Designed specifically to meet the unique needs and requirements of small businesses, the Dell Vostro laptop gives you the freedom to buy exactly what you need in a small business laptop. The Vostro 1520 is packed with some of the latest technologies, connectivity options and comes with exceptional support all at what seems like a great price. The Vostro 1520 includes the Intel Core 2 Duo processor, Intel's GMA X4500MHD integrated GPU or the NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS 256MB dedicated video card, up to 8GB of DDR2 memory, up to 250GB of hard drive space or a 128MB solid state drive, and a DVD-ROM, Combo drive, or a DVD burner.

The Sony ZX1 claims to be the world's thinnest 40-inch LCD and comes with an ingenious wireless media box. LED backlighting provides this television with an impressive picture and the ZX1 is only 9.9mm thick at slimmest point. Incredibly there are no more cables into your TV so you can enjoy simple wire-free connectivity between your TV and devices such as Blu-ray Disc players, as well picking up your broadcast services, with BRAVIA 1080 Wireless (up to 1080i transfer from the supplied Media Receiver. It seems that at this pace of development, getting comfortable with your TV is perhaps going to be a never-ending catch up game!

Google Wave is a new product coming at the end of this year from the headquarters of Google. Heralded, as the answer to what email would look like if designed today, Google promises to surprise with this new model for communication and collaboration on the web. A wave is equal parts conversation and document. People can communicate and work together with richly formatted text, photos, videos, maps, and more. Any participant can reply anywhere in the message, edit the content and add participants at any point in the process. Then playback lets anyone rewind the wave to see who said what and when. With live transmission as you type, participants on a wave can have faster conversations, see edits and interact with extensions in real-time. Welcome to the future!

Microsoft's new search engine has been two years in the making and Microsoft says the difference between Bing and Google is that the new search engine is designed to return answers instead of a bunch of links. Some of the features that will be coming to Australian consumers in the next 12 to 18 months include a categorised search feature that throws up a more refined search criteria. For example if you 'Binged' Cate Blanchett, a list would appear on the left-hand side including movies, quotes, images and so on. The advertising search market is estimated to grow exponentially in the next few years and Microsoft's Bing on track to capture its share.

Panasonic has released what it is calling the world's first waterproof, shockproof and dustproof camera. It is Panasonic's first rugged digital compact and the world's first to feature AVCHD lite HD video recording. The TS1 is designed to be dustproof and waterproof up to 3 metres and shockproof up to 1.3 metres. This means it is the perfect companion for the beach, taking snow boarding, hiking, festivals and a host of other active, outdoor situations. You can even take it underwater and get shots of your friends snorkelling.

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