This unit plays more than just your rental movies and existing DVD discs, it's also capable of VBR MP3, WMA, JPEG, PhotoCD, HDCD Xvid, AVI, MPEG layers 1, 2, and 4 play, the latter of which is more commonly referred to as DivX, named after the compression codec.

Security software is one of Israel's specialities and it's easy to see why. The region has a volatile history and a strong military tradition. In fact, Israel hasn't stopped warring with its neighbour

Many of the Photo-Paint 10 functions for tweaking images are designed to work with a selected area of the image or a mask, as well as the whole image. This means you can concentrate the effect of a fi

Asia-Pacific leading the charge, according to comScore.

World of Warcraft gamers go head to head.

World of Warcraft, the online role-playing game from Blizzard Entertainment, has reached 1.5 million subscribers worldwide.

Encarta Premium Suite claims a base of 130,000+ articles, along with 25,300+ photos and illustrations and 1.8 million map locations. That's more than a bit of bedtime reading, although of course there are really only two reasons why people buy digital encyclopedias these days -- either they've got kids to educate, or they're after some verifiable and quotable facts for a research project. For almost anyone else, of course, there's Google.

Australia's PC market is still going gangbusters, recording second-quarter growth of 14.4 percent and sequential growth of 8.6 percent in latest Gartner statistics.

Boffins use arcade game to research fight or flight reflex.

We've searched every corner of the web for the most useful (and useless) sites you've never seen. Download free movies and music, find the cheapest shopping sites, get a degree, make money, walk on Mars and much more.

Price: $159.50 One of the most useful accessories for the international road warrior is the travel connection kit. Targus kit is contained in a compact zipped carry case, which houses al

'Minority Report' interactive interface unveiled.

Every text you take, every click you make.

NSW Police have warned people holding parties on New Year’s Eve not to send invitations by SMS or email.

Latest statistics from Gartner suggest that big-name vendors in Australia sold 24 percent more PCs last year than in the previous year and 7.8 percent more PCs this quarter.

Israel is renowned for pilgrimages but one of its better kept secrets is its booming high-tech industry. James Morris finds out more. If you were asked to pick the world's leading

Built-in tracing and improved drawing, formatting and colour correction make X3 the best CorelDRAW upgrade in years.

As futuristic technology concepts go, 3D screens have been right up there with the teleporter as an aspirational idea that could change the way we see the world, yet the idea still resides in the realm of the science fiction.

Supercomputers crunch data that could hold the secret of life, the weather and the effect of nuclear war. David Tebbutt investigates.

A few weeks ago we asked for your eBay stories, and we’ve received a lot of responses about bad sellers, demanding buyers and more.