Reviews round-up: Office 2010 vs Open Office, Sony's S Series
Servers, security, laptops and office comparisons were on the reviews menu this week. If you missed any of them, don't worry - we've rounded them up here.


This laptop was rated 6/6 by our reviewer, so it's clearly a good bet for the corporate budget. Provided you've got the money to spend, that is.
This lower cost alternative to blade servers impressed Dave, but not without a number of caveats.
Office 2010 vs Open Office 3.1
We pit Microsoft's latest Office suite against its open source rival. Yes, Microsoft's is currently still in beta, but it still has an awful lot going for it.
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This piece of kit offers an impressive range of data protection and content security features, but its web interface is the thing that shows it up a little, according to our reviewer.
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