If you want a longer lasting battery, you'll have to cough up. We've learnt that the cost of upgrading from the standard 3-cell to 6-cell battery option will cost an extra $169 on the HP Mini 2140.

You told us and we listened. The good battle has been fought for our loyal readers and Foxtel is coming to the table next year with a new fix to address the common buffer problem that makes iQ2 users so mad.

Telstra's MEOW is a portable trailer sized ADSL station, that aims to be the ultimate in portable ADSL2+ backup, as it can be ported around the Australian countryside for rapid deployment during times of disaster.

Yahoo is closing down Geocities after 14 years - one of the original 'free' do-it-yourself web hosts. We remember the early days of this cherished online community

It looks like the fabled VDSL2+ is not smoke and mirrors after all - Eftel is pushing to launch high speed broadband speeds of 100MBit, which is certain to be the fastest broadband available in Australia if all goes to plan with this year's launch.

It looks like the fabled VDSL2+ is not smoke and mirrors after all - Eftel is pushing to launch high speed broadband speeds of 100MBit, which is certain to be the fastest broadband available in Australia if all goes to plan with this year's launch.

Foxtel's iQ2 problems are hopefully now a thing of the past, if today's announcement proclaiming a program-by-program recording option is anything to go by. Judge for yourself.

The best plans, the hidden costs, and is it really the best broadband deal on the market?

There are any number of reasons why you could be delayed by traffic congestion and up until now, there’s been little motorists could do about it. We've road-tested a traffic-equipped GPS for a week to see if it can help.

Wireless in-car connectivity centres are gaining popularity thanks to 3G and burgeoning 4G services. We take a look at a couple of the bigger examples and investigate how they're changing the way we drive.

Map provider Whereis has teamed up with app maker Sygic to unveil Australia's first turn by turn map guidance app for the iPhone; more than a few years after similar programs were unveiled on competing Nokia smartphones.

Launched in 1993, it seemed to be everywhere in those early days - from schools, universities and offices, to the bargain bins of computer retailers. And it seems just a little sad that its time may be finally up.

Entrepreneurial Apple fans have turned lengthy 24 hour waits (and longer) into lucrative auction dollars by selling their commemorative T-shirts on eBay to the tune of big dollars.

Internode Managing director Simon Hackett is calling for experienced broadband users to take part in an Australian first trial of IPv6 running on the Internode ADSL network

Microsoft have committed to spending $US80m on 'Bing' advertising against other search engines. Basically, they want to convince you that Google and Yahoo aren't worth your precious search time.

It's uber fast, and it's more storage than you'll find in most hard drive laptops. Make way for one of the biggest laptop upgrades you'll see for a while.

Simon Hackett's electric Tesla Roadster is making the most of its rapid recharge facility in Australia's Eco Challenge; as other challengers show off their fuel efficiency in the 3000km race.

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has proclaimed that economic conditions will help shift the tide against pricey Apple products and help consumers to see the error of their ways.

Money might not buy you happiness, but thanks to a new social networking website, it can buy you very rich friends. A new 'Facebook for the wealthy' is apparently booming, despite the gloomy economic conditions.