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 monitor aced many of our image quality tests, handling fine colour transitions with ease and producing sharp images.

Though the IBM T541 features a plain specification and scored poorly at clarity, it did fairly well at colour, greyscale tests and real-world tasks

Network reporting tools are a necessary evil for the SME. We unravel the mysteries of Syslog

The system receives competition information from the Venue Results applications and distributes it to 15,000 media through more than 700 Fuji Xerox printers. At the competition venues, printed results

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PC Authority takes a trip down computer memory lane and discovers just how PC technology has evolved... and how Microsoft and IBM nearly destroyed each other.

Ever wondered what a particular acronym stands for? Find the answer in our comprehensive reference guide to computer industry acronyms. RTFM!

Tim Dean explores the jargon and acronyms of monitor technology in our monthly tech term glossary.

IBM Global Financing Australia has launched a certified used equipment service which will sell refurbished off-lease equipment online and through its distributor and dealer channels.

What happens when multiple-core processors are no longer sufficient for our demands? Stuart Andrews looks at the future of CPUs.

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Can’t decide between an Eee and a Wind? A Mini note or an Aspire One? Believe it or not, there’s a bunch of old school smaller laptops that may do the job for less money. We took a look at 7 old school ultraportables.

What can a vendor-controlled comparison of notebook technology teach us? Plenty – but not in the way it was intended. Read on as we expose HP’s notebook ‘Reliability Challenge’.

While many ultraportable laptops, like the Toshiba R200 go all out to get size and weight to an absolute minimum, a great deal of usability is often sacrificed – the X505 is impractically small for constant daily usage while the R200 has limited battery sizes.

The IBM ThinkCentre S50 Ultra Small is the world's smallest 'full-function' desktop computer according to manufacturer IBM. Whether it's the world's smallest or not, it's certainly one of the smallest we've seen.

Not a stylish machine, but it’s good value, well built and boasts surprisingly impressive battery life

IBMs IT infrastructure has a very public face in the form of the official Olympic Web site. By the end of the Games it will have received an estimated 1.4 billion page views or the equivalent of sever

1980 Sinclair Producing everything from electric cars to home computers, Clive Sinclair was the 1980s embodiment of English eccentric genius. While Americas kids wiled away t