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  • Google lunar challenge gets under way

    A privately funded race to land a rover on the moon could cost each team well more than the US$20 million grand prize they're vying for, but all of the contestants view Google's Lunar X Prize as a new engine for business in space.

  • HP ultra-cautious on ultra-mobiles

    Hewlett-Packard will not rush to embrace the new Ultra Mobile platform which Intel unveiled last month, a senior company executive told ZDNet Australia. Also, the company's confusing mix of product names and model numbers will be streamlined into three core groupings.

  • Microsoft pushes Tablet PC in Aust

    Microsoft is continuing to push the Tablet PC as the "evolution of computing", and this time, it claims, the product will catch on.

  • IBM breakthrough

    IBM says its scientists have made a breakthrough in transistor technology that could someday enable a new class of much smaller and faster computer chips.

  • Transmeta wins 'ultralight' friends

    Upstart microprocessor maker Transmeta touted the presence of prototype products from major manufacturers as offering validation of its technology.

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  • Australian Tax Office: Bill Gibson, CIO

    Bill Gibson, CIO of the Australian Tax office, spoke to ZDNet.com.au about why he doesn't completely trust open source software; how the ATO handles security and why competing vendors will have to learn to work together.

  • Is 2008 the year of the BlackBerry-killer?

    In 2005, Canadian wireless company Research in Motion (RIM) came from relative obscurity to steal a global lead in e-mail equipped mobile devices with its BlackBerry. Could 2008 be the year that BlackBerry falls off its perch?

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  • HP Pavilion DV2 1001AU

    For a 12-inch laptop we'd expect more performance and features than we're getting, but there are obviously compromises to be made in making ultrathin affordable.

  • Lenovo ThinkPad X61s

    The ThinkPad X61s provides excellent dual-core performance in a lightweight, compact package that's still comfortable to use.

  • First Take: Sony Vaio VGN-TX17

    Ultraportables don't get much lighter than Sony's 1.2kg TX17. Although diminutive in size, the 11-inch Vaio has a built-in DVD burner, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.

  • Mobile mockery

    The choices are endless -- but do we really need everything our mobile phone sells us?

  • Dell Latitude X1

    Executives searching for a very light business notebook could well consider the Latitude X1.

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