Just a couple of years ago, the PC speech recognition and dictation market saw four key players jostling for position, but today the contest is just between IBM and one other player, Dragon.

Something’s wrong with DirectX 10 gaming when even top end cards are struggling with the latest games.

All readers who have had difficulty registering the full-version programs on the PC Authority September 2007 DVD, please read this updated solution.

An often irreverent look at some of the past week's other news.

Are "free laptop" deals like Vodafone's Dell Inspiron mini 9 offer a great way to save money on a new PC, or a cleverly disguised con? We reveal the truth

Are you ready for the next generation of televisions? Talk the talk with PC Authority's jargon guide.

We've taken seven top business PCs and run them through their paces to find out which should be your next upgrade.

How much? Never mind what the LX-1 costs, just see what it does – yes, it’s pricey, but boy is it worth it

IT and electrical goods retailer Bing Lee has signed up to host a digital radio display for customers at its Sydney Skygarden store from 9 December.

We've tested a massive 25 netbooks to provide a list of the best and worst mini laptops, with one surprise winner. Also, see our big TV set top box guide, in the new issue of PC Authority

Since the release of the Eee PC 701, the 'Notebook' has dominated. Easy to use, cheap and able to be left on the coffee table next to the remote, Notebooks are true appliance computing. The choice of which one to buy comes down to personal preference, but it's hard not to prefer those with the best usability. Our rundown of your options covers their performance, battery life, and design.

Apple’s ads may be funny, but they’re woefully inaccurate. Here we reveal dozens of reasons why the PC outclasses the Mac.

Your photos, music and data are just a virus or hard disk failure away from oblivion. Build a triple-layer defence using PC Authority's practical guide.

Unlike many of our performance-based Labs, business workstations are a whole different world of PCs, focusing not on the maximum number of frames per second, or how many overall points they can churn out in any given benchmarking utility.

The performance of this 200GB SATA drive was average. However, despite a three-year warranty, this fell into the lower bracket when it came to value

Wired posts 7 good, and possibly controversial, reasons to switch to Windows 7. Also: Razer's first dedicated MMO mouse, man sells oven door as TV.

TrueSpace has always led the pack in terms of features as far as Windows 3D animation packages under $2,000 are concerned. Recently, however, the market has become rather crowded, with a powerful upgrade to Ray Dream (reviewed issue 9, p100) and the cut-down version of LightWave 3D (Inspire 3D) both challenging it on features and price.

Love or hate them, the Netbook is here to stay in 2009. We take a look at five new models: some are contenders and others are likely to be quickly forgotten.