The Toshiba Satellite 5100 attracted by far the most attention around the PC Authority office this month

Gilat is a company that could be poised to become a big name overseas. Based in Tel Aviv and with over 1,500 employees worldwide, it specialises in satellite telecommunications. Gilat has found succes

Toshiba has been a long running leader in the notebook field, so its always interesting to see what it has to offer, if only to see what is the current state of play in the market place. Toshiba responded to the call for desktop replacement notebooks by submitting the Satellite Pro 4360 model, a heavy machine tipping the scales at 3.17kg and clad in the familiar Toshiba dark grey.

Confused by the many broadband plans out there? Nirmal Chandrasena and David Kidd cut through the choice-overload and bring you a comprehensive guide to Australia's top ISPs.

Toshiba don't often venture into lower price point notebooks, so we were quite impressed to receive a system from them under $2500, let alone a desktop Pentium 4 3GHz processor, DVD burner and 64MB ATI RADEON 9000 IGP graphics.

Absolutely blitzing the field for performance, no other notebook this month could get anywhere near the PowerNote 258SA from Digital Star, despite many trying. Pushing out an absolutely massive 4216 marks, this powerhouse left a 640 mark gap between it and its closest contender, the Toshiba Satellite A30.

The audio component of the PC multimedia revolution has for many years been sorely neglected, with many new computers supplied with speakers that are quite simply terrible. Little plastic speakers can

Unless youve been comatose for the last seven to eight years then you might have missed the growing fad for all things related to the Internet - that amorphous, heaving, abstract new medium that is in

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.

Assuming that all goes to plan, well see the first of the Mars Network communications satellites hitching a ride on the 2003 mission spacecraft. By 2005 the technologies should be mature enough to all

Broadband users across Australia are receiving reliable high speed internet access, according to a study released by the ACA.

While Sony's VAIO PCG-K64 may not be the smallest form factor notebook in our roundup, it is pretty smart looking, with a large sloping lid and keyboard; it's comfortable to work on.

Qatari news broadcaster Al-Jazeera -- sometimes called the Arab CNN -- has again been hit by hackers, with its computer network compromised by trojans causing Denial of Service (DoS) attacks on its global customer base, including in Australia.

Korea's LG Electronics this week unveiled what it claims is the first mobile phone that can receive and play terrestrial digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) television signals.

We found that this system would produce the test tone at a sustained 106dB well clear of any of the others.

With all eyes converging on Sydney for the 2000 Olympics the technology to run it will be put to the test. David Hellaby investigates. It is 40 years since computers were used to analyse

This is a fine projector: easy to set-up, quiet enough in operation, and capable of superb performance for its price. It’s a must-see.

VoIP, messaging, video and GPS coming to the console.

The Portege 3110CT is one of the latest in Toshiba's line of notebooks and continues the tradition of portability established with the first in its line.