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Friday May 25, 2012

EDITOR'S NOTE

We take a look inside Intel's Vietnam Assembly and Testing facility in Saigon's Hi Tech Park. Check out the gallery below for a glimpse into the daily running of this enormous facility.

Plus: Thunderbolt motherboards are go, Australian 4G smartphone face-off, Windows 8 boot - too fast for its own good?, How to beat global roaming mobile bill shock.

TODAY'S TOP STORIES

		PHOTO GALLERY Inside the world's biggest chip shop May 24, 2012 We take a look inside Intel's Vietnam Assembly and Testing facility in Saigon’s Hi Tech Park.

		NEWS Thunderbolt may have arrived for the PC, but the devices haven't By John Gillooly \| May 25, 2012 As we have been finding in the labs, a Thunderbolt port doesn't mean a product will play nice with a Thunderbolt enabled PC.

		NEWS 'XXXL' sale at Dick Smith this Saturday By Chris Jager \| May 25, 2012 Save up to 50% on select Dick Smith electronics, including laptops, GPS, digital radios and PC peripherals.

		NEWS Smartphone square-off: Australia’s 4G handsets By Allie Coyne \| May 25, 2012 We pit the Samsung Galaxy S II 4G against the HTC Velocity 4G.

		NEWS Windows 8 boot: too fast for its own good By Chris Jager \| May 24, 2012 According to Microsoft, Windows 8 PCs will boot up so fast, there's no time for keystroke commands. Say hello to the Boot Options menu.

		NEWS Diablo III becomes fastest-selling PC game ever By Paddy Smith \| May 25, 2012 Blizzard’s wizards have mass appeal, casting their sales spell over a record number of PC gamers

		NEWS Eliminate stubborn malware with ESET Rogue Applications Remover By Mike Williams \| May 25, 2012 Detect and remove rogue antivirus tools and similar menaces with this stand-alone program.

		PHOTO GALLERY CeBIT 2012: gadgets and technology from Australia's biggest IT show May 23, 2012 Take a tour of the CeBIT 2012 showroom floor as we take a look at the most interesting and unusual products.

		NEWS LG's Ultimate Display TV is world's thinnest OLED By Paddy Smith \| May 25, 2012 LG sets out its OLED battle plan. Its Trojan horse is the stunning 55in OLED TV we saw at CES, with a few tweaks

		NEWS Wear your geek pride on your sleeve By Chris Jager \| May 24, 2012 The latest offering from ThinkGeek: decorative cuff fasteners made from circuit boards.

		NEWS Rumour: 7in Google Tablet incoming By Luke Edwards \| May 25, 2012 Not only is the big G stepping into the tablet arena, it’s doing it this July – and Asus is building the hardware

		NEWS Viral of the week: DARPA ARM robot By Luke Edwards \| May 25, 2012 The two handed machine that feels and sees – prepare to be replaced.

		FEATURE Beat mobile bill shock: Global roaming By Nic Healey \| May 24, 2012 Overseas travellers can often find themselves stung badly by roaming fees - both voice and data. We look at some simple ways to avoid the worst.

		NEWS Facebook launches Camera app for iPhone with Instagram-style filters By Sophie Charara \| May 25, 2012 The social network's free photo app has just landed on the App Store – was Zuck's money well spent?

		NEWS 5 of the best road trip gadgets By Sophie Charara \| May 25, 2012 Feeling antsy? Want to get out of the office and on the road? Load up your banger with this kit before you set off.

		NEWS Future tech: learning computers By Luke Edwards \| May 25, 2012 In the robot apocalypse, computers will know your fear. In the meantime, they'll know when you can afford to see a film at the cinema

		NEWS Unleash your inner Hendrix with the iPhone-powered gTar By Esat Dedezade \| May 25, 2012 Serious shredders look away, this one's just for us hapless string twangers.

		NEWS SmartTripod robot cameraman tracks your every move By Luke Edwards \| May 25, 2012 Movie cameramen beware – the robots are gunning for your job, with this Microsoft competition winner leading the charge

		NEWS Slimline Nokia PureView phones on the way By Stephen Graves \| May 25, 2012 Nokia's planning more PureView phones – and they won't be quite as chunky as the 41MP 808 PureView.

		NEWS Apple iPen stylus incoming: report By Sophie Charara \| May 25, 2012 Could a stylus for iDevices be in the making?

		NEWS Toshiba AT300 tablet joins Tegra 3 club By Esat Dedezade \| May 25, 2012 Toshiba's latest iPad challenger comes crammed with ports and ICS.

		NEWS OS X Mountain Lion features emerge By Stephen Graves \| May 25, 2012 Apple OS X Beta reveals new add-ons.

		NEWS Tech prices under the Govt spotlight By Allie Coyne \| May 24, 2012 The Australian "tech tax" pricing debacle gets a Government inquiry.

		NEWS Thunderbolt arrives on Asus/MSI motherboards By Chris Jager \| May 24, 2012 Limited to Apple Macs and the odd monitor and drive, Thunderbolt is making its PC debut in Asus' and MSI's new range of Thunderbolt-equipped motherboards.

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