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  • Oracle guru Kyte hits Oz

    When an Oracle customer needs an answer, they send Tom Kyte. As one of the company's foremost database experts and author of the blog Ask Tom, Kyte spoke to ZDNet.com.au about database history and strange Oracle issues.

  • Aussies buy two Sun Blackboxes

    Sun Microsystems has sold two of its Project Blackbox "datacentre in a shipping container" products in Australia over the last year, the company revealed last week.

  • Visual Studio 2010 can replay bugs

    Microsoft has revealed plans for the next version of its development suite, Visual Studio 2010, to be able to record testing sessions so that developers can reproduce and closely examine software bugs.

  • Paranoid Android: Did they forget Oz?

    Dozens of phone calls and emails today made one thing clear: none of Australia's telcos or handset manufacturers has briefed their staff on when mobile phones running Google's Android system will be made available locally, if they are at all.

  • UK govt to monitor all telecoms

    UK internet service providers will be invited to tender for a British government scheme to monitor all internet communications and telecommunications in the country.

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  • Read the blog post - Alex Serpo

    Sun's BlackBox Down Under

    A humorous look at Sun Microsystems' revelation it had shipped two of its Project BlackBox 'datacentre in a shipping container' products in Australia over the past year.

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  • Photos: Disk drive dissection

    What's inside the latest 160GB notebook hard drive from Western Digital? Our photo gallery shows you.

  • Apple iPod touch unveiled

    Can't wait to get your hands on the Apple iPod Touch? We have one of the first to hit Australia to show you what it's like up-close, what's in the box and what it can do.

  • BMC CEO on automating IT, cost management

    BMC Software chief executive Bob Beauchamp on the revenge of the CFO and unravelling business' "ugliest ball of yarn."

  • Testing times for Qantas online

    When you're serving millions of page views a day and actively trying to encourage four million loyal customers to use the Internet, how do you ensure those applications don't come crashing to the ground?

  • Tech beyond black boxes? It just won't fly

    In the digital era, why don't planes beam more flight data directly to a network of ground stations?

Reviews (27)

  • Epson Stylus Photo T50

    The T50 is a reasonably priced single-function printer that produces good photos and can handle CDs too, but the ongoing consumable costs and text quality let this inkjet down.

  • AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition

    While the higher power consumption is a slight concern, the X4 955 proves that AMD is back in the performance game and ready to play hard ball. Bring on the next generation.

  • HP Officejet Pro L7590

    While it may seem like an ideal office multifunction printer on specs alone, the L7590 has its fair share of problems. Variable print quality and its sheer size do a lot to offset the speed and versatility to be found within.

  • Thecus N5200 Pro

    The Thecus N5200 Pro is definitely a higher end NAS, and will benefit power users and tweakers a lot more than entry-level users.

  • Iomega StorCenter ix2 (1TB)

    The Iomega StorCenter ix2 is a two-drive NAS device that offers Bluetooth support but no remote access via the web.

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