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Microsoft Sidewinder
The Sidewinder is a good attempt by Microsoft to launch themselves back into the gaming arena after testing the waters with the Habu, but they're not quite there yet.
Microsoft SideWinder X6 Keyboard
The X6 is an excellent gaming keyboard, providing innovation and useful features while keeping things simple.
Microsoft Works 8.0
As entry-level productivity software, Works 8.0 is a bargain, but it will frustrate power users looking to save a buck.
Microsoft Windows XP SP2
We recommend installing Windows XP SP2 but only after Microsoft has had a few weeks to work out the kinks.
Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
Media Center Edition 2005 is the best desktop DVR app out there, but it's not yet ready to play hub for your digital home.
Microsoft releases public download of Vista
After months of limited testing, Microsoft late on Wednesday made a beta version of Windows Vista publicly available for download.
Microsoft releases Media Center in Australia
Microsoft today launched its long awaited Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, which is designed to converge the home entertainment centre into a single software program.
Vista launch log
Time to reflect on the good, the bad, and the nonsensical that comprised the late-night launches along the eastern seaboard of Australia.
Microsoft launches 'Virtual Earth' beta
Microsoft has unveiled a test version of a new location-based search tool, the software giant said on Monday.
Microsoft nears Windows XP SP3 launch
Microsoft said on Tuesday that it is making public its latest test version of Windows XP Service Pack 3.
101 software tips, tweaks and tricks
Our insider secrets will help you master your PC and its most important applications.
Xbox support after the Xbox 360
Will Microsoft still be producing games for the old Xbox after the new Xbox 360 becomes available in Australia?
Dual boot Windows XP and Vista
Already got XP installed, but want to try Vista? Here's how to run both at once.
How to store your files online
Six options for sharing, backing up and storing your files online.
100 tips to speed up your software
Do more faster with these amazingly useful shortcuts.
Feelin' the vibe at Intel's Viiv launch
Intel, accompanied by a slew of launch partners, today unleashed Viiv on the Australian market. More of a platform than a product, Intel is hoping that Viiv will do for the lounge room PC what its Centrino brand has done for Wi-Fi notebooks.
50 significant moments from internet history
We take you through 50 defining moments of the internet.
Censory Overload: Games censorship in Australia
How much does the right to choose what content you view mean to you, the consumer? GameSpot AU explores the thorny issue of videogame classification and censorship in Australia.
Gaming mouse roundup
We check out three of the latest and greatest gaming mice -- the Razer Lachesis, Microsoft SideWinder and the Logitech G9.
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.
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Photos: Inside Firefox 2 Alpha 1
Firefox 2 Alpha 1 offers features that keep up with Microsoft's latest enhancements to Internet Explorer 7 beta 2.
Photos: Australians XPerience new Vista
Windows Vista was officially released in Australia at midnight. At Harvey Norman's Alexandria, Sydney store, the first official copy of Vista Ultimate -- autographed, rock star-style, by Bill Gates -- was sold to tech professional William Tsang.
Photos: 10 tech flops -- with cool names
Have you ever thought that some tech companies occasionally invest more brainpower in naming their products than in making them successful? You're not the only one who thinks so.
We take a detailed look at the features of Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system, which include improved security options, "gadgets" and integrated search.
CES 2007 Unveiled: Photos from the show floor
Not deterred by a mile-long queue, journalists, retailers and industry members waited patiently in line to enter a modestly sized exhibition room for CES Unveiled, a preview event held in the Sands Expo Center two days before the opening of CES 2007 in Las Vegas.
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