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Laptops & Desktops

Thinner, lighter, cooler

Notebooks are driven by consumers, not business, meaning style will rule in 2009.

Review: Logitech Cordless Desktop

The keyboard is less than two centimetres high and the keys among the quietest around.

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Review: Toshiba NB100

Looks like a pint-sized relic from the days before computers were allowed to look good.

Review: Filemaker's Bento

Garry Barker puts the new version of Bento through its paces.

Review: Apple's new uni-body MacBook

The uni-body MacBooks and MacBook Pros are not only beautiful but they set new standards for construction and assembly.

Review: MacBook Pro 15-inch

Apple is making a big splash about the MacBook's new unibody construction that's machined from a single block of aluminium.

Review: Acer Aspire Predator

What lies beneath is as ugly as the Predator's face - even the optical drives have Predator jaw-like flaps when they open.

Screen Play

What financial crisis?

Screen Play Australian game and console hardware sales have already surpassed 2007's figures, with the market recording growth of 48 per cent for the year-to-date. While there is obvious concern from game publishers, developers and hardware manufacturers that the global financial crisis will have a negative im...

Gadgets on the Go

Watchdog calls on telcos to lift their game

Gadgets on the Go The Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman has launched its connect.resolve campaign, calling on Australia's telcos to improve customer service. Last financial year saw the largest jump in complaints to the TIO in a decade, no doubt driven by the mobile broadband wars as it became clear some telcos ...

Latest laptop & desktop articles

Windows 7 puts you back in control

The next version of Windows seems to be on the right track as Microsoft learns from its Vista experience.

Fiery Sony batteries burn users ... again

Computer makers recall 100,000 laptop battery packs made by Sony after 40 reports of overheating.

Microsoft unveils Windows 7 features

The next version of Microsoft Windows will nag users much less than its much-maligned predecessor, Vista.