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  • Windows Vista Home Basic

    Windows Vista Home Basic is essentially warmed-over Windows XP, Windows XP SP3. If you're currently happy with Windows XP SP2, we see no compelling reason to upgrade. On the other hand, if you need a new computer right now, Windows Vista is stable enough for everyday use.

  • AMD Athlon 64 FX-60

    It's as fast as we imagined, but we wish AMD's new dual-core chip played better with other computer parts out of the gate.

  • Apple iPod (30GB/60GB, video)

    Get the affordable, sleek, and sexy 5G Apple iPod for its audio virtues. Although video looks great, poor video battery life and a relatively small screen hamper its appeal to video heads

  • Nitro PDF Desktop

    To create cross-platform documents for the Web, Nitro PDF is a back-to-basics alternative to Adobe Acrobat.

  • Microsoft: The existence of alternatives changes everything

    What's happening to Microsoft? Business Week calls it a midlife crisis, but what if the world has simply moved on?

  • Mobile phones to get Palladium-style chips

    ARM is to integrate security into its popular processor cores for mobile devices, paving the way for Palladium-style secure systems.

  • Philips casts new light on the smart home

    Other firms may stake a claim on the connected home of the future based on bulging storehouses of movies and music, smart fridges or smart phones.

  • Personal tech Visionary: Tech yet to hit the wall

    Rick Rashid envisions a future in which disk drive capacity of a terabyte is routine and user interfaces possess active intelligence.

  • Wireless Visionary: The future of wireless chat

    For Yossi Vardi, the evolution of wireless technologies such as Bluetooth and Wi-Fi points to a future where messaging programs are increasingly powerful and pervasive.

  • Interfaces of the future

    How long will it be before your computer is able to read your facial expressions? Will a rude gesture become the next Control-Alt-Delete? ZDNet Australia investigates computing interfaces.

  • Encarta vs Britannica: Battle of the brains

    We put the two biggest encyclopaedia brands on the market head to head. Which one has the bigger brain? Read our Australian review.

  • Microsoft sees what's in tech's future

    Microsoft has identified a handful of technology trends likely to reshape PCs and is working to define its new role. Plus, it's getting ready for the demise of the PC.

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