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

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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

Laptop manufacturers have a long, and let's face it - often awkward history in their attempts to appeal to women.

If you’re in the market for a smaller LCD and the price tag doesn’t make you dizzy, this Loewe has few peers for visual and audio performance

The Mju has hidden depths with aperture-priority and shutter-priority modes, but alas no fully manual mode

Wealthy and/or maniacally enthused about movies? You must see this…

Fujifilm’s FinePix Z1 is chic, clever and tough. It has a top look and feel, and is well worth the cash.

One of the first USB adaptor dongles we tested, the Booya BWSU25 offers USB1.1 connectivity with Windows Plug and Play compatibility.

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

Since the launch of PC Authority magazine 30 issues ago, we have placed an emphasis on the concept of computing in the real world. This means that all the PC hardware that passes through our Labs is t

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

Sony has finally launched the Clie PDA in Australia.

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