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Desktop digest: 13 things you need to know to buy the perfect desktop

Despite the laptop gaining strength as the PC du jour in recent times, the desktop still has a place in the home. Here are our top 25 things to consider before buying or building your own desktop.

Corel Home Office

Despite some compatibility setbacks, Corel Home Office suite is useful for creating documents. Its conscientious size, small-screen optimisations, and attractive price make it a good buy for a Netbook office suite, or for saving space by shedding advanced features.

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Reviews

Apple iWork '09

Intuitive interface design and easy access to useful features make iWork the best office suite choice on the Mac. Though it lacks some of Microsoft Office's advanced options, iWork '09 is an emerging powerhouse in its own right.
Firefox 3

If only for the speed, lightness of being and security alone, Firefox remains our Editors' Choice for best internet browser.
Netgear EVA8000 Digital Entertainer HD

Netgear's EVA8000 is a streaming media player designed to plug into your high-definition television, allowing you to enjoy your videos and listen to music stored on your network from the comfort of your lounge.
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard

The grace of Leopard's interface enhancements makes productivity more pleasurable with a Mac, as more than 300 functional and fun features top off this update.
Apple iWork '08

Apple's new iWork becomes a more well-rounded productivity package by adding Numbers for spreadsheets. Pages and Keynote include some nifty visual enhancements too.
Microsoft Office Standard 2007

Microsoft Office Standard 2007 is a worthy upgrade if you need to make sleeker-looking documents and presentations. But you stick to your current software if you don't feel that it lacks anything.
Mozilla Firefox 2

Mozilla Firefox 2 is a winner, beating Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 on security, features, and overall cool factor and deserving our Editors' Choice award.
Internet Explorer 7

IE 7 was Microsoft's one chance to leapfrog ahead of the competition, but the company has only barely caught sight of the current front-runners. For more features and greater security, switch to Mozilla Firefox.

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Features

WWDC 2009 live blog

We blog live at Apple's WWDC 2009 keynote speech.
Microsoft Techfest 2008: New language tools for the web

Microsoft Research shows off some new language tools they're working on.
Wireless glossary

3G, GPRS, TransFlash, RS-MMC. Don't know what they mean? Check out our glossary of wireless terms.
Digital photography glossary

Having problems with certain camera jargons? Fret not. We have compiled a list of the common terms and definitions used in digital photography.

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News

Mozilla releases Firefox 3.5

Firefox 3.5, the embodiment of Mozilla's attempt to "upgrade the web", is now available for Windows and Mac.
Google tries jump-starting 3D web

An open-source browser plug-in gives games and other web applications the ability to take advantage of a computer's graphics chip.
Microsoft aims to build a better thesaurus

Borrowing techniques used in machine translation, a team of researchers in Redmond believes it has found a better way to serve up synonyms.
Mozilla's Firefox 3 beta: Improved but imperfect

The widely used open-source Web browser gets boosts in security, bookmarking and history search.

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DIYs and How-to

Windows Starter Kit: Must-have PC apps

Bought a new PC but hate the bloatware it comes with? We've sourced the best free Windows apps to increase your productivity.
101 software tips, tweaks and tricks

Our insider secrets will help you master your PC and its most important applications.
Set Firefox on fire

Firefox's many new extensions can make a good browser into a great browser. We show you how.
Handhelds buying guide

Choosing the right handheld is all about finding the perfect balance of size, weight, performance, features, and cost.

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Downloads

.NET SAML Component for C#,VB,ASP.NET

Add support for SAML v1.1 single sign-on (SSO) to your ASP.NET applications.
Open Search Server

Open source search engine and web crawler.
Applications = Code + Markup: A Guide to the Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation

By Charles PetzoldPublished by Microsoft Press (http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780735619579)Get the definitive guide to the Windows Presentation...
Just Translate

Instantly translate and understand foreign language texts.

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.