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Twelve South’s BaseLift Is An Incredibly Portable MacBook Stand

Laptop stands aren’t exactly known for their portability, or versatility for that matter. After speaking with Twelve South’s founder Andrew Green at CU Exposed in London earlier tonight, it’s clear that BaseLift is their attempt to change that. Rather than being “just another” stand that’s restricted to your desk, the BaseLift is a super-thin, microfiber-layered…

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Apple Laptops

Hey Geeks, Stop Complaining About The New MacBook. It’s Not Made For You

Ah, there’s nothing quite like the buzz surrounding an Apple event. Apple fanboys jumping onto social media to taunt the “opposition” fanboys; analysts predicting the growth/demise of the brand; and of course you have the journalists, bloggers and geeks all passing their judgement on the new products. It’s bloody brilliant. As expected we got just…

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Computing Accessories Storage Devices

Nifty MiniDrive Review: Add Upto 128GB Internal Storage To Your MacBook

The Nifty MiniDrive is a small plastic tray that houses a MicroSD card (anything upto 128GB) and slides right into your MacBook’s SD card slot. It allows you to expand your MacBook’s storage with a discreet look.

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Bags Computing Accessories

Booq Boa Nerve Messenger Bag Review

If you’re looking for a well constructed bag that you can throw around on your travels or daily commute to work, Booq’s Boa nerve could be a good fit.

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Computing Accessories

Twelve South Launches ParcSlope MacBook Stand

The ParcSlope is being marketed as “The MacBook stand you can type on.” Rather than lifting the entire MacBook, it keeps the keyboard touching the surface but raises the screen.

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Computing Events News Samsung Storage Devices

CES 2015: Samsung Launches Portable T1 SSD With 450MB/s Transfer Speeds

If you’ve ever used an SSD (Solid State Drive), you’ll already know just how powerful they are. Samsung’s newly announced SSD T1 is a sleek-looking, slim and portable SSD that takes top-level performance and wraps it in a portable package the “size of a business card”.

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Computing Events Smartphones & Tablets

Acer Liveblog 2014: London To Edinburgh

This weekend is set to be a fun one; Acer have been kind enough to invite me (and a number of other UK-based tech bloggers) on a trip from London to Edinburgh to test out a few different products from their lineup. The fun part? Acer has set us a number of challenges to complete using…

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Laptops News

Acer’s 15.6-Inch 4K Laptop Ships This Month for $1,500

The latest company to jump into the 4K laptop market is now Acer, it’s no surprise though – If you take a look at the companies which produce Windows laptops, Acer will definitely be high up on the list with their budget to much more expensive systems. The brand new notebook comes as an addition to…

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Computing Storage Devices

Seagate Central (4TB) NAS Drive Review

The Seagate Central is basically a single hard drive that’s linked to your home network — also known as Network Attached Storage — providing you and the rest of your family with a quick and easy way to store your digital content in a single place.

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Computing Accessories Peripherals

Logitech Performance Mouse MX Review

Logitech’s £69.99 Performance MX is a mouse compatible with Mac & Windows that has been around since 2009 and has impressed ever since. I wanted to get my hands on it to see whether it lived up to the hype, and most importantly, to see whether