Toshiba AC100 smartbook preview: what were you expecting?

Despite the downright sexy hardware, it was no surprise that the Toshiba AC100 (which has just been launched in the UK ) didn't review very well : Android just isn't ready to give an enjoyable smartbook experience. Our hands-on experience with the laptop at IFA did nothing to disabuse us of this notion. Again, the hardware is pretty great, a nice order of magnitude thinner and lighter than most ...

Unusual careers: Tropical forests are her office

Nandini Velho talks about Wildlife Biology and Conservation as a career.

DiS meets Baths

Baths is the latest electronic music project of Will Wiesenfeld, an LA musician who this month released his debut album Cerulean . The record’s eclectic mix of styles and ideas saw it garner a good deal of critical acclaim upon release, including the 8/10 review on this very website.

Politics live blog - the day's developments

• MPs launch inquiry into phone hacking • HSBC's Stephen Green to become trade minister • Fixed-term parliaments bill criticised by legal expert • Read a summary of today's developments 8.31am: David Cameron has suffered his first proper rebellion in the Commons. As Patrick Wintour reports in the Guardian , the alternative vote referendum bill was passed last night at second reading by a ...

HP Envy 17 3D laptop unveiled using ATI's active 3D system

Media-hungry notebook notches things up a dimension Posted by Adam Bunker