Speed Freaks

Today's wireless router is a far cry from its predecessors. Nick Ross reports.

Predictions? No Future In 'em

Why do we overestimate technology's benefits for the short term - yet underestimate it in the long run?

'fibre To The Home' Is A Must-have Only Government Can Effectively Provide

A public FTTH superhighway will solve a lot of competition issues, writes Nicholas Beaumont.

Short Circuits

Q I am using a Dell Inspiron laptop as my home desktop computer. Can I remove the battery? Is there a danger of a crash if a sudden power failure occurs?

All The Right Connections

David Flynn looks at the freedom and flexibility offered by wireless routers.

Beat The Bottlenecks

David Flynn shows how you can improve your online experience with the latest wireless routers. Belkin F5D7230, $170, ****1/2, www.belkin.com/anz Netcomm NB620W, $240, ****, www.netcomm.com.au Linksys WAG-54G, $210, ****, www.linksys.com.au Netgear DG834PN, $330, ****, www.netgear.com.au

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Precious Pets Become Recovery Room Stars

Vets can now keep an eye on their charges more frequently, writes Glenn Mulcaster.

Good Move

Shifting even a small office full of IT equipment takes careful planning, writes Lia Timson.

Patch It Up

Apple's latest Jaguar update includes more bug fixes on its list of improvements.

Point And Flick

Apple's Jaguar update includes bug fixes on its list of improvements.

We're Simply Banking On It

The public image of bankers is of conservative people in blue suits with expressions slightly colder than the iceberg that sank the Titanic. It might be your money but they hang on to it as if it were their own. But banks are being hit by technology and, if it turns out as forecast, they'll never

Telstra Signs 13 To Flesh Out Internet

Seven months after launching its cable Internet service, Telstra has signed 13 web development companies to provide new content for the network. Running at speeds 100 times faster than today's dial-up modems, the cable Internet service will enable near broadcast quality video and audio to be down

Surf Speed

MOTOROLA's "world first" launch of its 56kbps SURFR modems here last week made the technology appear tantalisingly close, but Internet users keen to halve their download times shouldn't get too excited. Even those who rush to buy the first products off the truck on March 10 will have t

Changing Is All About Your Internal Drive

THE latest lapse in taste from our peculiar cousins across the Pacific is the Visible Human, a 3D ``teaching aid" computer- generated from digitised wafer-thin slices of executed mass murderers. This montrous love-child of Silicon Valley and your local deli - ``I'll have a Reuben Sandwich, hold

What Makes 486 Chips Work?

COULD you please explain how the DX2 and DX4 486 chips work please. Is it true that the 486 DX4/100 is basically four DX25 chips, in the one chip? -- S Curryman, Melbourne. No, that is not true. The 486 chips have an internal clock speed, which is used by the CPU to process its instructions,

Pdas And Fast Modems The Stars At Comdex

FALL COMDEX '93 is over for another year. Although the organisers claimed a record registration figure of 170,000 people, my impression was that actual numbers were down on previous years. For instance, in parts of the Sands Convention Center one could have swung a cat and not hit anyone. The Las Ve

National Barriers For A Global Communicator

IT WAS interesting to read Lisa Mitchell's article (Computer Age 26 October). The Newton is not the only Apple product to have a problem with Austel. A Powerbook 170 in I bought in Britain last year, was sold to me by Apple as the computer than could communicate worldwide due to its internal fax-da

Technology To Cover Mountain Peaks And Park Benches

Modems are becoming cheaper, faster and now have a variety of uses. ASH NALLAWALLA looks what the buyer can expect. AS MODEMS get cheaper and faster, more people buy them and find yet more ways to use them. Everybody wins. The advent of portable computers and miniature modems has made it feas

Smart Control Of Your Pc

Many people buy personal computers thinking they will do all sorts of wonderful things with them - from writing novels to managing finances to educating the kids. But after the initial surge of interest and excitement, the thing sits on a desk collecting dust, or it's used as a glorified games m