What were your peers been reading last month? Check out the 10 most popular articles on ZDNet Australia during August.

1. Broadband over powerline gets boost from US A new initiative in the US could give broadband over powerline (BPL) a kick-start, with two US companies getting together to provide Internet connectivity through electricity cables.

2. Review: HTC Touch While not a iPhone killer, the HTC Touch represents good value for money. If you can do without 3G support or a high-res camera, then the Touch will offer most features you'd require from a smartphone.

3. Photos: Inside the Sydney Googleplex It's not quite the Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, but Googleplex Sydney is nonetheless an intriguing insight into the Google mindset.

4. Blog: Get your hands off my Internet, Virgin! Getting into the finer print of Virgin's broadband-over-3G plans is a little like getting up close and personal with the office hottie and then discovering they have a personal hygiene problem...

6. Blog: Kill GPRS to make Virgin Broadband fly After struggling with Virgin Mobile's broadband over 3G for a couple of weeks, I discovered a modem tweak that has completely changed my Internet experience.

7. Sky makes Google Earth a virtual telescope Google Earth will, from tonight, allow users to view the sky as seen from ground level, thanks to a new feature called Sky.

8. Review: Toshiba Portege R500 Toshiba's much-anticipated Portege R500 may be the best ultraportable laptop available right now, but mobile broadband is conspicuously absent.

9. Skype users left hanging without a service Many Skype users were unable to make calls yesterday after a "software problem" left some callers without a service for at least 14 hours.

10. AAPT promises 'naked DSL' by Christmas AAPT has revealed that it will start selling Internet connectivity without the need for a phone connection before the end of the year.