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Dell's Studio 17 packs a big screen for a big peformance - pity on the big price
by Staff writers

Packed with features, only its value for money lets it escape without an award this month

Nov 27, 2009
News
My life with Linux: Day 4 - The daily ups and downs of switching to open source
by Staff Writers

Stuart Turton spends the fourth day of his one week odyssey with Linux, hailing the ease of GIMP, before a graphics card meltdown destroys his desktop and forces him to rethink his next move.

Nov 27, 2009
News
4 More Free Apps You Can't Do Without: Media Centre Apps
by Staff Writers

Not only can you stream movies from your PC to your big screen TV, but you can turn an Xbox into a media centre, and tap into online video on demand, all from the comfort of your lounge

Nov 27, 2009
Review > All-in-one
Canon's Pixma MP640 boasts picture pefect printing perfection
by Staff writers

The best Canon home all-in-one yet, with flawless quality and an impressive feature list.

Nov 26, 2009
News
The greatest tech U-Turns of all time: Micosoft and the Internet
by Staff writers

Believe it or not, but Microsoft weren't always so web friendly. In fact, it was Bill Gates who initially panned the internet and Microsoft's future in it. So what turned it all around?

Nov 26, 2009
News
All I want for Christmas...Apple slapping on the discount stickers this Friday
by Staff Writers

If you're looking to buy an Apple product then this Friday is your lucky day, with Apple planning a "Black Friday" discount frenzy.

Nov 26, 2009
News
Telstra release slew of new plans, Earth fails to shake
by Daniel Long

New broadband plans from Telstra with bigger download quotas are welcome, though you'll still find better value with the competition

Nov 26, 2009
Apple MacBook can't compete with more stylish laptop siblings
by Staff writers

The cheapest way to get OS X, but it has all of the MacBook Pro’s shortcomings and more of its own

Nov 25, 2009
News
Large Hadron Collider spam carries virus
by Staff Writers

Security experts are warning of a malware attack disguised as a video of the Large Hadron Collider in action.

Nov 25, 2009
News
Whatever happened to...Video Phones?
by Staff writers

Videophones, in one form or another, have been around since the 1920's, with some major attempts to create public videophone booths in the 1930's and 1950's. But why didn't they take off in the modern era?

Nov 24, 2009
News
Microsoft kills COFEE download
by Staff writers

Legal beagles from software bully Microsoft have managed to close down the last public download source for the Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor (COFEE).

Nov 24, 2009
News
CSRIO supercomputer uses a GPU cluster
by Staff writers

The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has put together a supercomputer that's based around a cluster of graphics processing units (GPUs)

Nov 24, 2009
News
My life with Linux: Day 3 - The daily ups and downs of switching to open source
by Staff Writers

Stuart Turton spends the third day of his one week odyssey with Linux, fighting Fedora monitor hassles, wishing for Ubuntu at work and discovers that forums can be a Linux user's new best friend.

Nov 23, 2009
Review > 23+ Inch LCD
Dell's U2410f 24in LCD monitor boasts incredible image quality, but price is uninspiring
by Staff writers

The Dell U2410f features breathtaking image quality, but the price is steeper than most are willing to pay for it.

Nov 23, 2009
Apple's Macbook Pro 13 laptop proves there is still design greatness in portability
by Staff writers

Apple’s MacBook Pro is a design masterpiece, even if its brilliance is marred by a few annoying niggles.

Nov 23, 2009
News
Intel and AMD: Videos explain how grains of sand are used to create a silicon CPU
by Daniel Long

Intel has released a short animated video illustrating the process by which sand is turned into silicon and a CPU. But the over-simplicity has us leaning towards AMD's older and more interesting video

Nov 20, 2009
News
My life with Linux: Day 2 - The daily ups and downs of switching to open source
by Staff Writers

Stuart Turton spends the second day of his one week odyssey with Linux, battling Fedora and DVD playback troubles, while trying valiantly not to go back to the relative 'safety' of Vista, as frustrations start to boil over.

Nov 19, 2009
News
Telstra confirm 30Mbit national network plan - but don't mention the NBN
by Daniel Long

Telstra has completed the 100Mbit upgrade to their Melbourne cable network and are next planning to get 30Mbit speeds into the rest of the country; but first they'll need to dispel those endless NBN comparisons

Nov 19, 2009
Review > 23+ Inch LCD
LG Flatron W2442PA: why it's a perfect second monitor for your PC
by Staff writers

If you haven't set up your desktop with two LCD monitors, then now's the time. We've picked this LG Flatron as the winning 24in LCD in our latest group test

Nov 18, 2009
X marks the spot with the Mini Capsule Mark II - great sound from a small device
by Staff writers

The little R2D2 from Speaker Realm certainly packs a punch - and very cheap too.

Nov 17, 2009
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