Thursday, January 15, 2009

Unlimited data farce; Intel's netbook tablet; Phenom II review

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Computing In The Real World

15 January
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Dear Charles,

Welcome to the latest PC Pro newsletter

News headlines: The Advertising Standards Authority rules that a 250MB mobile data limit somehow counts as an "unlimited" service; Intel's Classmate tablet arrives in the UK; and check out all of our videos from CES, including Microsoft's innovative programming tool for kids, and a hands on with Sony's P-series netbook

This week's new reviews: Nvidia strikes back with the blisteringly fast GeForce GTX 295; Lenovo goes budget with the SL500 laptop; and we review our first Phenom II-based desktop, Mesh's Matrix II

New issue of PC Pro on sale today! In this month's issue: Could you save hundreds of pounds on your broadband by going mobile? We put 15 security suites through their paces in the UK's biggest ever test; upgrade your gadgets for free; Davey Winder discovers the small print shockers lurking in software Ts & Cs; we test all 20 of the current ATI and Nvidia chipsets in our graphics card labs; and seek out lost files with iolo's Search & Recover on the cover disc.

PC Pro podcast: On this week's show the team debates the slow death of the trade show; the impact of search on polar bears; and LG's novel new phone watch is nominated as our Hot Hardware of the Week. Download it now

Best of the blogs: Tom Arah reflects on the fatal flaw at the heart of netbooks; David Bayon shoehorns Windows 7 on to his netbook; and Tim Danton gets under the skin of HP's latest netbook

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NEWS

Advertising watchdog: 250MB is unlimited
Advertising Standards Authority gives mobile companies the green light to use the word "unlimited" on deals with strict data limits

Intel's Classmate tablet hits UK
NEC will introduce Intel's "netvertible" to UK classrooms

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McKinnon could face UK prosecution
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Sony braced for $1.1 billion loss
Japanese giant could slash further jobs if massive losses materialise

Ya-who? New Yahoo boss fails to impress Wall Street
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REVIEWS

Nvidia GeForce GTX 295
Nvidia hits back at ATI with its mighty dual-GPU GeForce GTX 295

Lenovo ThinkPad SL500
Lenovo isn't typically associated with budget machines, but can the SL500 change that?

Mesh Matrix II
We find out how a Phenom II-based PC matches up to its Core i7 equivalent

Google Apps Premier Edition
Is Google Apps Premier Edition ready to replace traditional offline office applications?

Sony Acid Pro 7
Sony bulks up its popular music-production software

Lenovo ThinkServer RD120
We look at Lenovo's new 2U rack server, aimed squarely at small businesses

Thecus N4100PRO
Thecus offers RAID-6 in its latest small-business NAS box, but can it compete with the best in the business?

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