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Article | 24/05/2012 Siri-like Dictation coming in Mountain Lion

Rather than being a Mac version of the Siri-style personal assistant available in beta on the iPhone 4S, the Mac tool is more likely to be the Dictati...

Article | 24/05/2012 Government opens inquiry into IT prices

The Australian Government has begun a parliamentary inquiry into technology prices, and will report on whether Australians pay more for IT hardware, v...

Article | 24/05/2012 Lenovo's end of financial year sale is on now

Lenovo is no stranger when it comes to hosting big online sales, and the company's end of financial year sale is shaping up to be a useful money saver...

Article | 24/05/2012 HP to cut jobs and ditch products in restructure

HP will cut 27,000 jobs and ‘rationalise’ its product line-up as apart of a two year long restructuring process that will “simplify business processes...

Article | 23/05/2012 Vivid Sydney 2012 gets some love from will.i.am

The member of the Black Eyed Peas will be participating in an arts project facilitated by Sydney-based arts company, Spinifex, which will be an intera...

Article | 23/05/2012 In Pictures: CeBIT Australia 2012

Tech companies are out in force at CeBIT Australia 2012, showing off everything from desktops and laptops to printers, storage and networking products...

Article | 15/05/2012 Blogs: MacBook Pro refreshes may be imminent

Hints that Apple will soon refresh its iMac desktop and MacBook Pro laptop lines accumulated today as several Mac-centric blogs revealed new details g...

Article | 15/05/2012 In Pictures: 8 ways to customise Windows 8

Here are eight ways that you can customise your installation of Windows 8 Consumer Preview.

Article | 10/05/2012 In pictures: HP EliteBook Folio 9470m Ultrabook

HP's new EliteBook Folio 9470m is a 14in Ultrabook designed for business users. It features docking capabilities, integrated mobile broadband and it s...

Article | 10/05/2012 In pictures: HP's new ENVY Spectre XT Ultrabook

HP's ENVY Spectre XT has an all-metal design and is said to be only 14.5mm thick. It features a third generation Intel Core i5 CPU, 4GB of DDR3 SDRAM,...

Article | 1/05/2012 More than 10,000 apps in Mac App Store

There are now more than 10,000 apps available on the Mac App Store. The Mac App Store launched in January 2011 with 1,600 apps, 16 months, and 8,400 a...

Article | 26/04/2012 In Pictures: Intel’s new Ivy Bridge chips

Nano-transistors powering big gains in power, efficiency

Article | 23/04/2012 New Lenovo ThinkPad laptops will ditch the classic keyboard

ThinkPads have long set the gold standard for laptop keyboards, but recent Lenovo laptop models and leaked photos of upcoming ThinkPads indicate the l...

Article | 26/04/2012 Apple will decline in the post-Steve Jobs era: Forresters CEO

Never mind the blowout numbers announced Tuesday. Apple's best days are behind it.

Article | 20/04/2012 Dell Refreshes Alienware Laptop Line, Discontinues M11x

Dell is refreshing most of its Alienware gaming laptop line, except for the baby of the bunch, the Alienware M11x. According to the company, the M11x ...

Article | 18/04/2012 Microsoft details four versions of Windows 8

Microsoft has given formal names to the four versions of Windows 8 -- Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro, Windows 8 Enterprise and Windows RT.

Article | 14/04/2012 Intel targeting Ivy Bridge processors at Windows 8 tablets

Intel's upcoming Core i-series processors based on the Ivy Bridge architecture are being pitched at ultrabooks, but the company is now extending the c...

Article | 13/04/2012 Opinion: Microsoft, instead of turning the lights off on XP, make it open source

To state the obvious,, Microsoft is hugely important economically and culturally, and as Peter Parker (AKA Spiderman) was told by his grandfather: "Wi...

Article | 12/04/2012 Ultrabooks to sell better this year, but price still a challenge, analysts say

Ultrabooks are expected to sell better this year, due to a larger selection of models slated to arrive on the market. But pricing and competition from...

Article | 12/04/2012 Samsung eyes next generation of NAND to lower laptop cost

A new type of NAND flash storage for consumer electronics that can store data more densely might lower the cost of devices such as tablets and thin "u...