Linux
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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
Google released a version of its Chrome web browser for Macintosh computers in a challenge to Safari software Apple offers users of its machines.
Tech
Don't fence me in
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?
Adam Turner With so many NAS options it's easy to become paralysed by choice, so where do you draw the line?
Imaging
Mac Retina eyes future
Imaging The latest Retina MacBook Pro has minuses but plenty of ticks.
Post-PC
Google shines up the Chrome
Adam Turner More than a tablet but less than a PC, the Google Chromebook joins the growing line-up of post-PC devices.
Hands on
Hands on: Acer C710 Chromebook
Adam Turner Brimming with potential and priced to sell, Acer's stripped-down Chromebook is the perfect travel companion.
Google's Chromebook Pixel - an oxymoron priced to fail?
Adam Turner Does a stripped-down computer need a budget price tag?
Wisdom shared in tribal lore
Macman Clubs continue to thrive as forums for sharing the love of Apple products.
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?
Adam Turner Without the ability to run desktop applications, why would I want Microsoft's Surface RT over an Apple or Android tablet?
Takes a workhorse to know one
Bleeding Edge Another quarter, another assemble-it-yourself PC that outperforms costly pre-mades.
How tinkering can bear fruit
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.
PC about to get its biggest facelift
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
Imaging The geekprints remain all-too evident on open-source interfaces.
Can a $35 computer teach children to code?
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?
Adam Turner The tiny Raspberry Pi is brimming with potential.
Is the Raspberry Pi lost on the iGeneration?
Adam Turner Have we been trained to simply sit back and consume?
