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  • eBay Australia hits tenth birthday

    Since 1999 it has attracted bargain hunters, desperate shopaholics and the just plain lazy. Today eBay Australia marks its 10th anniversary down under, having sold more than 173 million items at a rate of one item every 1.8 seconds.

  • Cheaper not to do VoIP: JB Hi-Fi

    Although JB Hi-Fi has rolled out an IP telephony-capable Nortel phone system across 120 of its 135 stores, it said it was cheaper to continue to use the legacy Telstra voice service than power up the VoIP feature.

  • Vista SP2 released: What you need to know

    Windows Vista Service Pack 2 is out here's what you need to know before applying it.

  • CD with 3,000 taxpayer details goes missing

    A compact disc containing taxation details of 3,122 Australian taxpayers has gone missing whilst en route to the Australian Taxation Office from its printers.

  • Bank customer details sold on eBay

    Over one million American Express, Royal Bank of Scotland and Natwest customers' details have been sold on eBay.

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  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Long a PC, can Telstra become a Mac?

    Last year I opined that, even if Telstra did launch Apple's iPhone 3G, conflicting goals meant it couldn't afford to seriously back the product. This year, Telstra proved me right, and the reason is simple: Australia's biggest telco just wants to be a Mac.

  • D'Ascenzo: Read p23 of security review

    Following yesterday's admission by the Australian Taxation Office that its courier had lost a CD containing the details of 3,000 self-managed super funds, it wants to review how it handles information. My suggestion: go back to the review completed in April.

  • Read the blog post - Angus Kidman

    The great Windows XP SP3 rip off

    It takes a fair bit of nerve to charge anything to fix up a botched product, but Microsoft's $14.95 price to get a physical copy of Windows XP Service Pack 3 really takes some beating for sheer gall.

  • Read the blog post - Jude Willis

    Why eBay tried to screw Aussie users

    Now that the bizarre ruckus over eBay's proposed PayPal monopoly appears totalled, it seems a good time to ponder why eBay chose Australia to risk its reputation on such a massively unpopular scheme.

  • Read the blog post - Angus Kidman

    Laughing your way through data disasters

    Storage is a serious business, but when things screw up in a chronic manner, sometimes all you can do is cackle louder than Jeanne Little and then get on with cleaning up the mess.

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  • Mandriva 2010 beta: Screenshots

    In the past few days French-based Linux company Mandriva has released a beta version of its upcoming Mandriva 2010 Linux distribution. We took it for a spin in a virtualised VMware environment.

  • Datacentre 2020: Data security gets physical

    In 2020, datacentres are estimated to be cleaner, greener and more flexible but will they be any safer?

  • UK: Data breach offences deserve jail time

    Top executives should face prison if their organisations are found to be responsible for losing customer data.

  • Photos: A trip through Dell's recycling plant

    Dell has claimed it is the greenest IT company in the world. ZDNet Australia went on a tour of its recycling partner's plant, MRI Australia, in Blacktown, Sydney.

  • Mad scientist drills hole through hard drive

    A scientist who was frustrated by his PC's squeaky hard drive tried to stop the problem by drilling a hole through its casing and pouring oil in the hole. The squeak stopped but so did the hard drive. Data recovery firm, Kroll Ontrack offers this and nine more recovery highlights from 2007.

Reviews (350)

  • 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.

  • Apple iTunes 9

    iTunes 9 is a natural, yet relatively minor, evolution of Apple's popular media management software and is a required download for new iPod owners.

  • ViewSonic VNB101

    The netbook market is so tight, you need some sort of competitive advantage to stand above the crowd. ViewSonic brings a standard netbook with two negatives instead poor battery life and a bad touchpad.

  • HP Photosmart C309a Premium Fax All-in-One Printer

    The C390a follows in the footsteps of recent HP multifunction devices by delivering excellent quality prints in a stylish, fully featured unit. If it weren't for the initial and ongoing running costs, this would be the ideal solution for a home or small office MFD.

  • 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.

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