Design and create your own home extension

After years of waiting, the PIPE PPC-1 fibre-optic link stretching from Sydney via Guam, is going live. In a big win for consumers of some ISPs, a new era of cheaper plans and bigger data allowances may await

The Mayan prophecy might be counting down, but the science behind the new film 2012 might leave a few people confused. We look at what the film got right and what is best left to conspiracy theorists.

New broadband plans from Telstra with bigger download quotas are welcome, though you'll still find better value with the competition

If you plan down the line to add Blu-Ray, digital, and even pay tv to your TV, it pays to get a screen with the right connections. Here's what you need to know

Telstra has completed the 100Mbit upgrade to their Melbourne cable network and are next planning to get 30Mbit speeds into the rest of the country; but first they'll need to dispel those endless NBN comparisons

iSuggest, Record Me, 12 new SD channels, 15 new HD channels, new plan pricing, IQ formatting changes and more time-shift options are all expected to be phased in over the next month.

Microsoft's Windows 7 could see a warm reception from businesses in the coming months, according to recent survey..

Bundled deals that include your phone and broadband certainly look like great value on paper, but it pays to do your sums. Here's what you need to know

A "bonus" 1GB of data and a chance to double your download limit are two ways Telstra is hoping to attract more of the prepaid wireless crowd

From Betamax to Amiga, here's a list of those IT innovations that fell under the bulldozer. Some were cruelly robbed of their advantage, others threw it away with bad management

As we bring our Information Overload summit to a close, we have decided to name and rank the biggest culprits for the overload, the issues which more than anything else are causing companies to drown in a deluge of data..

An employee has accidentally leaked details of Microsoft’s next operating system via his LinkedIn profile..

Google is planning to launch an e-book store called Google Editions next year to compete with Barnes & Noble and Amazon.

Drawing tool for business diagrams

A datacentre conference has heard how one nation plans to drastically cut the cost of running data centres by using sea water to cool servers.

Are 64-bit operating systems compatible with your computer and existing software releases? Is it really worth the hassle

Forget the corporate tie, BlackBerry has teamed up with Boost to aim the smartphone at celebrity-mad teens with a pre-paid offer

Host multiple virtual operating systems

A PhD student from Texas has designed a cardboard computer chassis that could be going into production in an effort to cut computer waste.