What might CBS All Access bring to Australia's streaming landscape?
The new Star Trek: Discovery is safely locked away with Netflix Australia, but how else might CBS' move on Network Ten affect local viewers?
Hands on: Nest Protect smart smoke/ carbon monoxide alarm
An alarm which speaks to you before it screeches at you, Nest Protect is designed to keep its cool in a crisis.
Bandsteering isn't a panacea for all your home WiFi woes
If your home is a wireless warzone then automatically shifting gadgets between bands, in search of the best performance, might create as many problems as it solves.
Australian telco industry leaders to finally act on nightmare NBN migrations
With the nationwide rollout half over, NBN and its cohorts finally concede they need to do more to help Australians trapped in broadband hell.
Are you ready for Australia's spring rain broadband blues?
It's been a dry winter, but the spring downpours are set to trigger the seasonal ADSL slowdown as Telstra's pits flood – drowning the country's ageing copper network.
Aussie smart homes choking on slow upload speeds
Typical home upload speeds of less than 1 Mbps mean that bandwidth-thirsty foreign smart home gear is choking in Australian homes.
Latest online scam aims to prick porn watchers' guilty conscience
Scammers are demanding payment in Bitcoin or they'll release video of you watching porn, but these wannabe blackmailers haven't really caught you with your pants down.
Alienware's latest laptop for serious gamers
The Alienware OLED 13 R3 laptop takes portable gaming to the next level.
Hands on: Nest Cam Indoor and Outdoor home security cameras
Nest's streaming cameras offer a great way to keep an eye on things back at the ranch, assuming your home broadband connection is up to the task.
Hands on: Sony A1 Ultra HD OLED
With exquisite picture quality and a striking design, Sony has put forward a worthy contender for the OLED television crown.
The password king admits that 'p@ssw0rd1' is a terrible password
For years we've been encouraged to dream up weak passwords which are easy for machines to crack, concedes the guy who wrote the book on creating passwords.
Let's fix Australia's patchy mobile coverage before NBN kills off reliable home phones
When will Aussies retire their home phone? Maybe when the mobile networks deliver on their promises.
Will Australia's troubled NBN and woeful broadcasting give Ultra HD Blu-ray players a foothold?
Digital hipsters will tell you that optical discs are already dead, but Ultra HD streaming on a Friday night is still a pipe dream for many Australians.
Vodafone uses NBNfail to sell mobile fallback to homes trapped in broadband limbo
In another blow to NBN's reputation, Vodafone is using NBN installation disasters as a marketing tool to promote its upcoming home broadband service with 4G LTE failover.
When will Aussies retire their home phone?
When almost everyone has a mobile phone, why are more than half of Australian homes still paying for a landline?
Apple bins cheap iPods in step towards oblivion
Venerable digital music player nears extinction, as nano and shuffle models are discontinued.
Hands on: Google Backup and Sync
A simple insurance policy should a tech disaster strike your home, Google's free cloud sync tool has some great new features.
Hands on: Google WiFi mesh home wireless network
While it helps tackle wireless blackspots around your home, Google WiFi has an Achilles' heel which could be a deal-breaker for many NBN homes.
Hands on: Accelerated 6350-SR LTE failover broadband router
Even with the NBN rollout Australia's fixed-line broadband can be unreliable, which means you need a mobile insurance policy if you can't afford to be offline.
Telstra giveth and Telstra taketh away under its new global roaming deals
Telstra's new international roaming day pass looks good on paper but overseas travellers need to read the fine print.