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Toshiba Satellite P100

Toshiba's Satellite P100- PSPAGA offers excellent components, features, and performance, but you can find similar systems for less.

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Toshiba Satellite A200 (Pentium 1.86Ghz, 1GB RAM)

The Satellite A200 is a decent machine for basic productivity needs, but otherwise does little to mark it out from the budget laptop pack.

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Samsung i560

Seeing or using the i560 is hardly a pulse-racing experience. People looking for a solid phone with navigation will find what they are looking for in the i560. Fashionistas should look elsewhere.

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Sony SAVS300H 6.1/7.1 speakers

For the price, these Sony speakers look great and sound OK, but the same money can get you a better set, or even a whole system.

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TomTom Go 720

Don't let its beautiful body tempt you, the TomTom Go 720 is both too pricey and too buggy. The cliche "beauty is only skin deep" is particularly apt here.

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Encrypted satellite phones avoid prying ears

Cairns-based counter-surveillance and encrypted telephony outfit ESD Group has begun shipping encryption-capable satellite telephones that work anywhere in Australia.

30,000 get naked with iiNet

Australia's third-largest internet service provider iiNet today said it had signed up more than 30,000 local customers to its naked DSL service and more than 80,000 to its internet telephony offering.

Microsoft site makes digital photos into panoramas

Microsoft's newest web tool, Photosynth, is designed to give viewers a much zippier way to stitch multiple images together into a panoramic scene.

Optus's Asian access still patchy

Access to some Asian Web sites continues to be erratic for Optus broadband customers more than a week after major earthquakes damaged undersea cables off the coast of Taiwan.

What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas

During my whirlwind trip last week to the US to attend the biggest consumer electronics expo of the year, CES 2007, and Apple's annual gathering of Mac aficionados, Macworld, my feeling that Australia is being left behind intensified.

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.

How to connect your HDTV

In this guide, we help make connecting your TV to the rest of your system less intimidating, and explain all the relevant technologies.

Avoiding downloading pitfalls

Downloads always breaking? Follow our handy pointers to get the most out of your Internet connection.

Surround sound buying guide

If you're feeling surrounded by questions instead of ambient sound, you've come to the right place. We have suggestions on how to shop for everything surround, from receivers to speakers to full home-theatre systems.

DIY: Desktop buying guide

What you need to know -- from finding the type of PC that fits your lifestyle to catching up on all of the latest trends.

Is it time to go HD?

Want to know whether HD is worth it yet? Here is our look at what's changed in the world of high-def lately — and what's on the horizon.

Wireless glossary

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

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Reset Local Password Pro 3.0.8

Change passwords for local accounts from a remote computer.

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Firefox Toolbar for LookLOCAL Maps 1.1

Access maps, search products and services, map location, and get directions.

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Digeus Online TV Player 2.7

Watch global, local, and live TV channels online.

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MyFreeWeather 2.10

View the sky in any city in the world and track local weather.

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Google Earth 4.3.7284.3916

View, explore, and zoom any place on the planet.

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