Adam Turner joins Tech Talk Radio weekly with his view from the couch. Adam was formerly Melbourne deputy editor of Next, the business IT section of Fairfax's The Age and Sydney Morning Herald newspapers in Australia. In March 2005, after seven years at The Age, Turner switched to a freelance career. He still writes the Upgrade product review column in Next and also contributes features and reviews to various business and consumer technology publications. His specialty area is the "digital lounge room" - a key convergence point between next-gen communications and media/entertainment technologies.