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• No lightweight, but ATG takes rough stuff
• DELL's new E6400 ATG ruggedised notebook certainly looks like it was dressed from the Yakka rack.
• Metal Gear raises the bar
• METAL Gear's latest and final instalment merges rich storyline with stunning graphics.
• Slim, smart and light in hand
• SMARTPHONE choice doesn't begin and end with the iPhone 3G and BlackBerry Bold - manufacturers offer most functions for professionals.
• Shift into top gear for the road
• THE Shift X9500 is the latest entrant into the ultraportable notebook market from smartphone and personal digital assistant manufacturer HTC.
• Sony's maze game a tribute to Escher
• ECHOCHROME owes its legacy to Escher's work, taking his style from the printed page to the interactive environment of portable games.
• Compact digitals with plenty of zoom
• YOU can get up close and personal with the most distant targets for a relatively low cost, as ultra-zoom cameras come of age.
• Netbooks lighten load for travellers
• IT used to be that miniaturisation cost big bikkies, with the lightest and most compact laptops attracting a premium over their beefier brethren.
• Starters on blocks for high-def Olympics
• AS the Beijing Olympics roll around there has never been a better time for couch potato technology.
• ADSL2+ speeds up wireless networks
• THE growing availability of high-speed ADSL2+ services makes this a good time to upgrade home and small office networking equipment.
• On your bike: let the Beijing gamers begin
• EVERY four years, the youth of the world gathers around their consoles to play the latest computer version of that greatest show on Earth, the Olympic Games.