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    Microsoft is pushing Tablet PC as the next evolutionary phase of notebooks. We check out the first Tablet PCs available in Australia, as well as looking at the OS that underpins it all.

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    The Australian computer market has bucked seasonal trends to show a stronger than expected growth in the first quarter of 2003.

  • Bali bombings cloud Aust PC market outlook

    Australia's personal computer market improved 7.5 percent in the third quarter from the same quarter a year ago, with 522,000 units sold, according to preliminary estimates from market analyst International Data Corporation.

  • Aust PC sales threatened by war tensions: IDC

    Despite Australia posting an increase of more than 10 percent in PC sales last quarter, industry analysts predict escalating tensions between the USA, North Korea and Iraq will have an unsettling influence on buying patterns in the second half of this year.

  • Michael Dell back as CEO, Rollins resigns

    Michael Dell is back in charge of the company he founded after a terrible year for the PC maker.

  • Apple silent as Intel vPro hits Australia

    All the major business PC manufacturers in Australia -- except Apple -- announced products based on Intel's vPro chipset this week; vPro is designed to improve desktop management facilities for administrators.

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  • Video: Intel vPro debuts

    IDC analyst Mujin Kang gives us his take on the Intel vPro platform, while Optima's Cameron Harding demonstrates what a vPro machine can do.

  • 64-bit Intel server onslaught begins

    Hewlett-Packard, Dell, IBM and others will announce on Monday in the US the first servers to use Intel Xeon processors augmented with 64-bit extensions, a technology with major long-term implications.

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