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Article | 18/09/2008 8 laptop bags that will speed you through airport security

While no one questions the need to properly scan laptops when going through airport security, the requirement to remove them from their protective cas...

Article | 17/09/2008 Four new mini-laptops -- which is smallest, lightest, best?

Like a diamond, a digital media player or a rare coin, the latest mini-notebooks are good things in small packages. By squeezing a lot of computing po...

Article | 16/09/2008 Great gadgets for the digital nomad

When you're on the road, you can't call upon the resources that officebound employees enjoy. But whether your temporary workspace is a table at Starbu...

Article | 11/09/2008 Dual monitors, the only way to go

Not long ago I was in a hotel room, juggling four applications on my teeny, tiny notebook screen. I didn't realize till then how dependent I've become...

Article | 11/09/2008 The best, and worst, of Demo Fall 2008

It isn't something you'll see on a server rack, but a product from a fabless silicon design outfit could help you cut down on air conditioning costs a...

Article | 11/09/2008 Review: Universal printer drivers from Xerox, HP aren't so universal

If, like me, you travel regularly with your laptop between different locations, you know how annoying it can be to get even a simple document printed ...

Article | 19/08/2008 Five innovative political sites

In case you haven't noticed, it's an election year in the US.

Article | 3/09/2008 20 tech habits to improve your life

Technology is supposed to make life easier, but it doesn't seem that way when you're struggling to wrangle 289 new e-mail messages, dealing with a har...

Article | 13/08/2008 Gadgets get Wi-Fi right (Part 1)

I'm often cautious of devices that claim to have Wi-Fi functionality and support, mainly because connecting to Wi-Fi (especially secure Wi-Fi) can be ...

Article | 11/08/2008 Upgrading the HP Mini-Note

The HP Mini-Note PC is one of the best ultraportable laptops on the market for under $1000. The best part is that its RAM and hard drive are easily up...

Article | 11/08/2008 Turn any PC into a media center

Your PC already plays music, and your hard drive holds every digital photo you've ever taken. And you probably watch hours of video on Hulu, Veoh, or ...

Article | 8/08/2008 Free Windows XP tuneup: Put new life into an old workhorse

Microsoft may have given up on Windows XP, but that doesn't mean you have to.

Article | 8/08/2008 Put performance evaluations on the Web

In a business with just a handful of employees, it's easy for the manager to distinguish the worker bees from the drones. But as a business grows and ...

Article | 6/08/2008 Make Leopard leap: Time-saving tips for OS X 10.5

Whether you're writing a report, editing home movies and posting them to YouTube, or managing complex spreadsheets, you want to do it as quickly and e...

Article | 4/08/2008 Virtual servers not always safe

Many IT administrators out there thhttps://secure.idg.com.au/admin/index.php?jid=1&l=1ink that deploying virtual servers will make their VMs bulletpro...

Article | 1/08/2008 What are critical issues with VoIP service?

VoIP services are rapidly becoming the bread and butter of enterprise voice networks, as roughly 72 per cent of all enterprise voice lines shipped by ...

Article | 1/08/2008 Big stock exchanges now battling for microseconds

Computer systems, hardware and networking technologies have improved so much that two of the world's largest trading exchanges say they have begun mea...

Article | 1/08/2008 This IT shop isn't worried about Olympics bandwidth demands

The 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing are just a week away. Is your IT department ready to handle the impact on your business from employees downloading o...

Article | 1/08/2008 At the crossroads: combining analog and digital telephony

With many Australians considering ditching the traditional landline in favour of either naked DSL or mobile telephony, it seems that heavier use of Vo...

Article | 1/08/2008 Building a free computer from spare parts

Ah, the joy of summer storms. A recent one involving a flooded basement (a torrential downpour traveled down a chipmunk burrow that led to an otherwis...