It is perhaps understandable that mobile phones should be the real leaders in the techno fashion stakes; after all there are close to one billion of them in circulation and the number is growing daily

Is it worlds colliding or simply the inevitable? David Hellaby investigates the merging of fashion and computing. Something associated with mice, bugs, crashes and screen dumps is

Smart seems to be one of those words that is in fashion at the moment - its getting attached to everything. Drinks, microwave ovens, cars - its everywhere. Even little plastic cards can be smart cards

The future holds a lot of interest for industrial designers. Now they are unshackled from the beige box we can expect to see computers in all shapes and sizes. In the United States you can already get

It's time to put your IT manager hat on and try to think about what all this Cloud computing, Azure and so forth is going to actually do for you.

Ever wondered what a particular acronym stands for? Find the answer in our comprehensive reference guide to computer industry acronyms. RTFM!

TV on your phone - is it really the way of the future or just clever gimmickry? We looked at both major services to see who’s better, who costs more, and should you even be interested.

Designer Jonathan Ive and Apple boss Steve Jobs unleashed the iMac - a brightly coloured, translucent desktop computer like nothing the IT industry had seen before. Despite the stunned mutterings and

Before you rush in and make a purchase it is worth visiting the ATOs Website at www.ato.gov.au and finding out what sort of tax information you will be required to provide whether you are using the e

ISDN, an acronym for Integrated Services Digital Network, is a digital service that not only enhances communication by phone and fax, but personal computers as well. In 1997, Telstra introduced a new

Price: Monogram $255.; Taiga $280 Both are beautifully designed for the Palm V, these are a very stylish alternative to the ubiquitous black leather found on most Palm cases. The M

Photo-realistic avatars arent the only fruit. How about a custom built model that you can create off the peg? Such a beast can be found already at the likes of the Virtual Zones Sci-Fi World and Cycos

Everyones talking about it but what does handheld wireless Internet access mean for you? John Lettice finds out. Its the market that everyones talking about. In Australia, mobile phone pe

The reality isn't quite so straightforward. For many people, the issue isn't one of Java versus .NET. These are, to them, just the base languages, and it's the business frameworks built on top of them

Jon Honeyball looks at Silverlight, Microsoft's potential Flash killer, from a business perspective

Tim Dean on the Hollywood OS running the world's biggest computers via a green flashing cursor and bleeps.

As a civilization our track record for dealing with the cultural and ethical issues raised by emerging technologies is pretty poor. No-one predicted a gradual decline in literacy as a result of the in

It seems Hollywood has fallen in love with the geek – there's a virtual tsunami of geek-friendly flicks set to shine on the silver screen in 2008. Here’s a quick primer to eight films with a definite geek twist.

PC Authority gets time with the Blackberry Curve 8310, using Vodafone’s Australian GPS mapping software.

Battery capacity has proven to be a serious barrier to true mobile computing. Tim Dean looks at how the technology is evolving.