Last updated: November 04, 2010

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See photos from major technology events and launches.

Eight out-there uses for online freelancers

Freelancer engine

We give you some real examples of the bizarre ways you can put online freelancers to work.

The Rules of Time Travel

Back to the future

Don't get caught short travelling back and forth. Follow these simple rules and survive your journey through time.

Sony Walkman turns 30

Sony Walkman turns 30

THIRTY years ago the first Walkman was music to the ears of a world on the go.

It's a Small World

Nikon Small World photo comp

The amazing winning images from the 2010 Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition

ComBots Cup RoboGames

ComBots 7

See the sparks fly and the metal grind at some previous ComBots Cup events.

Windows Phone 7

Windows Phone 7

Launch of Microsoft's new mobile phone platform, Windows Phone 7.

Paris Motor Show 2010

FRANCE-AUTO-SHOW-AUDI

The Paris Motor Show was this year dominated by electric cars with the wow factor.

Photokina 2010

Photokina

The weirdest, most wonderful and crazily expensive new gear in the world of cameras. Welcome to Photokina 2010.

Five minutes to midnight

Five minutes to midnight

DOOMSDAY is edging closer, say those with a pessimistic view of the world - but how might it all end?

Microsoft Internet Explorer 9

IE9 HTML5

TAKE a look through some of the features of Microsoft's new Internet Explorer 9.

25 years of Super Mario Bros

Super Mario Bros

WE celebrate the 25th anniversary of Super Mario Bros by looking back at Mario's greatest adventures.

Faces of Animania 2010

Animania 2010

WE go up close with the colourful cosplayers and anime fanatics at Australia's largest anime, gaming and pop culture convention.

Apple unveils new iPod Touch

news gal ipod 20100902

Apple's range of iPods changed shape, colour and size today as the company's CEO Steve Jobs revealed the company's biggest makeover of its n...

Best of the Indie Games Festival

Indie games on show

YOUNG gamers enjoy a selection of winners and finalists from the Independent Games Festival.

Amazing Insects up close

Bugs

They look like something from a science fiction film, but they live in your home. Amazing images of common insects

The Apple iPhone

iPhone

Following the iPhone from its announcement in early 2007 up to the present day.

Australian Museum Eureka Prize 2010

Australian Museum Eureka Prize

Some of the best entries in the 2010 New Scientist Australian Museum's Eureka Prize for Science Photography.

Electrolux Design Lab 2010

Future Kitchen

The latest crop of kitchen concept gadgets from the Electrolux Design Lab competition

Nine ways augmented reality can help you

Augmented reality thumbnail

Whether it's for productive uses, or just to make work that little bit more bearable, augmented reality offers a stack of possibilities for ...

Australian inventions

Australian inventions

FROM the Hills Hoist to the Bionic Ear, these are the Australian inventions we offered the world.

Most stylish phones

Dolce and Gabbana

iPhone not impressive enough already? Here's how some owners have added some bling to their ring...

Apple iPhone 4G

Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs learns a few things about Apple's new iPhone 4G at its launch.

Stephen Hawking's aliens

Stephen Hawking's aliens

See visions of aliens as imagined by the world's best brian - theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking

World's Fastest Supercars

Supercars

Forget your 110kmh speed limit - these super speedy road-huggers will crack that in 1st with your foot barely on the throttle

Best game previews at E3 2010

Killzone 3

E3 is the biggest event on the gaming calendar where the console kings announce their upcoming projects.

Top 10 stupid Hollywood hackers

The Net

IF you took Hollywood movies at face value, you might think hackers were half wits hitting random keys.

Battle of the supersonic cars

Supersonic cars

The Aussies and the Poms go head-to-head to be the first to break the 1000mph land speed record.

No Mr Bond... I expect you to buy

James Bond DB5

Gadgets galore as one of James Bond's most iconic car goes under the hammer.

GQ Australia's best things in the world

50 best

Magazine GQ Australia publishes its list of the best things in the world

CeBIT Australia 2010

CeBIT 2010

A LOOK at some of the best tech on show at the CeBIT Australia 2010 business technology expo.

10 robots that suck more than Da Vinci's

IF Skynet wants to wage war on humanity, it had better send something more advanced than these bots into battle.

Da Vinci Secrets - Anatomy to Robots

Da Vinci Secrets

Amazing models recreated from the original drawing of Leonardo Da Vinci reveal his mastery of early robotics

Amazing sun photos

NASA sun

NASA releases extreme close-ups of the sun's surface, and high resolution images of solar flares, in these amazing new photos

Apple iPad US launch

Apple iPad launch NY

FANS gets their hands on Apple's much-anticipated new gadget, the iPad, as it goes on sale in the US.

The Rocket Racing League

Rocket Racing League

As the real life Speed Racers get set to take to the skies we ask, is this the coolest sport ever?

Video game weapons for a zombie apocalypse

Left 4 Dead

WHEN there is no more room in hell, the dead shall walk the earth - and you will be ready for them.

CeBIT technology expo 2010

CEBIT 2010

MOBILE phone bracelets, robots, and bike races through Google Earth revealed at the world's biggest tech fair.

FIFA Interactive World Cup 2010

PS3

Gamers showed their colours at the Sydney Royal Easter Show for the final leg of FIFA Interactive World Cup.

Animania 2010

Animania 2010

ANIMANIA the Japanese anime and pop-culture festival kicked off in Sydney with all the animaniacs out in full force and costume

Skinput

Skinput

MICROSOFT researchers have developed technology to turn your skin into a touch screen.