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Article | 22/05/2013 Toshiba Canvio Slim portable hard drive

The Toshiba Canvio Slim hard drive is one of the most stylish pocket drives on the Australian market, and definitely one of the smallest. Indeed, the ...

Article | 20/05/2013 Metalbox MP10 Android tablet

The Metalbox MP10 is a run-of-the-mill, 10.1in tablet that has a relatively low price point. You can buy this thing for $199, and while it isn't blazi...

Article | 17/05/2013 Roundup: Windows 8 touchscreen computers

Here, on one handy page, are all the reviews we've done so far on Windows 8 computers that have touchscreens. It includes tablets as well laptops, hyb...

Article | 16/05/2013 Toshiba KIRA Ultrabook review

There's a lot of excitement around the high-end KIRA laptop from Toshiba, primarily because it comes with the best screen ever to be put into an Ultra...

Article | 16/05/2013 Microsoft Surface Pro to hit Aussie stores on May 30

In a blog post yesterday, Microsoft confirmed the availability of the Surface Pro in Australia. The long-awaited Windows 8 tablet will be ready for pu...

Article | 14/05/2013 Lenovo ThinkPad Helix convertible Ultrabook

The Lenovo ThinkPad Helix is one of the best examples of a Windows 8 tablet that can also be used capably as a Windows 8 laptop. The tablet is excelle...

Article | 10/05/2013 Product snapshot: Olympus PEN E-P5 camera

The Olympus PEN E-P5 Micro Four Thirds camera follows on from the successful PEN models before it, such as the E-PL5, by supplying new features, sligh...

Article | 8/05/2013 Toshiba's luxurious Ultrabook: KIRA

Toshiba has just shown off its KIRA Ultrabook, which is a premium Windows 8 Pro-based laptop aimed at users who want something more than a standard, c...

Article | 8/05/2013 ASUS Transformer AiO all-in-one PC

ASUS is a company that's big on innovation, and it has occasionally hit the mark with products such as the netbook, for example. But the company's abi...

Article | 6/05/2013 Gigabyte U2442F Extreme Ultrabook

Gigabyte, a company better known for its motherboards and graphics cards, has created an Ultrabook that aims to be more than just slim and light. The ...

Article | 1/05/2013 ASUS DSL-N55U N600 wireless router

Apart from its funky styling and a triple antenna array, what sets the ASUS DSL-N55U apart from other modem-routers that we've tested is its interface...

Article | 26/04/2013 In pictures: iiNet's Budii ADSL2+ modem

We don't often perform 'unboxing' articles about modem-routers, but iiNet's Budii deserves one considering how much effort the ISP has put into the pa...

Article | 25/04/2013 Toshiba Satellite P870 notebook

The Satellite P870 is the big boy in Toshiba's notebook range, and it's designed for those of you want a large and luxurious computer for the home. It...

Article | 23/04/2013 Canon EOS 700D review and sample images

If you're looking for a simple digital SLR camera, perhaps even your first digital SLR camera, Canon's EOS 700D is ideal. It comes in a relatively sma...

Article | 22/04/2013 Medion Akoya E6232 (MD 99222) notebook

Here's what you need to know about the Medion Akoya E6232 (MD 99222): it's a cheap, 15.6in laptop with an Intel Core i3 CPU, 4GB of RAM and a 500GB ha...