No matter how much we tell ourselves that we are rational, scientific human beings a Friday 13th still sends a tremor up some spines.

Another big performer this month, the L17AS was unlucky not to have received an award for excellence.

Finishing a point above average overall, Canon's PIXMA iP5000 was unlucky to miss out on our coveted recommended award, pipped at the finishing line by Epson's PictureMate small format printer. Canon's five individual ink cartridges is a great system that allows you to replace only the inks you need without needing to replace a whole colour cartridge as is the case with the HP PhotoSmart 8150 printer.

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Freeze!A patch is reportedly on the way if you've an HP AMD machine affected by the SP3 problem.

Check for rogue or malicious websites

iiNet have been ordered to give up IP records of twenty file downloaders in the controversial court challenge between the Australian ISP and copyright group AFACT.

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Microsoft is investigating reports that say log in details for more than 10,000 Hotmail accounts have been leaked to the web

Another minor revision, but the addition of privacy functions further extends its impressively wide focus

This week we examine a few of those true 'killer apps,' and what they have meant to computing

Every industry has its share of villains, and the computing world is no different.

Industries keeping a sweet outlook during these sour times.