A father and son team have completed an arduous 3000km journey across Australia on an ex-'postie' motorcycle, all for the sake of proving that the impossible can be done with expensive Polish alcohol

We've all had great ideas in idle moments that are either forgotten or impractical, but these are people who identified technological advances and made them happen..

The head of the UN International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has told delegates at the ITU Telecom World 2009 conference that the next big war will most likely be fought online..

It is starting to look like things are going to heat up on the GPU front as Nvidia and AMD go head-to-head in the next month or so.

From the Commodore 64 to Microsoft vs Apple, we take a look at the top 10 fights in technology history.

BitLocker first reared its head in Windows Vista, but the scope of the encryption software has been extended in Windows 7. Since Vista's launch, lost or stolen USB drives have become an enormous security liability.

Get your head around the new range of Intel desktop silicon, including the new Nehalem-based Core i5 and i7 chips.

Company says it has a six month head start on the competition with new cards.

First there was Street view, now there's traffic view. SUNA traffic will be providing web surfers with a head start on their daily commute by displaying traffic data across Google's Australian Map service.

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A PhD student from Texas has designed a cardboard computer chassis that could be going into production in an effort to cut computer waste.

If there was ever an example of a great concept inadequately executed, it was the VR helmet. Hollywood might of loved it - but everyday punters saw otherwise.

Parallels is making Windows applications on the Mac an even more seamless experience with the release of Desktop 5 for Mac, which adds support for Windows 7 and a new Crystal view mode that gives Windows applications a more Mac-like appearance.

Google is planning to launch an e-book store called Google Editions next year to compete with Barnes & Noble and Amazon.

Dell has introduced several new business systems, including a novel Latitude laptop with wireless docking and charging.

Satisfyingly clear audio from a relatively cheap pair of closed ear headphones. The Plantronics GameCon headset gets our seal of approval

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.