Legal metrology officials said even one leaf less amounts to malpractice. “If it is mentioned 200 pages on the cover, it should have 200pages — 199 wouldn’t do,” the official said.

A 200-page notebook used by an RCMP officer for undercover operations related to a 2007 gangland slaying in Surrey, B.C., went missing for years after the officer left the force.

The X200 is unmistakably a ThinkPad notebook. From the flat black paint and utilitarian design to the angled logo on the right palm rest, the X200 couldn't be anything else. While we wouldn't say ...