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Our technical wizards have been fine-tuning the new mobile-friendly version of PC Authority. Grab your iPhone, Nokia, Windows Mobile or favourite handset to take a look.

It's an exciting new look and a big upgrade for our friends over at Atomic this week. Find out more about the changes here.

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Google Wave will hit Australia in time for summer, and it promises new collaborative and communication capability

This attractive netbook is not only stylish, but extremely good value for money at $589 (US$407) including a generous 6-cell battery and LED screen.

The HP Mini 1001TU lid has a silver spiraling pattern across the piano black surface, making it the most attractive netbook we’ve seen.

It's something of a contradiction in terms, having Blu-Ray in a tiny 11.1in screen notebook, but it's certainly a brilliant feat of engineering. See the specs and launch pics here.

Dell's long awaited entry into the Eee-class notebook market is a top effort, though not perfect.

CeBIT Australia 2007 is the biggest, most impressive show in years. PC Authority brings you a ringside seat from the IT industry's event of the moment.

With its improved interface, colour handling, image adjustments and brush-based artistic creativity, DrawPlus moves onto a new level.

The HTC Magic, available through Vodafone and Three in Australia, may be the second Android phone but it's the first worth considering.

Gorgeous, expensive and exasperating in equal measure, and yet still desirable despite its myriad faults

Online services are growing smarter by the day – but can they replace desktop applications? We spend a week working online to find out.

Computex 2009 Day 1: NVIDIA news, and an update to a game no-one really cares about

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Best-of-breed photo management, editing and sharing with great usability and value.

Useful new features and a total interface overhaul make this the best Office ever.