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Technology & Gadget Reviews

Varta USB Solar Charger for Batteries, Phones and Gadgets (Review)

GUEST ARTICLE: There are gadgets which you see in stores and think “how cool is that” and they go straight on the to buy list. Granted my to buy list is quite long but I have managed to get my hands on one of these bits of technology … a Solar Battery Charger, specifically the [...]

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Digital TV PVR Comparison: Beyonwiz vs Tivo Freeview vs Sony PlayTV for PS3

99% of people are not Geeks obsessed with technology. So they don’t know what a Digital TV PVR (personal video recorder) is and why it can revolutionise their TV watching experience.
This article compares 3 kinds of Digital TV PVR’s for free to air TV: Beyonwiz (non Freeview) vs Tivo (Freeview) vs Sony PlayTV (PlayStation [...]

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Digital TV in Australia: Benefits, Channels, Freeview and Availability

GUEST ARTICLE: Many people are unaware of the visual and audio benefits Digital TV offers compared to analog TV, the extra digital only channels available like ABC2 and that analog TV will be slowly phased out in Australia by 2013.
Digital TV has been available in Australia for many years, since January 2001 in major cities [...]

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Google Nexus One Android Mobile SmartPhone (Review with Root Instructions)

GUEST ARTICLE: After all the end of year hype Google confirmed that they had commissioned HTC to manufacture an Android smartphone which they had a fair amount of say in the specifications of at a press launch on January 5th 2010
This Nexus One handset is not “Google” hardware but Google influenced HTC hardware and [...]

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Acer Liquid A1 Android Mobile Phone (Review)

EXCLUSIVE FIRST AUSTRALIAN REVIEW: I’ve just tested the Acer Liquid A1 Android smartphone and am really surprised that Acer hasn’t officially released it in Australia yet because for the price (currently $519 at importers Mobicity) it’s the best value Android phone sold in Australia with a big 480×800px WVGA capacitive touchscreen (2.5 times iPhone resolution), [...]

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How To Choose The Best Tripod For Your Digital Camera

This article aims to help you to chose the right kind of tripod for your digital camera but I’m going to start by saying tripods are useful only in some specific situations.
Carrying a heavy tripod around all the time after buying it will only make you hate it. After a while you’ll end up [...]

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Cheap 8GB USB Drives Make DVD Data Transfers Obsolete

I was meeting with a friend recently and transferring some files onto their laptop when I realised I’ve been using USB Drives to do that for the last year. In fact I haven’t needed to burn any files to DVD ever since I got several USB Drives with 8Gb or more capacity.

Basically cheap 8GB and [...]

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Canon EOS 500D SLR Digital Camera with 15-85mm USM EFS Lens (Review)

I’ve been testing a media loan Canon EOS 500D SLR Digital Camera using the new Canon 15-85mm USM EFS image stabilised Lens (24-136mm equivalent in 35mm format) for several weeks and have grown to like it a lot.

Most amateur photographers upgrading from a compact camera would find this lightweight camera and lens combination covers [...]

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Logitech Ultimate Ears 700 Noise-Isolating Earphones (Review)

I’ve always used headphones to listen to music, podcasts and audio books because all the earphone buds I tried in the past were *really* uncomfortable.
So you can understand my surprise at finding the Logitech’s Ultimate Ears 700 noise isolating earphones I’ve been testing for the past 6 weeks comfortable with excellent sound quality.
If you spend [...]

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Consumer Electronics Use Too Many !@#$ing Wires

I predict a peoples revolution will take place soon in the Western world, caused by madness from all the !@#$ing wires used by electronic devices.
And no wonder, there’s so much entanglement behind every computer, TV, sound system, home theatre etc it’s enough to drive the most stable person insane

The photos above taken by friends [...]

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Sony PlayTV Integrated Digital TV and PS3 ABC iView Integration (Review)

EDITOR: I recently attended the press launch for Sony’s new Play Station 3 (PS3) PlayTV Digital TV accessory and ABC iView PS3 integration. The PlayTV looked worth reviewing but I haven’t used a PS3 myself so I arranged for Sony PR to send a loan unit to my friend and PS3 fan Tony for him [...]

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Kogan Region Free Blu-Ray Player BD 2.0 Full HD 1080P (Review)

I recently bought a Kogan Blu-Ray 2.0 Player and am really happy with it’s comprehensive features including: Region free Bluray & DVD playback, BD-Live, Full HD 1080P quality, DVD upscaling, USB media center playback of JPG photos and Videos (DIVX, MP4, AVI etc) as well as 7.1 channel sound (Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD & [...]

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Iomega Ego vs Seagate FreeAgent Go portable hard drive 320 gb (Review)

You may think you don’t need a portable hard drive but I urge you to reconsider, many people keep only 1 copy of precious information like family photos on their laptop which can get lost or stolen or their home computer where the hard drive will eventually fail after a few years. This review compares [...]

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Samsung ST550 DUAL LCD digital camera (Review)

A few weeks ago I attended the launch for Samsung’s new ST550 compact digital camera. Despite it’s flaws this camera will be popular with 24 hour party people and teenagers who love to take dozens of self portraits of themselves and their friends.
I applaud Samsung’s attempt to innovate by offering a Dual LCD to make [...]

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Guide to Buying Notebook/Laptop Computer With Long Battery Life

Laptop/Notebook computers and their cheaper budget Netbook cousins may all look quite similar but one feature which varies a heck of a lot is the manufacturers claimed battery life which can be anywhere from 2 hours to 11 hours+

The best Notebook/Laptop computers should be able to pass the “acid test” of being used all day [...]

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