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Photos: Volkswagen Golf GT Sport TSI

We like VW's Golf GT Sport TSI a lot. We pick at its nits and study its bits, including its Twincharger engine.

Photos: Bill Gates, a photo biography

Just days before he finally hangs up his hat as Microsoft's figurehead and inspiration (on 27 June), ZDNet.com.au looks back at Bill Gates' career over the past 30 years.

Photos: Scorpion supercar to burn petrol and hydrogen

Ronn Motors, based in Texas, is offering a glimpse of a high-end hydrogen-gasoline sports car it hopes to sell by the northern autumn.

Uni students get stuck in traffic for Nokia

It's not often that you get people volunteering to get stuck in traffic. However, that's exactly what happened last week in Northern California.

New MacBook Air photos

Steve Jobs unveils an ultrathin notebook and take two for the Apple TV, amid an array of iPhone, iPod, and iTunes updates.

Tata Nano, the sub-AU$3,000 car

Ratan Tata set his engineers the task of building a car under 100,000 rupees to put his countrymen on four wheels. This and other highlights from the New Delhi Auto Expo.

Shanghai pool party: Motorola launches the RAZR2

Highlights from Motorola's RAZR2 launch party in Shanghai, featuring a bendy water nymph and Sex and the City's Kristin Davis.

More pictures that lie

CBS puts Katie Couric on a digital diet -- and that's just one of many recent instances of image trickery.

Philips's far-out future products

At a recent event in New York City, Philips showed off prototypes of its potential products of the future, which included new designs for home theatre, LED lighting, and even growing herbs.

Photos: Pictures that lie

Scientific fraud. Tabloid hijinks. Digital tinkering with photos is rampant, but new software could help set the record straight.

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iPhone bill shock hits Optus

Like Vodafone, Optus has started to receive complaints about iPhone billing problems relating to excess data charges.
Nokia takes 'Lonely Planet' mobile

Tired of lugging a big travel book on vacation? Some Nokia phone users won't have to. They'll be able to download Lonely Planet travel guides directly onto their mobile handsets.
iPhone patch fixes 3G issues

Apple has acknowledged the iPhone 3G's reception issues, appearing to confirm that the iPhone OS 2.0.2 software update was designed to fix those problems.
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.
LG Prada II comes with a keyboard?

Remember the LG Prada? Yeah, that fashion touchscreen phone that preceded the original iPhone by a few months. We have an exclusive photo of the Prada II, but this time with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard.
Oi!: Poll: Do you want turn-by-turn GPS on the iPhone 3G?

Does the non-availability of turn-by-turn satellite navigation on the iPhone have to do with clause in the development kit forbidding applications "designed or marketed for real time route guidance"?
Nokia 8800 Carbon Arte aims for the big end of town

Another day, another Nokia. This time it's the premium 8800 Carbon Arte. Like its predecessors in the 8800 series, this Arte doesn't skimp on build quality with carbon fibre, titanium, polished glass and stainless steel.
Lotus tackles Antarctica

Lotus is known for making small, fast cars with Toyota engines, but the company's engineering department gets into all sorts of projects, with the Concept Ice Vehicle (CIV) being one of the more novel.
Apple has killed the video store; will ISPs be next?

The Olympics are nearly over, and the Australian team deserves kudos for an excellent performance all around. Yet even as the Olympic sun sets on the Bird's Nest for the last time this weekend, millions of spectators around the world will be scanning their dials in the hope of finding something else to fill their viewing hours.