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Monday October 13, 2008

New wave for wireless

DAVID FLYNN | An extra radio band will turn congested networks into a Wi-Fi version of the autobahn.

Toshiba's new DVD player on steroids

ASHER MOSES 11:09am | Almost a year after the death of HD DVD, Toshiba now says it can win the high definition format war with a standard DVD player.

Googling back to the year dot.com

JOSEPHINE TOVEY | To celebrate its 10th birthday, Google has released a version of the search engine as it was in January 2001, allowing users to search the internet as it was then.

IBM builds virtual Forbidden City

1:05pm | IBM has opened online doors to a virtual version of the famed Forbidden City in China.

Gadgets On The Go blog

New MacBooks on

aturner @ SMH on Oct 13 | A Mac Tablet? A MacBook mini? A Mac Brick? The Apple rumour mill is once again in overdrive

Advertising slogan

Jason Hill @ SMH on Oct 13 | No one would ever admit to being influenced by an advertisement, let alone a pithy slogan.

Setup email access

simont @ SMH on Oct 13 | A friend of mine recently lamented having to carry his heavy laptop around because