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    The choice of operating system for a personal digital assisant (PDA) is effectively down to two— Palm OS or Pocket PC—but the variety of choices for the handheld itself is very impressive. We test three of the best, and see what’s coming up soon.

  • EU to probe Microsoft-Time Warner buy

    European antitrust regulators are set to launch a thorough investigation into a plan by Microsoft and Time Warner to acquire digital rights management company ContentGuard, a development that's seen as a setback for the deal.

  • Virgin launches online music service

    Virgin Digital, the online arm of the Virgin Group, will launch an online music service Monday in the US aimed at replicating on the Net the success of its offline chain of retail music stores.

  • Search tools target digital music listeners

    A new generation of music recommendation services is emerging, aimed at helping listeners navigate the often bewildering mass of music now legally available online.

  • Film to fibre: The future is connectivity

    Part three: While debates regarding digital equipment and editing software rage, there is one technology the film and television industry has embraced wholeheartedly; optical fibre.

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    Now, the idiot box comes with you

    Tevye, the much loved protagonist of Fiddler on the Roof, was full of wisdom. "A bird may love a fish," he memorably said, "but where would they build a home together?"

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Could USO changes be poisoning the well?

    There must be something in the water in Canberra. After years of measured inaction, the Coalition is taking long-overdue steps towards universal broadband and working around Telstra's continued domination -- after 10 years of deregulation -- of the country's telecommunications wholesale markets.

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  • Rudd awakening: Govt's plans for ICT

    Ahead of the election, with promises for nationwide broadband networks and digital revolutions in schools, the ICT industry could hope the government was on their side. But now the glamour of a sparkling new government has worn off, how ICT-friendly is the Rudd government really?

  • Vertical PDAs: On the road again

    The choice of operating system for a personal digital assisant (PDA) is effectively down to two— Palm OS or Pocket PC—but the variety of choices for the handheld itself is very impressive. We test three of the best, and see what’s coming up soon.

  • Joe Biden's tech voting record

    US vice presidential candidate Joe Biden has a mixed record on technology, spending most of his Senate career allied with the FBI and copyright holders. His anti-privacy legislation was actually responsible for the creation of PGP.

  • Where did Microsoft's DRM vision go?

    Early this decade, Microsoft weathered unrelenting criticism over a controversial set of technologies known as Palladium, which the company envisioned as creating a kind of secure vault to store passwords or medical records.

  • Photos: OLPC XO, Classmate and the Eee PC

    How do the three leading education-oriented ultraportable notebooks stack up? Take our visual tour to find out.

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  • Western Digital Passport portable USB drive (80GB)

    The Western Digital WD Passport is one of the best portable hard drives we've seen.

  • Olympus Camedia C-770

    Olympus C-Series cameras are aimed at "advanced amateurs". The C-770 offers good image quality, a long zoom lens, and lots of features. Read our Australian review.

  • Canon Digital IXUS 500

    Though the IXUS 500 is a respectable pocket snapshot camera, its performance and its feature set make it seem creaky next to the competition.

  • Canon MVX2i Digital Video Camera: Two in one

    Canon's MVX2i digital camera doubles as both a digital still camera and a mini digital video recorder. See how it stacks up in our Australian review.

  • 5-megapixel shootout

    They say three's a crowd but what if you want them all? We stress-test these three 5-megapixel compacts and give you the heads up on the winner.

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