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Sony recalls VAIO TZ laptops

Sony advised today that there has been a recall on certain units of its VAIO TZ series notebook, due to "irregularly placed wires near the hinge" or "a dislodged screw inside the hinge" causing a short circuit and the laptop to overheat.

Plasma TV on the rebound?

Plasma technologies are enjoying a resurgence, with smaller screen sizes helping to increase worldwide sales by over half in the past year.

Intel's wireless power means no more batteries

Intel has shown showed off a wireless electric power system that could revolutionise modern life by freeing devices from transformers and wall outlets.

Australia to miss out on 160GB PS3

Sony Australia rep says new "limited edition" PS3 version won't be made available down under; confirms PSP-3000 price locally, LittleBigPlanet and PlayTV release date.

Readers share iPhone 3G woes

Reception problems with the iPhone 3G are occurring in towns and cities across the US, based on readers' responses last week to a request for more information about their experiences with the handset.

Holden wants petrol-electric Volt

Holden is keen to bring the Volt plug-in electric car to Australia, however General Motors says that it is merely keeping its options open at the moment.

GTAIV hijacking PCs in November

Rockstar North's crime epic will be available for Windows machines on 18 Nov in the US and 21 Nov in the UK; conversion will feature "expanded" multiplayer modes.

Apple grows Australian market share

Apple's share of the Australian personal computer market has jumped sharply in the last year, according to statistics released this week by Australia's two largest technology analyst firms.

New Mios Moov away from Whereis maps

With its 2008 Moov range, Mio becomes the first major GPS manufacturer in Australia to use maps from Navteq instead of Telstra's Whereis arm.

Hands-on with the Samsung INNOV8

Our colleagues in the US got a chance to play with the new Samsung INNOV8 in San Francisco and have reported back with their impressions.

Can Spore meet its lofty expectations?

Electronic Arts' much-anticipated game Spore comes out 7 September. Can it live up to expectations?

Report: Apple increasing iPhone 3G production

Demand for Apple's iPhone 3G remains strong, which could be forcing Apple to ramp production beyond its original estimates.

Report: iPhone Nano in time for Xmas

You can expect an iPhone Nano to be on the shelves in time for the holiday shopping season, according to a report on the UK's Daily Mail.

Tesla Roadster's touchscreen interface

You may have heard about the the 6,831 lithium-ion batteries that power the all-electric Tesla Roadster. But what about the user interface from the driver's seat?

Microsoft's computer in the round

CNET News' Ina Fried gets an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at Microsoft's Sphere surface computer.

Adobe hopes Lightroom captures photo trends

Lightroom 2.0 is better at editing just a portion of an image and it plays more nicely with Photoshop. More broadly, it's designed for digital-era photography challenges.

Evora: Lotus finally does comfortable again

Lotus launches its family car, with 2+2 seating, a V6 engine, and an Alpine touchscreen navigation-cum-stereo unit. Lotus purists will be horrified.

Electronics heavyweights unite to develop wireless HD video

Sony, Samsung and other consumer electronics heavyweights are uniting to support a technology that could send high definition video signals wirelessly from a single set-top box to screens around the home.

Fuel-cell vehicles still stuck in first gear

As in years past, fuel cell-powered vehicles are the technology of the future, according to a report published on Thursday by the U.S. National Academies.

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