Are your Windows 95 apps not running under XP? Tim Dean goes through a few tricks to help you get it running.

Is your PC the stable, error-free platform you need? We didn't think so. Leigh Dyer, David Kidd and Ty Pendlebury present the essential guide to fixing your PC.

With the free products on our new cover DVD, you need never buy software again. So why do we still keep paying?

An innovative and potentially very useful service for small businesses without an existing IT infrastructure.

Mike MacCana ponders the wine industry, rants online, and discovers a neat tip for intra-server messaging...

Online services are growing smarter by the day – but can they replace desktop applications? We spend a week working online to find out.

This version sees a new maturity, with more server integration and easier-to-use controls online forms.

We knew that Outpost Personal Firewall Pro 2 would improve on its predecessor, but this version is a major upgrade. I'm not just talking about the superb revamped interface, which couples simplicity with power, but a quick look under the pretty skin confirms that this is a serious development.

You can be proud of an interface you developed, but this is taking it too far.

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

But compatible handset supply remains a problem.

BitTorrent touted as 'broadband's next killer app'.

Mobile industry desperate to drive data revenues.

David Kidd reminds himself that complacency is the enemy of discovery.

Vegas has a huge array of editing features for the money, plus powerful bundled DVD authoring.

It has been over two years since we previewed Office XP, but Microsoft has finally given us a glimpse of Office 2003. The finished version should be on the shelves by the end of July, but will it be worth the upgrade? The answer could be an emphatic 'yes' if you're a Tablet PC user, as Microsoft has just launched OneNote (see page 59), making full use of electronic ink. The company is also introducing InfoPath (see page 59) for designing electronic forms, with the flexibility of XML. The classic apps have also had their seen refurbishment, with Outlook (page 56) getting the most attention, and FrontPage and Publisher (page 58) a bit of a revamp.

Even if the flexible, paper-thin screen is the undisputed killer app of display technology, it will never get out of the lab if its tied to present-day battery technology. Batteries have, its true, im

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Get your licensing shop in order before you build you new server.

Sony never lets you forget that it creates Personal Entertainment Organisers; Personal Data Assistants simply aren't trendy enough. But if you ignore the marketing, it rapidly becomes clear that the TJ35 is going head-to-head with the supposedly business-oriented Palm Tungsten E (January 2004, cover CD).