Samsung’s claim to fame with this drive is it’s slightly above average value for money score; priced at just $199 it represents good value and was only beaten by both award winners the Mitsubishi and Optorite for cost.

An above average overall finisher, the Targa's claim to fame is undoubtedly its long battery run times, achieving the best part of 5 hours on a single charge whilst juggling a full productivity workload of Photoshop and Microsoft Office.

We’ve tested dozens of applications that claim to be the best way of removing sensitive data from your computer, but let us tell you a trade secret: the best of the bunch is free.

The i-Buddie’s biggest claim to fame in the notebook stakes is that it keeps its travel weight down by eschewing an in-built battery. The reasoning is that most notebooks are either used at home or the office, where they’re plugged into the mains, but aren’t powered up on the road much.

Bose-s 3-2-1 is a 2.1 speaker DVD, CD and MP3 CD player whose claim to fame is the ability to produce accurate surround sound from just three speakers. Each satellite contains two discreet drivers that redirect audio in specific directions to mimic 5.1.

After January's shenanigans with this system, it's nice to have it back in the testing Labs. My initial impressions haven't changed: this is one mean system that will handle anything you throw at it, and the benchmarks back that claim.

Microsoft has been producing its Encarta Encyclopedia and World Atlas since the early 1990s, but despite several attempts it has never produced anything that could rightfully claim to be an Australian edition...

A fine TV that offers a rich, warm picture but comes up just a tiny bit short against rival sets from Sony and Philips

Good photo quality and a large touchscreen make this the A4 inkjet to buy.

A marvel of programming, art and science.

The ability to build a fully updatable, portable and offline personal web makes this a useful tool For home and Business users

An appealingly upmarket board at a fair price

Blu-Ray notebooks are the next battleground, and the good news is they're slowly getting cheaper. ASUS is staking a claim with this monstrously powerful behemoth.

It’s the stills camera that thinks it’s a video camera. A high definition video camera.

Fast, cheap to run and offering flawless text quality, this is a great-value option.

This is the kind of phone that makes its owners roll off features and praise at you. It’s not perfect though.

Much more efficient at reading CDs than writing them, Optorite took second place in our read tests, pipped by the Imation by a mere three seconds.

Lacklustre colour quality, but good speed and value for money make the K8600 a contender if you like blowing things up to A3 size

A stunning design backed up by great performance and good value for money.