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Mate DIYs and How-to

Tips and tricks for shooting a wedding video

So you've been entrusted to videotape your sibling/cousin/best mate's wedding, what do you do now?

Learn to rock with GarageBand

Step-by-step instructions on setting up your own home recording studio.

Digital photo basics

Whether you've just bought a digital camera or are in the market for one, you'll learn the basics of buying and using a digicam in this introductory primer on digital photography.

Headphones come in all shapes and sizes, spanning the gamut from small and sporty to large and professional. Junking the set supplied with your MP3 player is also the easiest way to improve its sound quality. We step you through the ins and outs, as well as the technical mumbo jumbo.

Unwrapped: Tips and tricks for your new laptop

You were extra good this year and got a new laptop ... so that you can work from home (oh, joy!). Here are three ways that you can also have some fun with your laptop in 2007.

How to make your smart phone smarter

You don't have to be a brain surgeon to boost your smart phone's IQ. Downloadable software offers maps and directions, an instant messenger, and the latest news to go.

Enabling push e-mail on your Windows Mobile 5.0 PDA

Even older Windows Mobile 5.0 smartphones are capable of push e-mail, simply by applying a ROM update. We show you how.

DIY: Improve Your Image - Tune up your monitor

Unlike CRTs, which have fully adjustable images, LCD monitors allow for little image tweaking, but that doesn't mean you can't enhance your settings at all. Here we show you how to get the most from your flat-panel display.

Surround sound buying guide

If you're feeling surrounded by questions instead of ambient sound, you've come to the right place. We have suggestions on how to shop for everything surround, from receivers to speakers to full home-theatre systems.

Mate image galleries

Exposure: Chris Bray

Adventurer Chris Bray shares some incredible wildlife shots from the Canadian Arctic, New Zealand and Cradle Mountain, Tasmania.
New BMW 7-Series is a smoother, less controversial plutocrat

Over the weekend BMW released information, as well as the first official pictures, of its new 7-Series. The cheers you just heard were from politicians and captains of industry the world over.
Photos: BMW scoops pool at 2008 International Engine of the Year awards

At this year's International Engine of the Year awards, BMW took out five of the 11 categories on offer, while its 3-litre twin-turbo engine also successfully defended the overall title it won last year.
Photos: Hands-on with the HTC Touch Diamond

It's not the Android phone we'd been hoping for, but HTC's Diamond looks like a real gem. The team from CNET.co.uk were on hand at the launch, armed with a camera, to bring us this exciting first look.
Photos: Lady Elliot Island, Great Barrier Reef

Where better to launch a new range of cameras and camcorders than at the Great Barrier Reef?