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Steve 'Chippy' Paine has just completed a 450km cycling adventure across Germany with the purpose of exploring mobile computing using only Solar power. Using only solar power to charge his UMPC, Phone, Camera, GPS and Torch, Chippy has blogged his 10 day trip and mobile computing experience here...

Thanks to digital lifestyles for this pointer: The Fujitsu Lifebook U810 is to be released into the US by Sept. The lifebook is very small, has a 5.6 inch screen and runs Windows Vista BUT is has the same Intel processor as the Samsung Q1 Ultra the Intel A110, running at the same 800mhz which leads me...

Expansys is taking pre-orders for the awesome HTC Shift. Sadly they list release as October 2007 (so long!!). But the price is amazing at £869, compared with OQO Model 2 £1096 both with Vista Business. I really want a workable UMPC and the Shift seems like the ultimate offering. The OQO comes in second...

A team of Microsoft employees from Reading, UK will be undertaking a cross channel swim in mid-September to raise money for the Thames Valley and Chiltern Air Ambulance Trust . The 6 person team will swim in relay, each member swimming for one hour, to cover the 18.2 nautical miles in hopefully 14 hours...