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The VE538 makes a great phone for someone who doesn’t expect the extras. Motorola keeps the price of the VE538 low, but leaves out important accessories to do so.

The Toughbook CF-W7 isn’t bad. It’s designed for a specialised niche, and if you’re constantly exposed to water we’d say it’d be a good choice. We’d expect more for our money though, and would otherwise be more tempted to pick up a Thinkpad for general ruggedness.

The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W290 is a compelling package. Unless you’re extraordinarily picky about your photo quality, it’s a great pocket camera at a reasonable price with a solid combination of features, usability and design.

Google has announced a new centralised collaboration tool called Google Wave that mashes together emails, instant messaging and wiki style communication into one service that will be open sourced and run on its own protocols.

Sydney developer Lars Rasmussen has done it again. Check out the first screenshots of Wave, Google’s new centralised collaboration tool that mashes together emails, instant messaging and wiki style communication into one open sourced service.

Sigma releases firmware update version 1.01 for the Sigma DP2 digital camera. This firmware update brings the following improvements to your DP2 camera and pictures: • Decrease the phenomenon of intermittent camera freeze under certain conditions. • The accuracy of the Auto Focus has been improved …

Sony Europe introduces two new Cyber-Shot digital cameras in the W-Series. The Cyber-Shot W180 and W190 are entry level cameras with 10.1 resp. 12.1 megapixel resolution and a 3x optical zoom lens, featuring easy to use convenient shooting functions, a Smile Shutter function to automatically capture smiling portraits, SteadyShot and seven Scene Selection modes. The new Cyber-shot W180 and W190 compact digital cameras are available from July in a choice of three colors: silver, black and red…

The latest mini laptop from Toshiba sports a full-sized keyboard and a 3D-accelerometer monitoring system to protect your data.

Belkin’s N+ Wireless Storage Router leaps ahead of the wireless-N pack, and finally delivers a wireless-N router worth owning.

Samsung’s netbook is an excellent entry into the Australian market, and an incredibly tempting buy for anyone looking in this space.

HTC today launched the hotly anticipated Android-powered HTC Magic, with launch partner 3 Mobile announcing its pricing for the phone.

It’s got a long way to go before it catches Apple’s App Store in regards to both quantity and quality of apps, but Nokia’s Ovi Store definitely shows promise.

Its poor video support means it’s not perfect, but if you have a FreeAgent portable hard drive it’s quite a capable photo and audio streamer.

Future rumours, retro geekery and fridges? It’s all just another week on CNET Australia’s podcast Digital Life.

Volkswagen has delivered a bunch of fuel cell-powered Passats to researchers in California. When the men in white suits popped out for lunch, our US counterparts were on hand to give them a try around the block.

Engin’s oneHub benefits from simplicity, but also suffers from it in comparison to other all-in-one router/VoIP solutions.

Bionic Commando has some enjoyable moments, but consistent fun always seems just out of arm’s reach.

Canon will soon release a new firmware update for the EOS 5D Mark II digital SLR camera that will allow you to control the exposure settings when you’re shooting HD video. This new firmware will enable exposure setting for ISO, aperture and shutter speed. The updated is expected to arrive in early June…

The JVC Xiview LT-42WX70 is a 42-inch 120Hz 1080p LCD TV monitor targeting digital imaging professionals and enthusiasts using digital SLR cameras. The monitor features expanded color space capacity encompassing 100 percent of HDTV broadcasting’s color space and a coverage rate of 96 percent for Adobe RGB. The super slim monitor measures just 1-5/8 inches deep, features a detachable stereo speaker module, and is supported by an elegant stand. The JVC LT-42WX70 is available now and is priced at $2,399.95…

Nokia was forced to apologise to users on Tuesday after the launch of its Ovi Store did not go as planned.