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This week, we attended the HP Global Influencer Summit in Shanghai where we got to have play with HP's latest Ultrabooks - including the ultra-sleek Spectre XT. You can find out everything about the new hardware in the articles below.
If you need some inspiration for your new DSLR, check out our gallery of Wildlife photos from the Sony World Photography Awards 2012 below. Some of the images within will cause your jaw to drop!
In other news, we shortlist ten great gifts ideas for a geeky tech mum, ask our readers whether Windows 8 should come with DVD playback, pit the Samsung Galaxy S3 against the Samsung Galaxy Nexus and report on the latest NBN developments.
Also be sure to check out our latest tech reviews, app roundups, hardware galleries and download recommendations.
Chris Jager,
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TOP STORIES THIS WEEK
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PHOTO GALLERY
Sony World Photography Awards 2012: Nature, Wildlife and the Environment
May 9, 2012
Need some inspiration for your new DSLR? Feast your eyes on the best Nature, Wildlife and Environment photographs from Sony's World Photography Awards 2012.
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NEWS
Steve Wozniak slams Aussie tech prices
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Chris Jager
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May 11, 2012
Apple's co-founder has spoken out about Australian tech prices, claiming international shipping costs "almost nothing".
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NEWS
Discuss: Should Windows 8 come with DVD playback as standard?
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Chris Jager
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May 9, 2012
Windows 8 will not come with Windows Media Center or DVD playback by default. Is this a sign of the times, or has Microsoft turned its back on optical media too soon?
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NEWS
Thin, flexible, indestructible: HPs vision of the future
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Nic Healey
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May 10, 2012
HP says its new display and storage technologies will drive personal computing into the next era
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PHOTO GALLERY
10 Mother's Day gifts for a geek-Mum
May 9, 2012
We shortlist the best Mothers Day gift ideas for mums who love their tech.
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NEWS
10 time saving tech tips
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Paddy Smith
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May 11, 2012
Time is money and money is everything. Make time poverty history with our 10 favourite tech tips for time-squeezed gadgeteers.
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NEWS
Software roundup: 27 great downloads from the last 7 days
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Mark Wilson
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May 7, 2012
Another week, another batch of essential software updates and downloads...
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NEWS
How to supercharge your Samsung Galaxy S II
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Esat Dedezade
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May 9, 2012
Pining after a Samsung Galaxy S3? Maybe these apps will restore some shine back to your trusty Galaxy S II's lustre.
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NEWS
Can anyone actually get in to CeBit 2012?
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Chris Jager
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May 11, 2012
One of Australia's few large IT trade events starts this month in Sydney. If you're a member of the public, can you actually get in?
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NEWS
Pioneer outs Cyber Navi windscreen display with AR and GPS
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Sophie Charara
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May 11, 2012
This is one heads up display you have to see – so watch the video.
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NEWS
Size doesn't matter: Lenovo unveils the tiny ThinkCentre M92p
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Chris Jager
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May 9, 2012
Lenovo has shown off its latest ThinkCentre PC - which is no wider than a golf ball.
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NEWS
Samsung Galaxy Note Ice Cream Sandwich update rolls out
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Esat Dedezade
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May 11, 2012
Samsung's heavyweight Android phablet can finally get in on some Ice Cream Sandwich action.
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NEWS
Australian outback satellite gateway to deliver NBN to remote communities
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Chris Jager
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May 10, 2012
Bourke in the north-west of NSW will be home to NBN Co's new satellite ground station gateway.
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REVIEW
Nvidia's GeForce GTX 670 brings great Kepler performance to a slightly more palatable price
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John Gillooly
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May 11, 2012
After a rough few years Nvidia is really delivering at the moment, with the GTX 670 the best way to spend $500 on a graphics card.
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NEWS
HP launches Spectre XT Ultrabook
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Nic Healey
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May 9, 2012
HP expands Ultrabook range with new premium offering
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NEWS
Essential downloads: Apache OpenOffice 3.4 released
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Chris Jager
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May 9, 2012
Apache OpenOffice is a free, feature-packed office suite for PC, Mac and Linux. The latest version adds a host of improvements including zippier load times and AES256 encryption support. Get the download here.
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NEWS
7 essential Windows Phone apps
By
Sophie Charara
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May 10, 2012
Got a sparkly new Lumia 800 or HTC Titan? Here's your essential starter kit from the Windows Phone Marketplace.
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NEWS
Leica unveils $8000 monochrome camera
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Sam Kieldsen
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May 11, 2012
World’s first black and white digital rangefinder camera unveiled ahead of July launch.
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NEWS
NBN Co: analogue phones not forgotten
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Chris Jager
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May 8, 2012
The NBN Co is conducting tests to ease migration of traditional phone services onto the fibre network.
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NEWS
Hands on: HP Spectre XT
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Stephen Graves
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May 10, 2012
We get hands-on with HP's latest business-friendly Ultrabook.
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NEWS
Pictured: iPhone 5 LM Concept with virtual home button
By
Paddy Smith
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May 9, 2012
Unlike most concept designs, this next-gen iPhone attempts to solve the real-world problem of retaining your apps' size ratio.
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NEWS
Future tech: tissue conducting speakers
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Luke Edwards
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May 10, 2012
Hearing sounds over the air is so last year, now it’s all about using ceramic transducers.
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NEWS
Samsung Galaxy S3 vs Galaxy Nexus
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Paddy Smith
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May 6, 2012
There’s a battle brewing… and the Galaxy S3 is hoping its bucketload of features can save it from a beating courtesy of Google’s headline phone.
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REVIEW
Fujitsu LifeBook SH771 Ultrabook review
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John Gillooly
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May 7, 2012
A perfect example of what Ultrabooks hope to change about thin and light computing.
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NEWS
Hands-on: BlackBerry Curve 9320
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Esat Dedezade
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May 10, 2012
Want to see how our date with RIM's shiny new entry-level BlackBerry smartphone went? Click on through...
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NEWS
HP sets sights on "consumerisation of IT"
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Nic Healey
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May 9, 2012
The new HP Elitebook Folio laptop shows that you don't have to ditch your brick of a business laptop when the work day ends.
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NEWS
Discount on 'No, I Will Not Fix Your Computer' T-shirt
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Chris Jager
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May 8, 2012
Buy one T-shirt from ThinkGeek, get another one half-price.
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NEWS
First impressions: Samsung Galaxy S3 vs HTC One X
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Luke Edwards
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May 9, 2012
Can the two most spec heavy Android handsets have it out, or are they perfectly matched?
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NEWS
Google 'self-drive' cars get Nevada road-legal licence
By
Luke Edwards
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May 9, 2012
Nevada is the first state to allow driverless cars loose on the road
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NEWS
Seen our new web site? It’s BIT.com.au!
By
William Maher
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May 7, 2012
We have a brand spanking new sister site called BIT. To find out what BIT is all about, read on.
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PHOTO GALLERY
In pictures: Post mortem of exploding iPhone 4S
May 9, 2012
Blew up on flight in regional NSW in late 2011.
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PHOTO GALLERY
In Pictures: e-waste recycling plants around the globe
Apr 30, 2012
In celebration of World Environment Day, we take a look at some of the world's biggest recycling plants where computers go to die and be reborn...
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PHOTO GALLERY
In Pictures: Five great games with terrible endings
Apr 10, 2012
If you thought Mass Effect 3's ending was bad, you need to get some perspective...
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