videos accompanied by deep voices telling us how great a product is, we’ve grown to appreciate Samsung’s amusing stabs at Apple more and more.
Although Samsung and Apple may be locked in a host of incredibly tedious legal battles (more about those later), the South Korean giant just can’t resist taking the rise out of Apple fanboys and fangirls camping outside stores waiting for the latest iPhone.

We’ve been fascinated by the way Japanese scientists have been developing the Geminoid robots, and one of the ‘female’ versions has gone on display in Japan as an interactive mannequin.

Packing a curious shaped sub-woofer and a big 27″ screen, the Asus ET2700 All-in-One PC is looking to woo its way into the living rooms and bedroom of the denizens of Blightyland.
The 1080p-supporting full HD (1920 x 1080) 27-inch display comes with 10-finger multi-touch, while inside beats a Core i5-2400S processor.

Shipment figures have been released for the last quarter of 2011 revealing a healthy year’s business for Apple’s iPad,with global sales doubling, but with the haunting spectre of accelerating Android tablet sales.

There’s been much discussion about what kind of technology is best for students, with conflicting opinions arguing over the likes of the iPad and education-targeted machines like the Lenovo X130e.
While we’ve taken a keen interest in the debate, we have to admit we’d forgotten all about Google’s Chromebooks as a tool for classrooms- yet it seems they are quietly gaining (some) traction in US schools.

Samsung is continuing its rather witty advertising campaign to highlight the advantages of the Samsung Galaxy S2 over the iPhone – and we have to say we’re still enjoying them.
Scroll down for the latest three instalments (and an explanation of what ‘cocking a snook’ means).

Aiming directly at the ThinkPad business market is the new Asus B23E ultraportable laptop, the B23E, served up in a rather splendidly austere, none-more-black finish.

ASUS has just announced the upcoming release of an updated version of the Eee Pad Transformer Prime, the TF700T.

In line with the web-wide protests taking place today, Google has issued a strong statement voicing its opposition to the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House.
Google say that these bills won’t get rid of pirate sites, arguing that offenders would just change their addresses in order to continue their criminal activities.
The search engine giant says that are ‘better ways to address piracy than to ask U.S. companies to censor the Internet.’
Read their full argument below:

The hugely popular world-building game Minecraft has just received an upgrade to version 1.1 has, with developer Markus Persson (AKA Notch) announcing on Twitter that registered users have just passed the 20 million mark.
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