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Creative GigaWorks HD50 speakers

A decent, good-looking choice for occasional use, but the HD50s don't do justice to DVDs and bass-heavy music.

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James Bond: Quantum of Solace First Look

We track down Activision and Treyarch's first game based on the James Bond movie franchise.

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Sony Ericsson HCB-100

A highly functional portable Bluetooth hands free kit that's at home in either the car or office, but is let down by poor audio quality.

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Nokia 7370

The Nokia 7370 is a trendy-looking phone designed to appeal to fashion-conscious users looking for a decent selection of multimedia features.

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Microsoft Xbox 360 HD-DVD player

While it doesn't offer HDMI connectivity, the Xbox 360 HD DVD player matches up well against stand-alone HD DVD players, and it's a relative bargain at AU$249.95.

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Intel likes a touch of suede

"Chic" was the word on Intel's lips this week as it showed off a new line of concept laptop PCs that the chipmaker believes brings a luxurious personal touch to mobile computing.

Leather laptops coming soon

Don't put a coffee cup on that laptop with the fancy exterior. It might leave a ring. Dow Chemical and Tulip partner on tech fashion.

Yearning for colour on laptops

Black and grey may dominate the choices for many machines, but options are growing for people bored with plain old PCs.

A gadget geek's workout

Caroline McCarthy upgrades her jogging schedule to include the GPS-enabled Garmin Forerunner 305 and discovers that exercise is best left relatively tech-free.

Can cryptography prevent printer-ink piracy?

A San Francisco company is developing chips that use encryption to control which ink cartridges and printers work together.

MacBook Pro vs. the PC competition

Now that Macs are migrating to Intel processors, the Mac vs. PC argument can finally be put to a fair test. See which one won the debate.

Format wars: the tech that should have won

Did you love Laserdisc? Were you bonkers over Betamax? Do you cry yourself to sleep because BeOS never hit the big time? Fret no more -- superdork Captain Tech is here to travel back in time and save the format losers that should have triumphed.

Philips shows off future tech ware

At IFA 2006, the annual consumer electronics fair which runs for six days in Berlin, Dutch giant Philips showcased and demonstrated some of its next-gen, market-ready concepts and prototypes at the Future Zone.

Inside Intel's Sonoma

Intel's latest portable computing platform is here. We lift the lid on the improved CPU, chipset and wireless components, and outline the benefits that mobile professionals are likely to experience.

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Steel-Ref 1.2

Look up the dimension and design properties of different structural steel shapes.

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