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Laptops & Desktops

Review: Maxon Visimax

While the Visimax is a ground-breaking device, it has some significant limitations.

Review: Seagate Freeagent Desk

With a stylishly slim, bookend shape this backup drive may put your PC to shame.

Latest laptop & desktop reviews

Review: Dell Inspiron Mini 12 netbook

Blurs the line between portable PCs and their larger cousins.

Review: USB missile launcher

This little plug-in gadget lets you take office warfare to a whole new level.

Review: Filemaker's Bento

Garry Barker puts the new version of Bento through its paces.

Review: Apple's new uni-body MacBook

The uni-body MacBooks and MacBook Pros are not only beautiful but they set new standards for construction and assembly.

Screen Play

Oh my God!

Screen Play It's Friday, so let's have a bit of fun. Inspired by a recent Edge forum post, I want to know what your favourite OMG moment in gaming is. You know those moments that you'll never forget, like the Psycho Mantis boss fight in Metal Gear Solid, or having to fight against your mate for the affections...

Gadgets on the Go

If a deal seems too good to be true...

Gadgets on the Go A friend's hunt for a bargain almost saw him fall prey to eBay scammers in today's cautionary tale. My friend, lets call him Joe, rang me this week to say he'd bought a brand new $2000 notebook from a guy on eBay for $1500. Alarm bells started to ring straight away, but I decided to hear him out. ...

Latest laptop & desktop articles

Vodafone offers $0 Dell laptop plans

Dell and Vodafone take a leaf out of the mobile phone handbook and offer $0 netbook computers on a 5GB wireless broadband plan.

OLPC offer extended to Australia

The One Laptop Per Child initiative's Give 1, Get 1 program will launch in Australia on Sunday.

Windows 7 puts you back in control

The next version of Windows seems to be on the right track as Microsoft learns from its Vista experience.

Fiery Sony batteries burn users ... again

Computer makers recall 100,000 laptop battery packs made by Sony after 40 reports of overheating.