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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.

Centrino 2 launches in Australia

Centrino 2 is among us — with three laptops already on the shelves, and significantly more due by August.

Report: Sony to make low-cost mini notebook

Sony is prepping a notebook based on Via's OpenBook reference design.

Edifier speakers in pastel parade

The new Edifier E3350 speaker range comes in four pastel colours. For those who crave more metallic lilac in their lives.

Numbers game: Macs safe but not so secure

The scalp of Mac OS X has been waved trophy-like after being hacked in controlled environments, yet security researchers are hard pressed remembering the last time a Mac was compromised in the wild.

Can Seagate steer hybrid-drive market?

Price and industry standardisation remain barriers to widespread adoption, but the biggest hard-drive maker could force competitors to keep pace.

CES 2007: Vista's coming, ready or not

Vista is everywhere at CES. It's dominated the conversations we've had with nearly every major desktop, laptop, peripheral, and software vendor we've met with.

Sony to launch notebook battery recall

Sony plans to recall 340,000 rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that shipped with notebook computers in the US, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission announced Monday.

Dell: Exploding batteries are Sony's fault

Chairman Michael Dell has denied that the way Dell constructs its PCs played a part in a spate of battery-related fires. He instead laid the blame entirely with the manufacturer of the battery cells, Sony.

Sony gets into video sharing with Grouper hug

A unit of Sony, which has struggled to piece together a winning Web strategy, has acquired video-sharing site Grouper for $65 million, the companies announced Wednesday

First Blu-ray disc drive won't play Blu-ray movies

The first Blu-ray (BD) disc drive for desktop PCs is here, but be warned -- it won't play commercial BD movies.

Verbatim fires blanks, nudges Blu-ray ahead

Verbatim today announced the immediate availability of blank BD-R and BD-RW Blu-ray media, joining TDK and Sony as the three manufacturers shipping blank Blu-ray discs to Australia at this point in time. In contrast, HD-DVD blanks are still yet to arrive.

Sony Blu-ray notebooks to hit Australia in July

It's game on in the next-generation DVD battle. Hot on the heels of Toshiba's release of Australia's first HD DVD equipped notebook, Sony has announced that it will be bringing in Blu-ray in the form of the VAIO VGN-AR18 laptop from next month.

Will your PC keep pace with Vista?

The next version of Windows will grade performance. You'll have to decide whether to buy a new hard drive.

Forget the browser wars, prepare for the toolbar wars

A potential deal between Google and Dell highlights the new turf battle over the choices PC users have on first booting up.

Intel debuts Core Duo: dual-core processors come to laptops

In a keynote speech by CEO Paul Otellini at CES 2006 in Las Vegas, Intel officially unveiled its new Centrino Duo Mobile Technology.

Leather laptops coming soon

Don't put a coffee cup on that laptop with the fancy exterior. It might leave a ring. Dow Chemical and Tulip partner on tech fashion.

Sony's home server stores 1 terabyte

Who needs that much? Anyone who wants to record a week's worth of TV shows.

Sony unleashes Aussie Christmas lineup

Highlights include hard drive Walkman, 7 megapixel cameras, digital STB and Qrio. But don't get too excited about Qrio yet.

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