Spam! spam! spam! spam! . . . if it had not been for Monty Python nobody would ever have thought there was anything funny about it. With almost 50 percent of the world’s email now junk mail, offering everything from unwanted penis extensions to stockmarket tips, spam has become as big a problem as viruses.

The D400S packs the usual gear, and offers well-thought out front-mounted FireWire along with 802.11b on/off controls for the optional WLAN device. We were surprised the right-hand side of the chassis contained absolutely no connectivity options – a shame given the inclusion of only a single PCMCIA port. Three USB ports are present – two rear-mounted and one on the left-hand side.

Just how high end can a Bluetooth headset get? Very, as it turns out.

The sledgehammer approach to noise reduction comes to a high end Bluetooth headset.

While the build quality of the ASUS A4000L is good and sturdy, this notebook is much larger than the others featured in our roundup.

NEC’s contribution to the ultraportable market is tougher than most, but it still struggles against the competition

A well thought out site with plenty of features, including SMS alerts.

The most curious thing about 3DConnexion's new joystick-like device isn't that it reminds us of old rotatable arcade controllers. No, it's meant for CAD, but also among the list of suggested apps is Second Life.

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It’s gorgeous, but it can’t match Sony’s own Z-Series for sheer ultraportable excellence.

The 4GB Sansa Fuze handles music, videos, FM radio and voice recording with kick-ass usability, giving Apple devotees a good excuse to ditch their Nanos and embrace the joy of drag and drop.

Not quite small enough to inhale, but the features and looks will still leave you breathless.

You really have to look to the 17-inch giants like the HP Pavilion zd8001AP to find machines that were designed as multimedia beasts from the ground up.

If, like us, you’ve ever had the deep pining associated with wanting to build a robot or two, this book is definitely for you. This 360-page guide to everything you’ve ever wanted to know about robots covers how they work and how to build your own. You’ll learn how to select the right power source, use the tools you’ll need and how to build a robot from things you have around the house or from kit form.

BVG's Learning Digital Imaging Training is a collection of four tutorial CD-ROMs including Using Digital Cameras, Using Scanners, Learning Adobe Acrobat and Learning Photoshop 6.0.

Is software or hardware you installed on your PC causing your system to crash? Perhaps you are having rouble with a USB connection or your computer takes a long time to switch between programs?

Tony Stevensons book, The Australian Guide To the Internet, provides an excellent introduction to the absorbing world of the Internet.

Its well known that you can buy anything on the Internet. People now use major shopping sites to buy things as varied as houses, cars and holidays. But the risks associated with online shopping still stop many from entering into this world.

Written for fledgling test project managers, the book starts by defining the foundations of a test system and discusses the FMEA (failure mode and effective analysis) approach for defining quality risks

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