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Article | 13/02/2013 Product snapshot: Panasonic LUMIX GF5 camera

Micro Four-Thirds is a ‘mirrorless’ interchangeable lens digital camera system and lens mount family. If that all sounds a little daunting, here’s a s...

Article | 13/02/2013 Product snapshot: Sonos PLAYBAR Wi-Fi speaker

As a general rule, we love Sonos speakers here at PC World. We’ve tried the PLAY:3, PLAY:5 and SUB -- each has impressed us, despite their universally...

Article | 13/02/2013 Product snapshot: Sony VAIO Duo 11

Sony’s VAIO Duo 11 hybrid tablet is a ‘slider’, with a flip-up screen that exposes a built-in laptop-style keyboard and track-ball mouse controller. R...

Article | 13/02/2013 Sony VAIO Duo 11 tablet

The ongoing launch period of Windows 8 has brought about a renaissance in small form factor computing. Over the last few months, we’ve seen Windows 8 ...

Article | 11/02/2013 ASUS PB278Q LED monitor

The ASUS PB278Q is a 27-inch computer monitor with a high-end panel and few unnecessary frills. It’s targeted at professionals -- who want its factory...

Article | 7/02/2013 Microsoft Surface Pro engineers hint at future plans on Reddit

Microsoft's engineering team for the Surface Pro tablet has revealed some previously-unknown details, and hinted at future plans for a detachable batt...

Article | 6/02/2013 Panasonic PT-AE8000 home theatre projector

Panasonic has a solid history in the 1080p home theatre projector market, constantly evolving since the original $7700 PT-AE1000 from 2007. The PT-AE8...

Article | 5/02/2013 BenQ W7000+ home theatre projector

If you don’t want a big-screen TV in your living room, or if you’ve got a dedicated home cinema room, then buying a home theatre projector is a smart ...

Article | 4/02/2013 Kogan 27” LED monitor

Online-only electronics retailer Kogan is one of Australia’s tech success stories. It’s brought out a number of tech products, like TVs and digital ra...

Article | 31/01/2013 Nexus 4 smartphone back in stock at Google

Google's much-anticipated, rarely-seen Nexus 4 smartphone is back in stock on the Google Play online store.

Article | 30/01/2013 Logitech UE 900 earphones

The Logitech UE 900 earphones sit at the absolute peak of the company’s headphone line-up. Beyond the range of computer and mobile headsets, and above...

Article | 29/01/2013 Pioneer XW-SMA4 wireless hi-fi speaker

In the past twelve months, dozens of hi-fi speakers with built-in Wi-Fi networking have popped up on electronics store shelves. While our gold standar...

Article | 23/01/2013 TCL L55V7300F3DE 3D LED TV

We haven’t seen a great deal of publicity locally from TCL in the past, but in the past few months the company has made an effort to show that it want...

Article | 23/01/2013 Why no Surface Pro announcement for Australia is doubly annoying

The big news floating around the Web today is that Microsoft has announced the release date of its Surface Pro tablet -- February 9, just outside the ...

Article | 21/01/2013 Logitech UE 9000 wireless headphones

In recent years, Logitech has transformed itself from being a purely PC peripheral company, selling keyboards, mice, and PC headsets, into an all-aspe...