Humanoid robots arent a new concept. Perhaps the first appearance of a humanoid robot was Elektro, who appeared at the 1939 World Trade Fair in New York. Elektro danced, counted to ten, smoked and rav

The Barracuda ST3160023AS is a fair performer in our labs, ranking fourth and above average when it came to handling the binary.

In a group of amazing quality, the JVC still stands out as an astounding performer at a very fair price

The TPL-S10 comes from Toshiba’s ultra-portable stable of projectors, and while not quite as small as say, the Proxima DP1000X, it still managed to fit a fair amount of goodness into a easily manageable size.

The GX7A uses a 1.23-megapixel CCD and records stills to memory card. While general image quality was good, the optical zoom was only fair and the electronic image stabiliser was not as good as on some cheaper cameras. The optical zoom produced grainy images before reaching maximum magnification and the sound track was affected by wind noise more than some of the lower priced cameras.

Canon typically puts out a good digital video camera and for a while had the market fairly well sown up. However, there is now plenty of competition and Canon can no longer just rely on its reputation to keep it at the top. The MVX250i is a mid range camera designed for average users who want something more than the bare basics. Its 860,000 pixel (effective) CCD provides a good quality picture in most cases, including in night mode. However, it can be slow to find a good colour balance.

Almost half of Sydney's computer repair shops surveyed by ComputerCHOICE magazine are overcharging and incompetent.

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A few weeks ago we asked for your eBay stories, and we’ve received a lot of responses about bad sellers, demanding buyers and more.

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Due for replacement or some hefty price cuts. The E-300 takes good shots but its rivals take better

An older model, but in its day, everything about this set is big and clever. If you’re big and clever too, then you’ll want to get your wallet out

Sony’s VPL-ES1 scores were below-average in every regard, even though in our tests it proved to be a quite capable unit.

If you haven't heard already, the Federal Government has just offered funding for a computer game called Escape from Woomera...Now that's controversy!

This system is one of the most well-rounded and pleasurable-to-use PCs of the bunch, thanks to quality peripherals and handy features, like front-mounted USB and headphone ports.

With netbooks a big favourite with laptop buyers over the last 12 months, we count down the five OSes that could be the friendliest for mini laptops

Beautiful, ultra-compact, super-slick and friendly to use, plus great quality. A winning combination from Canon.

Stats show Linux is roughly four times more common online than Windows 7. But can Windows 7 topple all other OSes to become the most popular OS online?

Lots of positives here, but a few minor negatives, too