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Article | 31/10/2012 Acer Aspire U Series (7600U-UR308) touchscreen PC

Neatness and convenience are perhaps the best features of all-in-one PCs, which don't require much effort to set up and use, and they can be placed in...

Article | 30/10/2012 In pictures: Windows Phone 8 handsets

The Australian launch of Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 was a disappointment to most journalists looking for nitty gritty details on the company's new mo...

Article | 25/10/2012 ASUS Taichi 21 hybrid Ultrabook (preview)

One of the new form factors that will showcase Windows 8 is an 11.6in, dual-screen laptop from ASUS called the Taichi. The Taichi features a tradition...

Article | 23/10/2012 Photographing Sculpture by the Sea with the Sony Alpha A57 camera

Sony's Alpha SLT-A57Y is a 16-megapixel, mid-sized digital camera that's designed to appease users who want something relatively easy to use, yet also...

Article | 23/10/2012 Sony Alpha SLT-A57Y camera

Sony's Alpha SLT-A57Y is a 16-megapixel, mid-sized digital camera that's designed to appease users who want something relatively easy to use, yet also...

Article | 22/10/2012 Acer Aspire S7 (S7-391-73514G12aws) Windows 8 Ultrabook

The Acer Aspire S7 (model number S7-391-73514G12aws) is the first fully-functional Windows 8-based Ultrabook to come through our Test Centre, and it's...

Article | 18/10/2012 WD Red NAS hard drive (WD30EFRX)

WD's Red series of hard drives is designed to be used with network attached storage (NAS) devices, rather than in desktop computers. The drives are ne...

Article | 15/10/2012 Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon (type 3444-2NM) Ultrabook review

If there's one word that you can't use to describe the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon, it's soft. On the contrary, it's one of the toughest, if not the cur...

Article | 12/10/2012 HP ElitePad 900 Windows 8 tablet (preview)

The ElitePad 900 is a Windows 8 tablet that has been designed strictly with business users in mind. It puts a focus on security features and manageabi...

Article | 10/10/2012 WD My Net Central N900 wireless router

The Western Digital My Net Central N900 is a dual-band, 802.11n wireless router with a twist: it has a built-in hard drive so that you can easily stor...

Article | 9/10/2012 Qnap TS-469Pro NAS device

The Qnap TS-469Pro is a four-bay network attached storage (NAS) device that's geared towards those of you who want an advanced and versatile network s...

Article | 5/10/2012 Netgear R6300 802.11ac wireless router

At the enthusiast end of the wireless networking market there is a router that can perform faster than practically every other consumer wireless route...

Article | 4/10/2012 A Beginner's Guide to Windows 8

This book will guide you through some of the new features that you can expect to find in Windows 8, including the all-important Start screen. We'll al...

Article | 3/10/2012 Seagate Backup Plus Portable Drive

The Seagate Backup Plus Portable Drive is a 2.5in hard drive-based external storage device that can be used as a backup drive not only for your comput...

Article | 28/09/2012 Toshiba Satellite Z930 Ultrabook

With a maximum thickness that barely approaches 17mm and a weight that's only just over 1.1kg, the 13.3in Toshiba Satellite Z930 is clearly one of the...