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The Tablet Wars

The Tablet Wars

A few years ago, my father – who runs a software company – took on a new client. They wanted something small and portable to use on the job, while still being able to connect to a central server. The answer was a tablet PC, and my father was so positive about the project that he bought a few so that he could design his software around the tablet concept. It was a pretty cool piece of software; I helped to design the UI and it was pretty neat. Problem was, the tablet itself sucked. The touchscreen was wonky and unpredictable, it required a stylus for most reports – which Read more »

Dell shows off Adamo, world's thinnest laptop

Dell shows off Adamo, world's thinnest laptop

It seems like an age ago when Apple showed off its Air notebook computer, proudly proclaiming it to be the world’s thinnest. You knew everyone else would want to try to better that, and today it’s Dell’s turn. In fact, the new Adamo notebook is the new “world’s thinnest”. At 0.65 inches, it beats the MacBook Air by over a tenth of an inch. It features a 13.4-inch widescreen high definition edge-to-edge glass display, 1.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, optional mobile broadband, solid state drives (naturally) and a backlit keyboard. Read more »