Better sound for your laptop from Creative, plus the little white lies about its heritage exposed.

See our side-by-side comparison of the three big guns in the sub-$1,000 mini notebook race, the ASUS N10, S101 and the Eee PC 1000H.

Superb build quality and performance make this a worthwhile upgrade for serious amateurs.

If you don't care about recording to disc, you'd be better off with a TiVo. If you're looking for an all-rounder to tide you over until Blu-ray prices fall, Panasonic's DMR-XW300 has a lot to offer.

AMD’s next generation of CPUs brings 45nm technology and higher clock speeds - but is that enough to compete with Intel’s latest and greatest?

Capable of reproducing good photos, but it’s slow, a bit expensive to run and has a poor scanner.

Battery life is turning into a major selling point, as we discover when we tested Toshiba's new mini NB100 netbook.

The two-and-a-half thousand dollar price point is a popular one for PC systems.

The Ultimate 9502 is a heavy, chunkier unit that boasts some useful improvements over its predecessor, including classier Foxtel Mobile viewing thanks to better resolution.

A real do-it-all device, but Nokia needs to do better to compete with the iPhone.

A pretty simple iPod dock design, but others do it better

An older model, and not the best 50in Pioneer, but still better than every other 50in on the planet in its day. If you can’t manage the top-end Pioneer, this is the set to go for

Our pick of the low-cost office suites has had a much-needed overhaul, and now battles Microsoft in terms of features, not just price.

The second Panasonic submitted, the PT-LC76E rated higher than its sister model -- with even better performance for both office and home real world tests - and came only second to the Hitachi CPS210 overall.

Economical running costs and a great scanner make it appealing, but it’s slow and hard to use as a standalone copier.

Maya, from Alias (previously known as Alias | Wavefront) has long been a big name in 3D animation, but after receiving an Academy Award, things look set to get even bigger. Now in its fifth incarnation, Maya should be even better than before, so what's new?

The MultiPASS C100 is a matured version of the C75 yet still manages to keep its price low. Many of the features in the C75 have been kicked up a notch, and the improvements make the C100 more productive and better value for money.

Quality, speed and a huge array of features go some way to justifying the price

An old standard, but one that still provides decent performance at a great price.

Cheap, easy to use and quick. But the quality on offer lets it down.