An old PC is like putty in your hands. Tim Dean looks at how you can shape it into a new system with a few easy upgrades.

A Media Center Extender, upscaling DVD player and great games console

High definition video is the next big thing for Australia. We explain the essential technologies for your TV or living room PC, and what to expect from our broadcasters.

A decent PC with media abilities bolted on, transforming this into a good lounge machine.

In a world filled with gorgeous Sony, Apple and even Dell laptops, a sober, matte black machine aimed at consumers has to be truly special to turn heads. The IdeaPad Y430 is a well-built Centrino 2 machine that lacks nothing in the way of features, speed or value

The Hi-Grade Xperian can simply be described as a bundle of essential technology ingeniously put together in one desirable package.

The 240Hz TV isn’t the only thing coming to home cinema in 2009. Onboard Internet looks set to be the next big trend in flat screens with Toshiba and Samsung jumping onboard.

Nominating Sato as our winner for the desktop machines this month was fairly straightforward, especially when compared to deciding the outcome of the closely-fought notebook war. Because, even though the Sato was outdone by one or two systems in terms of performance, nothing beat it on pure value for money.

A wireless music player that performs audio magic through its LCD enabled remote control. It’s easy to use, quick to setup but lacks video functionality. But we still really liked it.

A decent LCD in its own right, but the speakers are poor and the dock isn’t much more than an expensive gimmick.

We’ve had some great competitors knocking on the mid-range A-Listed door, but TI’s all-rounder wins through.

Olympus first introduced SLR (single lens reflex) to digital cameras in early 1998 in the form of the Camedia C-1400L.

From movies and games to sporting events and even pornography, David Bayon explains why 3D displays are the next big thing.

We’ve had a sneak peak at the big camera expo in Brisbane this week to see what’s in store for photographers this year.

There is barely an area of consumer electronics that Sony does not have a hand in, and its contributions are seldom substandard in quality.

Camcorder, still camera and portable media player all in one sleek package.

With solid-state media still expensive and offering limited capacity, MP3 players with hard disks seem like the perfect solution.

The Lexmark P6250 is a not just a photo printer as such, it's also an all in one multifunction device: printer/scanner/copier and media reader. You might be nodding to yourself with the obviousness of an all in one printer winning out over tiny single use photo printers in this roundup, but to be honest the distinction is not just made because of the broad functionality and applicability of the Lexmark P6250.