Davey Winder explores the moves that brought artificial intelligence out of the labs and into the black and white world of popular science.

French scientists eye Prussian blue for breakthrough.

Will a beefed-up firewall, User Account Control and disk encryption make Vista a safer choice than XP?

Toshiba has now introduced a laptop with a HD-DVD drive. And gave us details on HD-DVD.

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

How will you be computing in the next 12 months? PC Authority brings you 2005's big technology stories - before they happen.

We audition the first entrant in our Bluetooth A2DP lineup.

Impressive and free antivirus and antispyware package

It may be early days for the technology, but it's still interesting to look at Sony's Blu-Ray drive under the microscope.

The Hercules name is synonymous with quality and reliability, as well as blue-coloured graphics cards. Based around NVIDIA's new budget graphics chipset, the GeForce2 Titanium, the Hercules 3D Prophet II Titanium is Guillemot's latest offering, and it too is blue in colour.

There are many ways of altering the colour in an image and you can change colours across the whole image or in selected areas. Corel Photo-Paint colour tools accessible from the Image | Adjust menu in

It’s important to choose a power supply that meets your needs. Here we show you what to look out for.

Our unparalleled test of mobile broadband returns, comparing the three fastest services on offer in Australia. Read PC Authority's full comparative results drawn from exhaustive testing with real-world data.

Blu-ray and HD DVD players will come out fighting this year. We reveal which format is best placed to be DVD’s successor.

Big Blue thins paste to keep chips cool.

A preview of Samsung's first Blu-ray player, and the technology that drives it.

Faster and scalable to smaller dimensions, claims Big Blue.

One of the most striking things about Pioneer’s entry this month is the cosmetics: it’s 24hr karaoke bar meets street-racing BMW. And lots of blue LEDs! And these LED’s can get a little annoying – especially the super bright “headlight” LED’s. They shine directly ahead, and at desk height they beam straight into your eyes. There is also a large, illuminated ‘Xfinity’ etched into the front door of the case. Suffice to say this case won’t be to everyone’s taste. But otherwise, the rest of the externals are OK – the top mount houses two of the six total USB ports beneath a tidy flap, and a large power button with a good action.

Interesting technology, but noisy and expensive to run.

Impressive and free antivirus and antispyware package