Buying a mid-range Dell notebook now means a choice between Dell's Inspiron, Studio and XPS notebooks. We examine the value.

Designed to sit between the low-end Inspiron and high-end XPS families, it comes in 15in and 17in flavours and its target audience could be pretty much anyone: few laptops are as customisable as this.

Print, scan, copy and fax with one single device. We put 10 all-in-ones through their paces.

15 awesome copies of Delphi 4 for PC Authority Gold members Thats right! 15 lucky Gold Members have a chance to grab themselves a copy of Delphi 4 from Borland free.

A great choice for offices that need to recognise batches of documents, with its only real weakness being poor automatic zoning on complex documents.

New models avoid the el cheapo tag, and it's probably a good thing if you're planning on running Vista.

Our full guide to saving cash-saving secrets is here, from how to get discounts on PCs, to SIM only phone contracts, the best DSLR cameras deals, and discount licensing from Adobe, Microsoft and others.

Fifteen security packages go head to head in our labs test, including Kaspersky, Norton, ZoneAlarm, McAfee, F-Secure and AVG. Find out which will keep you safe and which could let you down.

The highest hard drive speed in the world -- 15,000 RPM -- is now available in a 2.5" form factor.

The MacBook Pro range gets a revamp, with a new 15-inch version touted as the fastest notebook the company have ever made

Form and function meet in the middle in one supremely well-made package

One of the most confusing aspects of pre-paid wireless broadband plans are the way different providers calculate your credit, and how much value you get when you recharge your credit. Here's how to avoid getting ripped off

TV on your phone - is it really the way of the future or just clever gimmickry? We looked at both major services to see who’s better, who costs more, and should you even be interested.

Impressive and free antivirus and antispyware package

It was born when Microsoft indicated a move to Windows 95 and is still on version one today. The non-Microsoft version of DOS, the FreeDOS project turned 15 years old on Sunday

Impressive and free antivirus and antispyware package

A superb package for the price, with plenty of power. Only the unambitious battery life lets it down.

Intel has been banging on about Centrino 2 lately, so it was good to finally get a chance to test the claims courtesy of a spanking new mid-range Centrino 2 M51 Va courtesy of ASUS.

Fun with a cheap and powerful Serially Attached SCSI card and 15,000 RPM drives in a blistering RAID 0 configuration.