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7 days living with ... the Nissan Leaf
FEATURE Time to ditch diesel? 10 April 2012 14:20 GMT TweetThe cost of fuel is going up, the impact of emissions on the environment and our own health has been charted, but until recently, there really wasn't a viable and attractive alternative. This isn't the first electric car to appear by a long shot, but...
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7 days with... Nike+ Fuel Band
FEATURE A week being tracked 12 March 2012 16:31 GMT TweetJust how healthy do you think you are? With a host of new gadgets coming on to the market in the next few months, I've been living with the new Nike+ Fuel Band, due out in the UK in May, to see what wearing it for seven days does. Will it change my...
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7 days living with...voice control
FEATURE Talking shop 20 February 2012 11:10 GMT Tweet"These aren't the droids you're looking for, move along." No, not that type of voice control – we’re talking artificially intelligent gadgets rather than Jedi mind tricks here.
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7 days living with....the other computer (Apple Mac OS X)
FEATURE I'm a PC.... 24 January 2012 11:03 GMT TweetFirst up, a confession. I don't come into this experiment as a member of the anti-Apple brigade. Not completely.
I love my iPhone and, while it's not exactly essential, I have a good relationship with my original iPad too (although I should...
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7 days living with... some decent headphones
FEATURE High-end audio on a budget 28 November 2011 15:31 GMT TweetIt has to be said that in general I use rubbish headphones. It's been, well, forever, since I used a decent pair.
As a rule I've rarely strayed from the bundled earphones dished out in MP3 players and mobile phones. Yes, I know I work for a...
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7 Days living with ... film photography
FEATURE Can you survive a week without digital? 29 August 2011 11:01 GMT TweetAlmost everyone on Team Pocket-lint is a camera nut of some description but out of all of us with our various bits of high tech snapping kit, I've also got quite a strong collection of Lomo cameras. The question is though, is film still relevant beyond...
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7 days living with.....a budget tough compact camera
FEATURE Can the Olympus Tough TG-310 survive Pocket-lint's holiday? 15 August 2011 11:20 GMT TweetNot a week goes by on Pocket-lint where we don't report on some sort of tough gadget that claims to be waterproof, dustproof, shockproof, nuclear-war proof and so on. So I thought I'd take one of these, so-called, tough gadgets for a spin 7 days style.
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7 days living with...Windows Phone 7
FEATURE Is there a niche for the Microsoft mobile OS? 6 June 2011 12:17 GMT TweetThere's been a lot of talk about WP7 over recent weeks about its impact, or failure to impact, on the mobile market; reports of sluggish sales and problems with its first major update not having helped the fledgling operating system.
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7 days living with... Google Chrome OS and the Chromebook
FEATURE Life in the cloud 31 May 2011 18:17 GMT TweetThe crux of the Chrome OS operating system is that you live your life in the cloud through a browser. There is no desktop, no installing software and no local storage or applications.
If it sounds visionary, that’s because it is, but...
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7 days living with... a tablet
FEATURE Do you really need these things? 10 May 2011 18:05 GMT TweetThere has been a question buzzing round the Internet ever since the launch of the iPad which we, today, and the last 7 days, as a matter of fact, have attempted to answer. That question is this - does anyone actually need a tablet?
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7 days living with... Android
FEATURE Apple fanboy gives up iOS for a week 18 April 2011 0:07 GMT TweetI wouldn't say I was an Apple fanboy per se, for starters I use a desktop PC (quad core Intel and the gubbins) for most of my work and home computer-related shenanigans, a Toshiba netbook when working abroad, and have a 15-inch Toshiba laptop in case...
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7 days living with... FIFA 11
Can EA's title convert a PES fan? 21 March 2011 15:15 GMT TweetFirst up a confession: I'm a total PES devotee. I've been playing Konami's football franchise ever since it burst onto the PS2 back in 2001. I've bought and played every version since, and consider myself something of a PES connoisseur.
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7 days living with... the Olympus XZ-1
FEATURE Taking the technology on our travels 27 February 2011 20:07 GMT TweetOlympus has flexed a little high-end muscle and given us the XZ-1, a camera looking to stir things up at the top of the compact pile. It’s an increasingly congested place with some substantial offerings from the likes of Canon, Panasonic and...
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7 days living without...a smartphone
FEATURE Taking the technology into our lives 13 February 2011 14:40 GMT TweetMWC 2011 is around the corner and with it another flush of the very smartest of smartphones just waiting to wow the world. This year looks set to herald the dawn of the dual-core handset, putting mobiles very nearly on a level footing with a lot of...
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7 days living with... Sky 3D
FEATURE Taking technology into our homes 6 February 2011 10:51 GMT TweetSky 3D launched with great fanfare in October 2010, but 4 months on, what’s the service like to watch at home, is it the future, and should you be rushing out to buy a 3D television and signing up to Sky’s 3D channel? No, we didn't know...
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Sony Vaio E Series pictures and hands-on Everyday laptops
Motorola RAZR MAXX pictures and hands-on "Longest talktime of any smartphone"
Canon EOS 650D coming in June - specs leaked About time and all
Lego creates exclusive Team GB Olympic minifigs Going for gold
Diablo III collector's edition pictures and hands-on
Sony Vaio T13 Ultrabook pictures and hands-on Sony's first Ultra
Sony Vaio S Series pictures and hands-on 13-incher fondled
Want to transfer Android apps to a Windows Phone? Microsoft would like to help Showing App-titude
Samsung Galaxy S III receives 9 million pre-orders Are you one of the crowd?
ICANN and the dot anything: do we care about domain names? The web is changing
Olympic diving hope Tom Daley gets own iOS game Tom Daley Dive 2012
WIN: Tickets to Ibiza Rocks to see Maverick Sabre and Labrinth live Epic prize courtesy of Sony
Cisco Linksys X3000 One for basic users
Twitter suggests who to follow according to your web history Separate the 'tweet' from the chaff
Olympus OM-D E-M5 review
The compact system camera to beat all others?
Nokia Lumia 900 review
Is big beautiful?
HTC One V review
V for victory?
Huawei Ascend G300 review
Big bang for your hundred quid
FIFA 12: UEFA Euro 2012 review
Lacks polish, if not the Polish
Asus Transformer Pad TF300T review
Transforms your money in to a great tablet
BlackBerry Mini Keyboard for PlayBook review
Will this make working on the go easier?
Fujifilm X-Pro1 review
Like a Leica
Nikon Coolpix P510 review
Does the P510 zoom beyond expectations?
Volkswagen Beetle Design 1.2TSi DSG review
The bug is back. Again.
The Walking Dead: The Game review
Fleshed out zombie bonanza
HP Envy 14 Spectre review
The Ultrabook that isn't an Ultrabook
Nikon Coolpix S6300 review
Point, shoot and scoot
Fujifilm FinePix HS30EXR review
Can Fujifilm’s latest put the ‘super’ in superzoom?