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WD My Passport Elite 500GB

Desktop users who need a portable drive will find the My Passport Elite endearing, although the dock could stand to be a little more user friendly.

WD My Passport Essential SE 1TB

Western Digital's 1TB Passport drive isn't pretty or cheap, but its bland look belies the storage and backup goodies within.

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Reviews

Thecus N5500

Thecus' N5500 is, like all of Thecus' lines, best suited to the professional user who doesn't mind tweaking the unit to get the most out of it.
Gigabyte Booktop M1022M

The Booktop may be on the costly side, thanks to the bundled docking station, but it still falls below "premium" netbook costs. Plus the excellent battery life and ability to switch from a desk-bound PC to a portable mini-laptop captured our attention.
LaCie Starck

External hard drives get trendy, with the fashion touch of famed French designer Philippe Starck.
Asus Lamborghini VX5

Asus' Lamborghini VX5 is a luxury laptop, with a luxury price to match — thankfully justified by the quality of the laptop and package. If you've got a wad of cash burning in your pocket, and don't mind a little luxury, the VX5 might be for you.
Acer Extensa 5635Z

The Extensa is a business laptop with no particular frills. That's not a bad thing per se, but it's tough to get too excited about it, either.
Seagate Barracuda XT

The Barracuda XT is a 7200rpm 3.5-inch desktop drive featuring 2TB of storage capacity and a fast Serial ATA (SATA) 6Gb/second interface.
Asus M60J

Core i7 is here in mobile form. Some vendors will be attempting to rush these laptops out as close to the Windows 7 launch as possible. Keep an eye out — looks like the season to upgrade is well and truly upon us.
Netgear Stora NAS

Netgear is having a crack at making an easy-to-use network attached storage (NAS) device for home photos, music and movie files.

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Features

Q&A: Canon helps usher in the video SLR era

In this interview for CNET, Chuck Westfall, technical adviser for Canon's professional products marketing division, answers questions on the future of dSLR, video technology and provides insights into the company's future.
Our favourite laptops of 2008

With the year coming to a close, we collect up our favourite laptops of 2008.
Top portable storage devices

If you're looking to transport data between PCs, you're going to need a portable storage solution.
How to upgrade your PlayStation 3 Hard Drive

Find out how to upgrade the hard drive on your PlayStation 3.

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News

Seagate releases 7200.11 fix – again

Seagate has released an updated fix for some of its hard drives, the previous version having "bricked" the 500GB capacity Barracuda 7200.11 drives.
Seagate offers fix for faulty 7200.11 hard drives

Seagate yesterday released a fix to a bug in its current generation of drives that caused them to become undetectable by a computer. Users have found, however, that the fix breaks 500GB drives — the fix has since been retracted.
D-Link DIR-685: When wireless routing is just part of the job

At CES 2009, Dong Ngo was more than impressed by the all-new Xtreme N Storage DIR-685 wireless router.
D-Link announces surveillance-centric NAS servers

On Thursday, D-Link announced two NAS servers that work more like internet-based surveillance products — or network video recorders (NVRs) — than storage devices. They are the DNS-722-4 and DNS-726-4.

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DIYs and How-to

Laptop lowdown: 25 things you need to know to buy the perfect notebook

In the market for a new notebook? Check out our list of 25 things you need to consider before you hit the shops.
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.
The best ways to back up your data

Backing up your hard drive is something you should do regularly, but because of forgetfulness, the unpleasantness, or just plain laziness, you put it off. Before you know it, the drive takes a dive, and all your files are gone for good.
DIY: Double up your data

RAID arrays aren't just for big businesses. Back up your data and boost your storage with these tips.

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Downloads

DiskTools Pro

Total system utility to find and fix problems on your Mac.
Image for Windows

Create drive images, back up and restore your entire computer.
SeaTools for Windows

Determine the condition of your disc drives.
DiskGetor Data Recovery

Recover your hard drive data.

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.
Commonwealth Bank Mobile Banking

Bank anywhere, anytime. Learn more.
Nokia Navigation

The introduction of GPS adds a new dimension of 'social navigation'.