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Special Reports

  • When a big event breaks, APC devotes in-depth coverage you won’t get anywhere else.
  • iTunes Australia launch scandal: As the Apple music store finally hits Australia, APC’s Dan Warne is blogging live from the launch in Sydney.
  • MIPI Meltdown: The chair was barely warm after five months, but Music Industry Piracy Investigations boss Michael Kerin has quit. His resignation has left MIPI rudderless with less than two weeks until his notice expires.
  • Pirate Song: Some things really are too good to be true. When one bloke gets busted for linking to pirated music, the effects ripple through the entire industry. Garth Montgomery reports on a landmark trial.
  • Cooking with Technology (an egg-cellent story): When APC Labs tested the thermal output on a range of AMD and Intel processors, Nick Race thought there would be no better way than to see which chip cooked an egg the fastest. Okay, there are more scientific ways, and he did that too, but only after a cook up. Here’s how Nick made brekky on a cpu.
  • Microsoft TechEd 2005: With Microsoft taking over the Gold Coast for TechEd, APC’s Dan Warne joined the media rort of free flights and accomodation to spread the gospel from the biggest software company in the world. Check out our mini-site, TechEd 2005 - Special-ed for tech heads for Dan’s on-the-ground coverage of all of the action.

Review: Xbox 360

27/03/2006

Microsoft’s great white hope emerges as an early entrant in the next-gen console wars. John Gillooly gives it 110%, puts in a sterling effort and tells us his take on this wolf in sheep's clothing.

Mixing and mashing standards with Microsoft IE7

21/03/2006

Could a new conference event, organised by Microsoft, signal its new approach to the web? Or is it business as usual — albeit with better PR?

Microsoft bombshell: no EFI support for Vista

10/03/2006

Microsoft revealed today that it will not support EFI booting for Windows Vista on its launch. The news will be a shock for owners of Intel Macs who had hoped they would be able to dual-boot between Windows Vista and OS X. Intel Macs only support booting via EFI.

Intel demos quad-core, next-gen CPUs

08/03/2006

Intel today demonstrated its desktop PC chip with four processor cores, codenamed Kentsfield, at its Developer Forum in San Francisco.

Intel pushes towards 100-core CPUs

07/03/2006

Intel will introduce quad-core processors this year and is predicting CPUs with 10 cores and possibly hundreds of cores in coming years, Dan Warne reports.

Viewsonic VX922

06/03/2006

Can your eyes keep up with the dropping milliseconds?

Lexmark P450

03/03/2006

Print and store your digital photos all without a PC but just how easy is it?

Microsoft Origami: unfolding the mystery

01/03/2006

Microsoft has given its hardware partners a slap in the face by admitting it is working on a tiny tablet PC of its own that will feature a media player and internet browser. But videos that leaked from one of its marketing agencies are “a year old”, according to a spokesman.