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Could the Chromebook spark a desktop Linux revival?

Adam Turner Is Linux on the desktop worth a second look if Chrome gives an old PC a new lease of life?

Google releases Chrome for Macs, Linux

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Google released a version of its Chrome web browser for Macintosh computers in a challenge to Safari software Apple offers users of its machines.

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Tech

Don't fence me in

platform agnostic

Adam Turner It is possible to free yourself from the restrictions of the big three tech giants.

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Network storage - what's best for your home?

Google Oregon data centre

Adam Turner With so many NAS options it's easy to become paralysed by choice, so where do you draw the line?

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Imaging

Mac Retina eyes future

Many pluses: The latest Retina MacBook Pro has minuses but plenty of ticks.

Imaging The latest Retina MacBook Pro has minuses but plenty of ticks.

Post-PC

Google shines up the Chrome

Chromebook

Adam Turner More than a tablet but less than a PC, the Google Chromebook joins the growing line-up of post-PC devices.

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Hands on

Hands on: Acer C710 Chromebook

Acer C710 Chromebook

Adam Turner Brimming with potential and priced to sell, Acer's stripped-down Chromebook is the perfect travel companion.

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Wisdom shared in tribal lore

(From left) Judy Young, Ivan Radywonik, Isabel Collins and Dick Johnson belong to AUSOM, which was formed in 1979 and has more than 700 members.

Macman Clubs continue to thrive as forums for sharing the love of Apple products.

Google's Chromebook Pixel - an oxymoron priced to fail?

A Chromebook Pixel.

Adam Turner Does a stripped-down computer need a budget price tag?

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How Apple nixed the netbook

Farhad Manjoo We have Apple to thank for the demise of the netbook.

Can Microsoft's Surface hold its own in the tablet wars?

Surface

Adam Turner Without the ability to run desktop applications, why would I want Microsoft's Surface RT over an Apple or Android tablet?

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Takes a workhorse to know one

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Bleeding Edge Another quarter, another assemble-it-yourself PC that outperforms costly pre-mades.

Choosing your ultimate travel companion

HP's 11.6-inch Pavilion DM1-1408AU

Adam Turner What's the perfect gadget for your travel bag?

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How tinkering can bear fruit

Raspberry Pi

Adam Turner The incredibly inexpensive credit-card-size Raspberry Pi harks back to a simpler time, when programmers intimately built gadgets from the ground up.

A new computer for just $40?

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The bare-bones Raspberry Pi is for tinkerers, writes Adam Turner.

PC about to get its biggest facelift

A representative demonstrates the ASUS Tablet 810 at a news conference in Taipei, Taiwan, on Monday, June 4, 2012.

CHRIS GARDNER The personal computer is about to get its biggest facelift, with software maker Microsoft about to release a radical new version of its popular operating system called Windows 8.

How to survive without Windows or Mac

Ubuntu gimp.

Imaging The geekprints remain all-too evident on open-source interfaces.

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Can a $35 computer teach children to code?

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Deborah Netburn The Raspberry Pi, a $US35 computer about the size of a credit card, made headlines last week when all of the 10,000 units available for pre-order were snatched up just minutes after they went on sale.

What would you do with palm-sized computer?

Raspberry Pi.

Adam Turner The tiny Raspberry Pi is brimming with potential.

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Is the Raspberry Pi lost on the iGeneration?

Raspberry Pi.

Adam Turner Have we been trained to simply sit back and consume?

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