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

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

Want to skip the Christmas crowds, or nab a once in a lifetime bargain? Online shopping could be the answer. Tim Dean looks at the glory and the pitfalls.

We've searched every corner of the web for the most useful (and useless) sites you've never seen. Download free movies and music, find the cheapest shopping sites, get a degree, make money, walk on Mars and much more.

Better sound for your laptop from Creative, plus the little white lies about its heritage exposed.

We provide the commentary on a bruising eight-round battle between Vista and Tiger.

It's always a bonus to uncover a shortcut or program enhancement, and here we bring you 100 tips and tricks that we hope will make your computing experience quicker, simpler or more rewarding. Building Better Websites

Four years ago, I saw a picture of a very beautiful desktop interface, called 'Enlightenment', running on an Operating System called 'Linux'. I didn't know much about either, but I downloaded and installed Linux anyway in order to run that fine looking user interface. Thanks to that early interest, I now enjoy a wonderful job designing and maintaining networks in which Linux often fills an important role. There's no better way to learn something new than for it to be enjoyable. With this in mind, I'd like to present Mike's Hopefully nifty guide to having fun with Linux.

Superb build quality and performance make this a worthwhile upgrade for serious amateurs.

The Internet is booming again, but this time it’s very different. PC Authority brings you up to speed with the global Web 2.0 phenomenon.

18 million handsets sold as customers demand new features.

We test and rate 9 of the best portable presentation devices around.

Capable of reproducing good photos, but it’s slow, a bit expensive to run and has a poor scanner.

We put every current model from ATI and NVIDIA through its paces to find out which offers the best performance and value.

The two-and-a-half thousand dollar price point is a popular one for PC systems.

Wireless, audio/video codecs and ATI graphics cards on the list.

Microsoft’s radical redesign promises ‘better results, faster’. Be fully prepared for this world-leading productivity software.

The second Panasonic submitted, the PT-LC76E rated higher than its sister model -- with even better performance for both office and home real world tests - and came only second to the Hitachi CPS210 overall.

Closed source software seen as greater security risk.

Economical running costs and a great scanner make it appealing, but it’s slow and hard to use as a standalone copier.