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Best in-car Bluetooth hands-free kits

It's illegal to hold a mobile phone and drive; we pick the best Bluetooth hands-free car kits, so you can inform friends that you'll be late or chat about what so-and-so is doing with you-know-who and not be nabbed by the boys and gals in blue.

Uniden BTSC1500

It tries to pack a few too many features on to the one button, but otherwise the BTSC1500 makes for a good in-car companion.

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Reviews

Sony Ericsson HCB-105

If you never plan to share it and will never use it in a loud vehicle, the HCB-105 is a good sounding, simple to use choice. Everyone else should look elsewhere.
TomTom for iPhone

With the highest price, fewest features and the same ol' iPhone nav problems, TomTom's app is hard to recommend.
Free2Talk BC900

A small, good looking Bluetooth hands-free car kit that relies on solar power. Gimme, gimme, gimme.
Samsung Blue Earth

Treehuggers can now rejoice as Samsung has finally revealed details about its Blue Earth mobile phone; a handset with a solar charging panel over the battery.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH1

The Lumix DMC-GH1 proves that there's fight and fury in the Micro Four Thirds format, with brilliant HD video quality and great still images.
Ashes Cricket 2009

Bugs and glitches mar an otherwise fair attempt at bringing the gentleman's sport to consoles.
Monster Hunter Freedom Unite

Even with tens of hours of new content and welcome improvements over its predecessor, Monster Hunter Freedom Unite has yet to hunt down a few critical annoyances.
Corel Home Office

Despite some compatibility setbacks, Corel Home Office suite is useful for creating documents. Its conscientious size, small-screen optimisations, and attractive price make it a good buy for a Netbook office suite, or for saving space by shedding advanced features.

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Features

The top 10 songs the web brought back

Thanks to iTunes, YouTube, Guitar Hero and the like, it's possible for long-forgotten music to be revived in a big way — even if it had disappeared from the airwaves for a reason.
Wolfram Alpha explained: The world's most academic search engine

Wolfram Alpha claims to be a web-based "computational knowledge engine". What does that mean exactly?
Hybrids coming in 2009 and 2010

While our cousins in the US are having a light downpour of hybrids and electric cars, us Aussies are set for a light sun-shower over the next year or so. We take a look at the four hybrids confirmed for our shores, including the first one to be locally assembled.
Best of CES Awards

Since 2006, CNET has presented the Best of CES Awards, given to the top products in 10 categories as well as one coveted Best in Show award. See the gadgets that topped our list for this year, and find out the People's Voice winner, decided by more than 10,000 member votes.

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News

The Beatles: Rock Band price and launch date announced

You can't buy me love, but you will be able to buy The Beatles: Rock Band in Australia come 9 September, according to game developer Harmonix.
NZ, Australia to get Win7 first

The first retail sales of Windows 7 will take place in New Zealand and Australia on 22 October, Microsoft confirmed this week.
GM turns a shade of green before deadline

It may be teetering on the brink of bankruptcy or nationalisation and have a US government imposed 1 June deadline hanging over its head, but General Motors found time yesterday to tout its green credentials. It also committed to a further greening of the company.
Freeview misunderstanding quashed, but SBS still wants new standard

The network needs MPEG-4 technology — a more efficient method for compressing digital TV signals than the MPEG-2 technology currently in use — to expand beyond its current two digital channels.

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DIYs and How-to

101 software tips, tweaks and tricks

Our insider secrets will help you master your PC and its most important applications.
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.
Eight tips to make your home eco-friendly

Cnet.com.au's top tips to turn your home into a more eco-friendly household.
Five tips for better landscape shots

Transform plain-Jane sceneries to stunning works of art with this guide.

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Downloads

Jing

Snap a picture or record video of your computer screen. Share instantly over the web, IM, and email.
Jing

Snap a picture or record video of your computer screen.
Transits

View daily events of sun and moon.
ZOC Terminal

Establish communication over modem, telnet, or secure shell connections.

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.