Tuesday December 1, 2009 12:53 AM AEST

As Kogan Technologies' Android smartphone draws closer, Adam Turner is impressed that Kogan has embraced Google on the desktop for its new netbook.

Shopping online from your couch is convenient but, when it comes to the Kogan's $900 Kevin37 television, Adam Turner wonders if you should buy sight unseen.

There's no Blu-ray, TV tuners or HDMI but, with extra NVIDIA graphics grunt in Apple's new Mac Mini, Adam Turner has new hope that the Mini might make the ultimate media centre.

While politicians quibble about the cost of an emergency messaging system, emergency services including police, fire services (in NSW), and ambulance have been embracing Twitter and SMS

Adam Turner's recent MacBook woes have vindicated his cloud-based backup systems, but he's still afraid of Google's perfect storm.

"Leopard is perfect, why would you need a recovery disc?" That's the short answer from the Apple zealots. Adam Turner found the long answer is somewhat more complicated.

Telstra is launching a Blackberry-style all-you-can-eat mobile email service, but Adam Turner would rather entrust his vital messages to an email specialist.

Android's tight Instant Messaging integration is impressive, but Adam Turner is disappointed Australia's HTC Dream only supports Google Talk out of the box.

Adam Turner fears hell may have frozen over after the Nine Network released high-quality copies of Underbelly 2 online the very night it screened on television.

The HTC Dream smartphone has a lot of rough edges, but Adam Turner is impressed with Android's notification system.