Computers stories

Acer (ANZ) win executive contract to leverage teachers
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With the Department of Education Queensland, Acer Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) will issue over 12,000 computers to Queensland teachers.

Dell UtraSharp 32 6K Monitor now available in Australia
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This follows the Australian availability of the XPS 13 Plus, which launched in April having been refreshed to include the latest Intel 13th Gen processors.

Hands-on review: Intel NUC11 i7-11700B ‘Beast Canyon’ Mini PC
Mon, 21st Nov 2022
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This past year, Intel considerably improved its NUC range and today’s review product, the NUC 11 i7 ‘Beast Canyon’, is one of the best in this product line and has been built with gaming in mind.

Hands-on review: Intel 13th Generation “Raptor Lake” Core i9-13900K CPU
Tue, 25th Oct 2022
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Boasting 24 cores and 32 threads with a maximum boost clock of 5.80 GHz, does this new processor have the chops across productivity, creative, and gaming applications? We take a look.

Game review: Saints Row (PC)
Thu, 1st Sep 2022
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The Saints are back in this reboot/prequel, of the over-the-top open-world crime series simply titled Saints Row.

Game review: Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered (PC)
Tue, 30th Aug 2022
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Conversion kings Nixxies take Insomniac’s web-swinging PlayStation 5 game, Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered, and polish it up for PC.

Game review: Rollerdrome (PC)
Tue, 23rd Aug 2022
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The game’s visuals take the cel-shaded design style up a notch, looking more like comic book pages than an animated cartoon.

Hands-on review: SteelSeries Apex Pro Mini Keyboard
Fri, 29th Jul 2022
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SteelSeries has taken the design of its range of Apex keyboards to create a smaller version, the Apex Pro Mini. TechDay’s Darren Price checks it out.

Logitech G’s new Aurora collection looks to help change gaming stereotypes
Fri, 29th Jul 2022
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The company’s new Aurora collection is designed to be gender inclusive, not gender exclusive, addressing the needs and wants of women gamers while also still appealing to a wider general audience.

Hands-on review: 16GB PNY XLR8 Gaming EPIC-X 3600MHz DDR4
Wed, 29th Jun 2022
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PNY sent over its 16GB XLR8 Gaming EPIC-X 3600MHz CL16 DDR4 module kit for testing. The kit contains two 8GB dual-channel modules with RGB lighting.

Cyclone selected as NZ MOE software licensing partner
Thu, 23rd Jun 2022
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Following a recent Request for Proposal (RFP), Christchurch-based company Cyclone Computer Company Ltd (Cyclone) has been selected as The Ministry of Education’s software licensing partner.

Intel Arc A380 graphics units launched in China, global release imminent
Fri, 17th Jun 2022
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New Intel Arc A380 graphics units are set to bring next-generation technologies to gamers and content creators in the coming months.

Game review: The Quarry (PC)
Tue, 14th Jun 2022
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Supermassive Games channel 1980s teen horror movies with their latest suspense-filled cinematic adventure, The Quarry.

Apple unveils M2 with 50% more memory bandwidth than M1
Tue, 7th Jun 2022
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Compared to M1, M2 has an 18% faster CPU, a 35% more powerful GPU, a 40% faster Neural Engine, and delivers 50% more memory bandwidth and up to 24GB of fast unified memory.

Apple brings redesigned MacBook Air and updated MacBook Pro to market
Tue, 7th Jun 2022
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Apple has introduced a redesigned MacBook Air and an updated 13-inch MacBook Pro, both powered by the new M2 chip.

Microsoft launches the Surface Laptop Go 2 with new features
Thu, 2nd Jun 2022
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Microsoft has introduced the new Surface Laptop Go 2, adding to the company’s growing portfolio of Surface Laptop devices.

AMD introduces FSR 2.0 giving gaming GPUs a boost
Thu, 2nd Jun 2022
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Not only have AMD proudly announced their new line-up of Radeon RX 6000-series graphics cards, but the company has also unveiled the first games to support its FSR 2.0 technology.

Game preview: The Quarry (PC)
Mon, 30th May 2022
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On playing a bit of The Quarry, I began to understand why the game has got its own release rather than just being part of The Dark Pictures Anthology.

Ingram Micro NZ bolsters MSI product range with new offerings
Fri, 27th May 2022
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The inclusion of MSI Mobile Workstation and Business & Productivity laptops rounds out the MSI product portfolio.

Dynabook refreshes Portégé X30L series with the Portégé X30L-K
Thu, 26th May 2022
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The new model contains hybrid-architecture Intel 12th Gen Core P-Series 28W processor options, Wi-Fi 6E, along with Intel Iris Xe graphics.

Hands-on review: MSI MPG Z690 Carbon WIFI motherboard
Mon, 16th May 2022
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It’s all change with Intel’s 12th generation CPUs. We have a new chipset in the 600-series, a new socket with the LGA 1700, and new DDR5 memory.

Hands-on review: Steelseries Aerox 9 Wireless and Aerox 5 gaming mice
Thu, 5th May 2022
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Steelseries offered two interesting mice for review, the Aerox 9 Wireless, aimed at MMO/MOBA players, and the Aerox 5, a wired mouse for multi-genre use.

Reducing e-waste and promoting sustainability in the PC industry
Tue, 3rd May 2022
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Australians are lovers of technology - we purchase more than 4 million computers and 3 million TVs every year. As technology advances, the lives of our devices keep getting shorter.

Hands-on review: 32GB PNY XLR8 Gaming MAKO 6000MHz DDR5 memory kit
Fri, 29th Apr 2022
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PNY’s XLR8 Gaming MAKO DDR5 memory modules are designed to get the most out of systems based on Intel’s 12th generation Alder Lake CPUs.