Buying a mid-range Dell notebook now means a choice between Dell's Inspiron, Studio and XPS notebooks. We examine the value.

Pile of cash shrinking

Spiffy KDE 4.1, plus LXDE for netbooks

If you're a Nokia or iPhone user, maybe the Storm's "clickable" touchscreen might finally be the thing that converts you to Blackberry.

Sony unveils an interesting promotion that involves QR code scanning in QR-equipped mobile phones, to win the ultimate Bond experience worth $15,000.

See the latest PC gear and meet industry leaders at Atomic Live 2008, including the first chance to play Far Cry 2 in Australia.

Finally, it’s here – the James Bond of hard drives. The Seagate Freeagent Go is protected by a brute strength AES security algorithm based on the highest Rijndael cipher keys available (256bit) that 'apparantly' can’t be cracked, ever.

With a little help from Albert Einstein

Console capers

Latest release integrates KDE, Gnome, OpenOffice and Firefox.

Japanese electronics firm Sanyo has announced a new type of blue laser diode, which it said could double the capacity of existing Blu-ray discs to 100GB..

Put these perfect stocking-stuffers towards the gear or gadgets of your choice. We have 10 $50 vouchers to giveaway every fortnight plus four $250 prizes, and they’re ridiculously easy to win.

Good news if you splashed out on this iPhone rival. Annoying lag issues which we hammered the HTC Touch Diamond for are alleviated by a new ROM update.

What lies beneath

At last - proper 3D Star Wars chess for the masses!!!

Democratic Nominee Senator Barack Obama has been showing up in seven times more spam emails than his US presidential election rival, Republican nominee Senator John McCain.

Good idea, lousy application.

Merging huge IT systems could expose personal and financial information.

Apple co-founder also voices concerns over the iPhone.

As Optus halves allowances, Vodafone cuts prices. Wireless broadband is getting really interesting.