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Review: seven days with TiVo

Much like a new puppy it will take time to train this personal video recorder.

Exposed: the extended warranty rort

Electronics retailers have been accused of using high-pressure tactics and making misleading claims while adding hundreds of dollars to the cost of big-ticket items.

Shape up, bit by bit

There is no shortage of fitness gadgets for sale to help you stretch, strain, push yourself and then map, graph and critique your progress.

Latest reviews

Review: BlackBerry Storm

Is the touch-screen BlackBerry Storm an iPhone killer?

Review: Guitar Hero World Tour

After creating customised rockers, budding musicians can play as a band or solo.

Review: Gears of War 2

Careful use of cover is essential during the intense and exhilarating battles.

Review: Logitech Z-5 speakers

Aims to make music more immersive with only two speakers and no spider-web-like cabling.

How to

The discreet theatre

An entertainment system need not take over the lounge room, writes Adam Turner.

The next big Mac thing

Garry Barker ponders what Apple has in store for next year.

Blogs

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 ...