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Article | 5/05/2011 What is Ivy Bridge?

Ivy Bridge is the codename for Intel's next microprocessor. The Ivy Bridge processor will be a follow-on from the company's successful Second Generati...

Article | 5/05/2011 Moore's Law enters the third dimension as Intel hopes to find way into handheld devices

Intel today announced that it will transition to Tri-Gate transistors in its new 22 nanometre microprocessors, which will allow it to build upward in ...

Article | 20/04/2011 Alienware announces gaming laptops with Sandy Bridge CPUs, up to 4GHz speed

Alienware today announced two new models in its gaming range of laptops for the Australian market: the 18in M18x and the 14in M14x. It also announced ...

Article | 13/04/2011 Top AMD Fusion netbooks in Australia

AMD Fusion netbooks are a step up from traditional netbooks, which are based on Intel Atom CPUs. The AMD Fusion APU (accelerated processing unit) supp...

Article | 11/04/2011 L.A. Noire Trailer 3

L.A. Noire Trailer 3 sheds more light on Phelps’ experiences rising through the ranks of the LAPD. Upon landing at the more glamorous Vice desk, he di...

Article | 8/04/2011 Samsung Notebook Series 9 claimed to be world's thinnest and lightest Core i5 laptop

Samsung has today announced what it claims to be the world's lightest and thinnest Core i5 Sandy Bridge laptop computer. The Samsung Notebook Series 9...

Article | 8/04/2011 Lenovo laptop reviews

Read our reviews of the latest Lenovo laptops, from the humble IdeaPad S10 netbook to the Intel Sandy Bridge-equipped ThinkPad T420.

Article | 8/04/2011 Best Lenovo laptops

We've reviewed a lot of great laptops over the last year, many of them Lenovo. In this round-up we've included some of the best that the company has t...

Article | 7/04/2011 Top rated Lenovo laptops

Lenovo has the distinction of being the only vendor to receive a rating of five stars from the PC World Australia Test Centre for one of its laptops, ...

Article | 5/04/2011 Nikon D5100 entry-level digital SLR announced

Details of Nikon's new D5100 digital SLR are frantically appearing around the Web]]. The new camera will feature a 16-megapixel DX format sensor, an E...

Article | 4/04/2011 Dell Inspiron M102z AMD Fusion netbook now avaliable for Australian customers

Dell's AMD Fusion-based Inspiron M102z laptop is now available for Australian customers at a starting price of $599. It's an 11.6in laptop that can be...

Article | 31/03/2011 Gartner: Tablet sales help drive up IT spending

According to analyst firm Garner, tablet sales will be in part responsible for 5.6 per cent growth in global IT spending this year. According to Garne...

Article | 31/03/2011 The best Sandy Bridge notebooks in Australia

While only a few vendors have sent us laptops based on Intel's 2nd Generation Intel Core CPUs (codenamed Sandy Bridge), one thing is clear: They are t...

Article | 31/03/2011 Six overhyped 2011 games that probably won't deliver

2011 is promising some pretty impressive gaming titles, but will they be everything they're vaunted to be? We've picked out six titles we think will d...

Article | 28/03/2011 The best ever Commodore 64 music

If you're anything like us, you'll often reminisce about the console or computer games you played as a child. For us, it's the Commodore 64, on which ...