Mercedes Benz are betting on a wireless, cloud-connected future. We take a closer look at their myCommand internet centre concept, one that operates via a single scroll button next to the gear stick. Photo credits: eMercedes-Benz

The 2009 Global Green Challenge sees a number of unique solar, all-electric, hybrid, disel and optimised unleaded vehicles take part in a 3000km race from Darwin to Adelaide. Brands include the Tesla, Holden, Skoda, Mini Cooper and some very enterprising solar cars designed by university and high school students around the world. Image credits: Global Green Challenge and Internode/Simon Hackett.

The Solar car of the future may lay in the hands of Engineering students from the University of NSW. The students will enter their futuristic solar machine into 2009 World Solar Challenge, one half of Australian based Global Green Challenge.

The Kindle International Editon started shipping on October 19th, and ours arrived today. Watch as we unpack it and connect it to the Kindle store.

HP has given us a sneak peak at a bunch of their newest products, ranging from printers to monitors to the latest netbooks. We give you some Christmas gift ideas in Part 2 of 3 photo galleries.

HP has given us a sneak peak at a bunch of their newest products, ranging from printers to monitors to the latest netbooks. We give you some Christmas gift ideas in Part 1 of 3 photo galleries.

The police car of the future might actually be a Holden. Redbadged as an GM-branded Chevrolet Caprice, these Robocop-styled police vehicles contain a number of technological advances under the hood, including a boot-mounted battery pack, and an in-dash touchscreen. NEC have made a big investment in these vehicles, kitting out the cars with the latest in touch screens and communication electronics.

The Sony Vaio X measures just 13.5mm, 11.1" screen size, and weighs only 655g. This is among the world's lightest and best looking notebooks. Best of all it uses the new Z550 2.0Ghz Atom chip.

Frasers Property’s Lumiere Residences in Sydney is an apartment block with a difference. There are two cinema rooms, exclusively for residents and can be booked out to watch Foxtel, Blu-Ray and video games. Is this the apartment block of the future?

The Thecus N5500 network backup storage device (NAS) features a unique Dual DOM design, flexible storage options and simple to use data software. The unit can be configured as a NAS, DAS or iSCI unit. There are 5x internal SATA drives and 1 external SATA drive that make up the RAID.