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  • Dell bids adieu to hard-drive music players

    Dell is dropping high-capacity music players from its roster of consumer electronics products, a company spokesman confirmed on Monday.

  • Toshiba presses play on 60GB audio player

    Toshiba on Monday announced in Japan that it's increasing the song capacity of its Gigabeat line of hard drive-based digital audio players.

  • iPod mini gets July 24 release date in AU

    After postponing the planned April international release of the iPod mini, Apple announced today that it will be pushing through with its worldwide release -- including Australia -- on 24 July.

  • Microsoft's Zune to rival Apple's iPod

    After trying for years to compete with the iPod through an array of partners, Microsoft confirmed Friday that it plans to directly go after Apple Computer with its own rival, Zune.

  • Sony challenges Apple with 20GB music player

    Sony Electronics will begin selling two hard-drive music players this US fall which, combined with its new music download service, will create an iPod-like parallel universe.

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  • Toshiba delays 1.8-inch hard drives

    Toshiba will be releasing its 30GB and 60GB 1.8-inch hard drives later than expected.

  • A new handshake for mini hard drives?

    Intel, Hitachi, Toshiba and others propose CE-ATA, a new interface for miniature hard drives used in consumer electronics.

  • SanDisk CEO flashes forward to phones

    SanDisk co-founder and CEO Eli Harari continues to fight the good fight against Apple's iPod juggernaut, but even he's starting to look toward the future.

  • 10 reasons to buy an iPod Touch over an iPhone

    For those keen to get their hands on Apple's newest must-have toy, but without ditching their existing phone, the iPod Touch is looking like a better proposition than an iPhone. Here's why.

  • Celebrating three decades of Apple

    In the 1970s, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak were going door-to-door at the UC Berkeley dorms selling "blue boxes" -- electronic devices that tricked the telephone network into allowing free long-distance phone calls.

Reviews (93)

  • iPod mini gets Aussie release date

    After postponing the planned April international release of the iPod mini, Apple announced today that it will be pushing through with its worldwide release -- including Australia -- on 24 July.

  • First Take: Apple iPod Mini (6GB)

    Apple's new iPod Mini has a larger 6GB hard drive but not much else.

  • Listen to the Music: 12 MP3 Players Tested

    You want music on the go? We've rounded up 12 MP3 players and put them head-to-head in our Australian review of the latest and greatest portable music devices.

  • Start-up brings hard drive to the masses

    A new hard drive from Cornice is small enough to fit into MP3 players or cameras but costs less than memory cards and other tiny drives.

  • Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6)

    Intel Mac users will like Snow Leopard's smartly designed interface enhancements, and its Exchange support is a must-have (especially with Outlook for Mac on the way). With a ton of technological improvements, Snow Leopard is worth the AU$39 upgrade fee.

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