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Article | 22/03/2013 Unboxing the Pentax MX-1

Pentax's MX-1 has held our interest since it was announced. We really like its retro styling, which is a throwback to the 1976 Pentax film SLR of the ...

Article | 22/03/2013 Snapshot: Canon EOS 100D digital SLR

The trend these days in digital cameras is smaller, smaller, smaller -- abandoning the tried-and-true formula of a digital SLR’s optical viewfinder an...

Article | 22/03/2013 BIG W recalls neck-snapping “crush hazard” TV

The ACCC and BIG W have issued a national recall for a 50-inch plasma TV made by Vivo. The Vivo PTV50HD plasma’s stand “may break unexpectedly”, dropp...

Article | 22/03/2013 Sample photos: Panasonic LUMIX TZ40

We had a chance to try out Panasonic's new TZ40 travel-zoom compact digital camera on Adelaide's Glenelg waterfront.

Article | 21/03/2013 Sample photos: Panasonic LUMIX FT5

We had an opportunity to test-drive Panasonic's new FT5 tough camera a few days ago, so we took it for a walk along the Adelaide waterfront.

Article | 21/03/2013 Panasonic launches new cameras, packed with wireless tech

Panasonic has launched a swathe of new LUMIX compact digital cameras, with various models featuring a confluence of integrated wireless technology, t...

Article | 21/03/2013 Panasonic bets big on Smart-talking TVs for 2013

In the brightening light of renewed competition from established Smart TV heavyweights Samsung and LG, Panasonic has unveiled its 2013 range of VIERA ...

Article | 18/03/2013 Snapshot: Harman/Kardon AVR 370 amplifier

Harman/Kardon has a long and distinguished history of making excellent audio equipment -- whether it’s something as simple as a pair of computer speak...

Article | 18/03/2013 Snapshot: Lenovo ThinkPad T431s Ultrabook

Lenovo’s ThinkPad notebooks have been around since 1992, since the design was debuted by IBM. While they’ve become much, much faster, their designs ha...

Article | 15/03/2013 Snapshot: Archos GamePad tablet

There are a lot of different 7-inch tablets you can buy. Our current favourite is the Kobo Arc, which skirts a fine line between multipurpose tablet a...

Article | 15/03/2013 Samsung's Galaxy S4 has a next-gen video codec

As anyone could have predicted, Samsung’s Unpacked announcement this morning was for a new Galaxy S4 smartphone. What interested us most about the Gal...

Article | 14/03/2013 Foxtel announces Play -- no-contract streaming TV and movies for your phone, tablet, PC or TV

Foxtel has announced a new service that brings its cable TV channels and catch-up video to smartphones, tablets, PCs, Macs and games consoles. It will...

Article | 13/03/2013 Microsoft Surface Pro tablet

It’s no secret that we’ve been keenly waiting for the Surface Pro since it was first announced in June 2012. We know that it's coming to Australia, bu...

Article | 12/03/2013 Snapshot: Denon AH-D600 Music Maniac headphones

If you’ve got a collection of high-quality music files, or if you listen to your CDs through an expensive amplifier and source, or even if you’ve got ...

Article | 12/03/2013 Snapshot: Bowers & Wilkins AM-1 waterproof loudspeaker

Bowers & Wilkins has a new loudspeaker out, and it’s not designed to sit in your living room next to an expensive amplifier and turntable --it’s bette...