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Laptops & Desktops

Office renovations

Microsoft has made modest improvements to its new Macintosh suite.

Apple's big year

The technology giant will open a flagship store in Sydney soon, writes Stephen Hutcheon.

Latest laptop & desktop reviews

Of mice and men

With his notebook at the ready, Adam Turner tracks down the mouse that roared.

Review: Eee laptop PC

Didn't Asus know notebook computers need hard drives? Or that they must run Windows?

Tiny dynamites

Thanks to tiny notebook PCs, lugging around a computer need not be back-breaking work.

Stick with it

We look at a range of memory sticks to help you choose the right one for you.

Review: Belkin N1 Vision Router

The N1 is possibly the coolest-looking wireless router on the market.

Fast Forward

Time to rename the mobile?

Fast Forward Some phone manufacturers don't want us to use the label "mobile phone" anymore. They think that phrases like portable mobile device, wireless handset and multimedia computer better portray their latest battery of sleek and expensive product launches. But do these labels dance off the tongue - or so...

Screen Play

The stolen generation

Screen Play There's a games platform with a billion players, a free online network, virtually unlimited power and offering games for every possible demographic. Of course, it's the PC, once the undisputed vanguard of gaming, but now routinely dismissed despite the ever-growing household penetration of home co...

Gadgets on the Go

Instant traffic updates let you dodge traffic jams

Gadgets on the Go Sat-nav might get you from A to B, but the SUNA traffic channel lets you avoid the traffic along the way. Sydney's F3 traffic chaos provided the perfect opportunity this week for Intelematics Australia to spruik the merits of its SUNA Traffic Channel, an implementation of the TMC (Traffic Message C...

Latest laptop & desktop articles

Apple reveals tiny new laptop

Apple unveils personal computer that is less than 2cm thick and turns on the moment it is opened.

Jobs' lot

Garry Barker takes a look at the latest rumours about Apple.

Dell bets on Tablet 2.0

The tablet PC has languished in relative obscurity for years, but Dell hopes to lead a revival with its new Latitude XT.