We explain port forwarding and triggering, firewalls and traffic filtering, the DMZ and other broadband bits you should know.

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

A new processor that harnesses 1 billion aluminum atoms is being hailed as a breakthrough in the road to the much-hyped quantum computer

The new kid on the wireless block increases its data quotas, and offers some handy advantages when compared against the likes of big guns like Optus and Three.

After a relatively boring 12 months of Intel spanking AMD all over the park, the CPU is getting interesting again.

The blue hoardings have come off Apple's first retail store in Australia, revealing an airy glass box like exterior. Check out the pics here.

Oh, and it’s power efficient too. Follow our coverage of the next big desktop processor from the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco.

Why AIR might, or might not, be the biggest thing to arrive on your desktop in years.

How Apple’s new baby stacks up against the competition.

The new HP Pavilion HDMI-enabled dv notebooks are sexily-chromed, but the other good news is what's not inside the box. Foam that is.

A new "universe atlas" provides a stunning view of our own galaxy, including a supermassive black hole believed to be located at the core

Check Point responds to our story about SP1 issues, stressing the current version is not blocked.

The popular AVG Free Edition looks like no sign of slowing down, with the new AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 8.5 rolling off the virtual conveyor belt for download today.

Stewart Mitchell delivers his verdict on the features rumoured to be ready for Windows 7, including the new kernel, multi-touch, and virtual drives.