Automated Transfer Vehicle ready for historic manoeuvre.

Over 10,000 music stations via wireless - no turning on your PC, no fiddling with software. Is the ASUS AIR the reason to finally switch to Net radio?

International Space Station stunt breaks golfing records.

Nathan Taylor explores the world of wireless technology, from WANs, LANs and PANs - what we've got and what's to come.

Plumber's call-out fees expected to be astronomical.

Bold design, with a big sound, but one that doesn't really thrill

In space, no-one can hear you curse.

Not the best value, but this desktop NAS appliance offers good backup and webserver facilities.

3Coms AirConnect is one of the high-speed wireless LAN (WLAN) contenders, combining three PC Card network interface cards and a base station. The AirConnect cards dont inspire confidence, as the aerial assembly isnt securely fixed to the card body. 3Com looks to have remedied this with the release of the new XJACK cards (estimated at $400 each). These cards have a pop-up antenna and are less prone to breaking off the card.

Impressive and free antivirus and antispyware package

Pull the plug on the party, but keep the music playing.

The future of Internet access is now. The idea of connecting cables to a computer to enable a connection will soon seem as archaic as manually cranking the engine of an automobile. Ed Dawson samples a cross-section of bleeding-edge wireless broadband services and cuts through the hype.

From Silicon Valley to Station X during the Second World War, why Romania is teeming with software developers, and Zhongguancun in China where Microsoft is building its Chinese headquarters.

Impressive and free antivirus and antispyware package

Sydney Trains is a great little program. As the name implies, this is a time-tabling application for the Sydney metropolitan train network. Written for PDAs, Sydney Trains works on both Palm OS and Pocket PC.

WinFM is a neat little package dedicated to Internet radio, although that term is a little abstract, because theres no radio waves involved.

It doesn’t do anything apart from simple music streaming, but the price and ease of use make this a good choice for getting music from one room to another wirelessly.

We’ve all heard about the Dell fireball. But in some workplaces, a computer could cause a giant, apocalyptic explosion. Ed Dawson has the details.

Quick, packed with interfaces, but just a little too expensive.