Laptop delivers all-day computing

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Hewlett-Packard (HP), the world's largest computer company, has developed a new generation of laptops with a 24-hour battery life.

Its new HP EliteBook 6930p can be configured with an ultra-capacity battery to deliver "all-day computing".

The firm says the 24-hour battery means travellers can take more than 10 trips on the Eurostar between London and Paris before recharging their laptop.

HP said it was an "unprecedented milestone in mobile computing".

Laptop delivers all-day computing

Cybercrime wave sweeping Britain

Cybercriminals use sophisticated and professional techniques

Cybercrime in the UK rose by more than 9% in 2007, according to a new report.

Online identity firm Garlik's cybercrime report claims that more than 3.5 million online crimes were committed in the UK last year.

The majority of crimes related to fraud and abusive or threatening e-mails. There was an 8% drop in online identity theft and sexual offences fell 2%.

Tom Ilube, of Garlick, said he expected to see a growth in online financial fraud due to the credit crunch.

Cybercrime wave sweeping Britain

Digital Clock powered by lemons

Here’s a clock for those who have no clock and a spare lemon tree in the backyard. The tree will come in handy since this clock is powered by the energy of a lemon, which will power it for a week or longer. The design is intended to remind us that nature is still our direct energy source.

When life hands you lemons and a lemon powered clock, most people would just make lemonade and get the time from the microwave. But some of us will put lemons on our clock, and through the sour sucking power of citrus, attract fruit flies until we give up this novelty clock design.

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