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Iomega External Hard Drive FireWire 800/FireWire 400/USB (400GB)

Users who can and want to take advantage of this drive's FireWire 800 capability will rejoice, but USB 2.0 users should look elsewhere for an external hard drive.

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Seagate Pushbutton Backup External Hard Drive

Seagate's Pushbutton External Hard Drive is capacious, but its performance is disappointing.

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LaCie d2 Quadra Hard Drive

The LaCie d2 Quadra is a capacious and speedy drive, with lots of connection options.

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Toshiba USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive

The Toshiba USB 2.0 Portable Hard Drive is an attractive drive with a decent price. Its size makes it great for travel, but we can't recommend it due to its lack of performance.

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LaCie d2 Hard Drive Extreme with Triple Interface (250GB)

The fastest, best-looking external hard drive we've tested to date.

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Home audio without the wires

Desktops, notebooks and phones have all gone wireless. Will your stereo and TV soon be untethered?

Data dumping ground: external hard drives

You can now store hundreds of gigabytes of data in a compact external hard disk drive. But not all external drives are created equal though, so we've compiled four popular options to see how they stack up.

FireWire standard accelerates to 3.2Gbps

The speed of FireWire is set to quadruple next year after the group behind it announced a new specification for the networking interface.

LaCie dresses up its new hard drives

LaCie unveiled a whole posse of new hard drives at this year's CES.

Apple's new MacBooks: Which one is right for you?

Each laptop in Apple's Macbook range is geared toward a certain kind of user. We breakdown which is best for you.

Pixel perfect: Getting organised, part 2: more hard stuff

More archiving advice on how to scan hundreds or even thousands of print originals without losing your mind and how to copy MiniDV tapes to your PC.

Laptop lowdown: 25 things you need to know to buy the perfect notebook

In the market for a new notebook? Check out our list of 25 things you need to consider before you hit the shops.

Renovating? Don't forget to network

Been doing a bit of renovating? Before you install the plasterboard and start painting, consider spending an afternoon to run a local area network (LAN) through your house.

CNET.com.au's GPS Buying Guide

Prices for GPS devices have come down in the last year and many of us are looking at jumping on the bandwagon. We take a look at how it works, why you should (or shouldn't) buy a GPS, as well as key features to look out for.

A guide on how to iPod your car

An iPod, or any MP3 player, is a great way of carrying around shedloads of music. But why should you only listen to your music collection on the bus or train? We show you how to hook your iPod up to your car.

More wires, more fire: FireWire 800

FireWire 800 ups the speed ante, promising twice the data transfer rate of FireWire 400. But what does this mean for you?

Essential iPhone and iPod gadgets for your car

Need to take your shiny new iPhone or iPod on the road? Instead of stashing it away in the glovebox, try wiring it up to your car with these handy gadgets.

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.

Paid to Play? The state of pro-gaming in Australia

Just how active is the pro-gaming scene in Australia? Are we a nation that can stand toe-to-toe against the best gamers in the world? And if we're not competitive, then who's to blame? Check out the answers to all these and more as we put Australia's pro-gaming culture under the spotlight in this in-depth GameSpot AU feature.

Digital SLR buying guide

CNET.com.au gives you the low-down on what to look for in a digital SLR camera.

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CitrixWire 4.1.1

Search, download, and share any kind of media files via Gnutella network.

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iWire Broadcast 1.3

Search and listen to live radio stations.

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Wireless AutoSwitch 10.3

Control your wireless card for faster wired or wireless network connections.

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Paragon Drive Copy 9.0

Deploy new hard drive, migrate data, and create bootable backup copy of a hard drive or its partitions.

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Constructor 8.01

Create, evaluate, and print electrical ladder diagrams, schematics, and one-line diagrams easily.

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