What will you be buying, using and drooling over this year? Tim Dean looks at the astounding products and technologies due to hit in the next 12 months.

More functionality with less complexity. That's what convergence means. Tim Dean peers behind the hype of triple play.

From watching iView on your mobile to live Australian TV while overseas, to Freeview, Foxtel IQ2 and TiVo, Stuart Andrews and Zara Baxter perfect the menu for takeaway TV.

Sony sells five types of "Full HD" televisions with HDMI inputs and integrated high definition TV tuners - the XBR, Z, W, E, and V series. So which is best for you?

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.

Dan Chiappini delves into multimedia jargon in our monthly tech term glossary.

Apple’s ads may be funny, but they’re woefully inaccurate. Here we reveal dozens of reasons why the PC outclasses the Mac.

How will you be computing in the next 12 months? PC Authority brings you 2005's big technology stories - before they happen.

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

As a civilization our track record for dealing with the cultural and ethical issues raised by emerging technologies is pretty poor. No-one predicted a gradual decline in literacy as a result of the in

In the age of Web 2.0, people are no longer looking to a single source for recommendations for information and entertainment on the ‘Net. It’s far better to have a collective recommendation, ranked by hundreds of like-minded people. How does it work? Read on.

From webcasting to the DMCA to net neutrality - a list of top ten IT priorities for the new president.

What's the best Blu-Ray player on the market? Our quick shopping guide to features to look for, compatiblity issues, connectivity, and our top pick.

Everything you need to know about maxing-out your broadband connection, including interleaving, fine tuning MTU settings, firmware updates, ADSL filters and splitters,and that old chestnut - electrical noise in your wiring

More DSL flavours than colours of the rainbow. Tim Dean breaks some of the acronyms apart.

That presents a serious problem to the printing industry, which until now has not had to worry too much about the aesthetics of the devices it manufactures. Now the manufacturers are having to put a l

Telstra has had the role of providing the network infrastructure that is coping with both the Australian end of the site traffic and providing 155Mb capacity fibre optic links between the IBM LANs at

The first wave of high-profile avatars has come in the shape of Ananova and Vandrea, two virtual newscasters that might look similar on the surface, but behind the scenes are very different creatures

The entire industry is moving towards dual-core technology, but why? Tim Dean looks at some of the reasons for the shift.

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