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Home cinema systems: Are kits or components right for you?

Whether you want to buy a home theatre in a box or go the components route, you'll need to decide which way is best for you right from the start.

How to upgrade your laptop

If you've ever wondered if you can get extra life out of your laptop by upgrading your hardware, there are some options open to you.

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Reviews

WD My Passport Elite 500GB

Desktop users who need a portable drive will find the My Passport Elite endearing, although the dock could stand to be a little more user friendly.
LaCie Starck

External hard drives get trendy, with the fashion touch of famed French designer Philippe Starck.
Seagate Barracuda XT

The Barracuda XT is a 7200rpm 3.5-inch desktop drive featuring 2TB of storage capacity and a fast Serial ATA (SATA) 6Gb/second interface.
HP SimpleSave Portable 320GB

HP's SimpleSave portable drive does make backups simple, as long as your file names aren't too long.
Iomega Home Media Network Drive (1TB)

The Iomega Home Media Network Drive, a single-volume NAS server, is easy to set up and use for even the most novice user; however, its lack of advanced features might lessen its appeal to savvy users.
Apple Time Capsule (2009)

Apple Time Capsule is a convenient and simple wireless router and NAS server combo for your home. Unfortunately, especially in the case of the 1TB version, you can find better deals on devices that offer greater storage space and many more features for the price.
Intel X-25M solid-state drive (80GB)

Intel's X-25M solid-state drive enjoys several advantages over other drives, including better throughput, boot times and battery life. Cost aside, this is by far the fastest data drive available.
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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Features

Cloud computing: An introduction

Cloud computing: a marketing buzzword or the future of the web? We take a look at the basics, including the dangers lurking in the cloud.
Top portable storage devices

If you're looking to transport data between PCs, you're going to need a portable storage solution.
Don't get burned by RAID Zero

To a computer nerd like myself, RAID refers not to a bug spray but to various ways of hooking together multiple hard disks.
MP3 face-off: Flash memory vs. hard drive

When it comes to storage, MP3 players come in two main varieties: flash and hard drive. But which is better?

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News

Police to use national warning system

A national telephone warning system designed to send emergency bushfire alerts could be expanded to warn of mass shootings and major police incidents.
Lensbaby goes ultrawide with lens adapter

Lensbaby is bringing a wider look to its line of selective-focus lenses, announcing the 0.42x Super Wide lens that expands its products' 50mm field of view to 21mm.
Seagate releases 7200.11 fix – again

Seagate has released an updated fix for some of its hard drives, the previous version having "bricked" the 500GB capacity Barracuda 7200.11 drives.
Seagate offers fix for faulty 7200.11 hard drives

Seagate yesterday released a fix to a bug in its current generation of drives that caused them to become undetectable by a computer. Users have found, however, that the fix breaks 500GB drives — the fix has since been retracted.

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DIYs and How-to

GPS buyer's guide

Prices for GPS devices and apps 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.
How to clean up your hard drive

Whether getting rid of an old computer or just making a clean start for your favourite hard drive, it's important to wipe it clean.
Camcorder formats: which one is best?

Prospective camcorder buyers are faced with a choice of four types of camcorder recording media: hard disk, flash memory, MiniDV/HDV tapes, or mini-DVD. We run through the pros and cons of all four formats to make your purchasing journey a little less like a trip through Dante's nine circles of hell.
How to set up a subwoofer

Take our easy-to-follow procedures to integrate your powered subwoofer into a component-level home theatre system.

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Downloads

Wise Disk Cleaner

Scan, clean, and repair your Windows registry.
SystemSuite Professional

Maintain and protect your PC to keep it running flawlessly.
Tidy Up!

Locate duplicate files & tidy up your hard drive.
Glary Utilities Pro

Speed up, maintain, and protect your PC.

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.