Talk To The Trees

Dictation is easier than ever, writes Garry Barker.

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Away From The Roar, Quiet Teamwork Counts

Martin Boulton spends a day soaking up the atmosphere in the Kawasaki garage.

Holden's New Head-turner

It has stylish good looks and packs plenty of punch.

Great Debate

As Australians become more immersed in technology, critics are wondering about the health costs. Fran Molloy reports.

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SMC WSKP100 Wifi Skype phone $239 mitron.com.au 3/5.5

When Mario Meets Mozart

Video games are busting out of the console and invading the world of art. Elissa Baxter reports.

Talking To Yourself

Voice-recognition programs have improved out of sight. Mark Camm puts two through their paces.

Don't Eat Me, Pac-man

Actors become video- game-style characters controlled by the audience in Wayfarer. STEPHEN DUNNE reports.

Keep On Howling In The Virtual World

The shoot-'em-up format still rules in the virtual playground, but Michael Dwyer finds more peaceful pursuits in 'indie' cyber space.

Eyeballing New Technology

The red-eye effect is the bane of photographers, but it may be the key to controlling computers.

Cutting The Cord

Adam Turner unravels the latest wireless Bluetooth headphones.

Battle Stations

It's all-out war between Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's new PlayStation 3. Charles Purcell tackles the question from neutral territory.

It's News From The Desert Front - And You're Calling The Shots

Sealed inside a virtual war game, your mission is to define the lines between fiction and reality. Amid four tonnes of sand, a motel room and a maze of desert warfare, the British-based art collective Blast Theory is seeking members of the public to enter virtual conflict. Within a large-scale work, Desert Rain a combination of performance, art installation and computer game participants must negotiate a virtual and real-life world mimicking CNN-style coverage of the Gulf War.

Stars In Cyberspace

VIRGO: August 23 to September 23 Virgos are right at home in this era of the computer.

The Bowl That Runneth Over

New York, Sunday. To be honest, I find it hard to take seriously a sport with a position called tight end. Especially when it also involves players in helmets and padding, coaches using headsets, and referees wearing striped pyjama tops. I also believe that balls should be more or less round

3-d System Profits Lost To Australia

Unique Australian technology for creating three-dimensional film and television without headsets or goggles has been sold to a consortium of United States and European investors, with the potential loss to the country of billions of dollars in profits and royalties. Insiders in Trutan - a joint v

3d With No Glasses Sold Overseas

Unique technology for creating three-dimensional pictures has been sold to a consortium of United States and European investors, with the potential loss to Australia of billions of dollars, it was claimed yesterday. A method of producing 3D pictures that can be viewed without headsets or goggles

To Catch A Hacker

Kevin Mitnick is a computer genius. It is said he once hacked into America's defence systems, giving him the power to blow up the world. Now he's on the run, evading the FBI, the Los Angeles police and a wealth of technology. John Sweeney tracked him down. THE BIG-HEARTED city with no more per

Colin Young Finds The Answers To ...life In The Very Fast Lane

1. Given that formula one cars are so sophisticated and finely engineered, just how much skill does it take to drive one? At the very top level of performance almost certainly more than it did even just 12 months ago. With the removal of many of the computer-driven driver aids such as traction