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Acer TM 8472

A very good entry-level business laptop that’s also great for users who don’t want to spend a packet on a black notebook

An Objective Narrative

An alternative history of the world told through objects—some seminal and others refreshingly ordinary

Fluorescent Ink

With five books from four publishers in recent months, gay writing has finally come to market. But these are not ‘coming out’ stories

iPad 2

33 per cent thinner, 10 per cent lighter, 200 per cent faster, but priced the same as the first iPad

A Gandhian’s Memories

How land meant for farmers displaced by Partition later housed the rich and powerful of Delhi, one of them being Indira Gandhi.

The New MacBook Pro

The annual upgrade of the MacBook Pro is here. It is faster and meaner, though not leaner. Reduced battery time is its only downside

BeoSound 8

A music dock that can hook up the iPod, iPhone as well as the iPad rather nicely

Literature Meets Copywriting

This World Cup, when the live action gets boring, turn to this slickly written tale of Sri Lankan politics told through the story of an elusive, fabled cricketer

The Tiger Mom Debate

A Yale professor’s tough-love parenting memoir has stirred up America, what with Ivy Leaguers backing the Chinese approach. A report from Yale

Motorola Defy

A rugged phone that does not look like a monster

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