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Colin McRae: DiRT 2

If you have any interest whatsoever in off-road racing you'd do well to take this beautiful and thrilling game for a spin.

With exciting new content across the board and plenty of it, Left 4 Dead 2 outdoes its predecessor and makes the zombie apocalypse an absolute blast.

Samsung HT-BD8200

The Samsung HT-BD8200 not only offers a likeable and easy to set-up home cinema system, it also offers audio and video of a higher standard than the price lets on.
Sharp LC40LE700X

The Sharp LC40LE700X is an LED-backlit television that comes in at a very reasonable price, and features great sound and decent picture quality.
Tekken 6

With its beefy cast, impressive Scenario Campaign mode and expansive customisation options, Tekken 6 is the new heavyweight in the fighting game arena
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

Modern Warfare 2 nails the three pillars of play — campaign, cooperative and multiplayer — to earn its place in the pantheon of modern shooters.
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising

This tactical military shooter delivers tense and engaging action, competently completing its objective in the face of AI blunders and occasional bugs.
HP w185

Its limitations mean that the only scenario we can recommend the w185 in is where you need a dirt cheap monitor for extremely basic use, like to throw in a server room. Otherwise if you're looking for quality, we'd look elsewhere.
Ricoh CX2

The CX2 is an attractive proposition on the outside: a CMOS sensor, 10x optical zoom and wide-angle lens, but inside there's a host of noise issues.
Fujifilm FinePix F70EXR

The FinePix F70EXR has a lot to offer underneath its standard exterior, like its 10x optical zoom.

Perfectly calibrate your LCD TV

Want to adjust your flat-panel TV to get the best image for your DVDs? Here's how.
Top five tips for shooting in RAW

Shooting in RAW is one of the best ways to achieve extra control over your images. So what exactly is RAW and how can you make use of it if your camera has this feature?
The top 10 songs the web brought back

Thanks to iTunes, YouTube, Guitar Hero and the like, it's possible for long-forgotten music to be revived in a big way — even if it had disappeared from the airwaves for a reason.
CNET.com.au's digital SLR superguide

Digital SLR cameras have opened up a world of new opportunities in photography. This guide will walk you through the choices and let you take your images to the next level.

Adobe Lightroom 2.2 supports 5D Mark II

Adobe Systems has released Lightroom 2.2, with support for the Canon EOS 5D Mark II and several other newer cameras, building in the camera profiles feature, and mashing a number of bugs.
Olympus announces midrange E-30 dSLR

Olympus today announced a new midrange camera, the E-30 to complete its dSLR lineup.
Fallout 3 unbanned in Australia

Postapocalyptic shooter reclassified in Australia to MA 15+ as a resubmitted version significantly removes the "incentive and reward" for drug use.
Apple upgrades Aperture ambitions to 2.0

No, the company wasn't letting its high-end photo-editing tool wither on the vine. With Aperture 2.0, Apple put the ball back in Adobe's court for raw image editing.

Scanning photo basics

Learn the best methods for scanning a photo into your PC. This guide will get you up and running with your scanner and show you how to get the best-quality results for scanning and sharing your photos online.
Tips for better photo printouts

Want to know how to print great-looking photos? Here are some tips on how you can get the best results from your printer.
Save your mobile phone battery: tips to prolong talk time

So much to say, so little talk time. CNET.com.au shows you how to keep the conversation going by squeezing extra juice from your mobile phone's battery.
How to set-up your home theatre speakers

You don't have to be an electrician or an acoustics expert to get great surround sound from your home theatre system. Just follow the steps in this tutorial to set-up your home theatre speakers for optimum sound.

150 Awesome Sound Effects with Timer

150 Awesome Sound Effects with TimerThis fabulous application has over 150 sound effects bundled in it. Why pay for a single burp or fart noise,...
150 Awesome Sound Effects with Timer V2

150 Awesome Sound Effects with TimerThis fabulous application has over 150 sound effects bundled in it. Why pay for a single burp or fart noise,...
1,001 Ringtones Lite (FREE RINGTONES)

Welcome to the LARGEST collection of ringtones available on the iTunes App Store! Over 250 of our 1000 high quality and unique ringtones are...
1,001 Ringtones Pro (50% Off)

Welcome to the largest collection of high quality ringtones available on the iTunes App Store! Over 1000 (and growing) high quality and unique...

Get (laptop) smart before you buy

Win the numbers game and get the laptop that's perfect your needs as well as your budget!
Microsoft Windows® 7. Your PC, simplified.

Windows® 7 has been designed to be more reliable, more responsive, and to make the things you do every day easier.
Whereis® maps

If you’d like to get to know more of Australia, and do it safely, then check out Whereis® maps.