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What will you be buying, using and drooling over this year? Tim Dean looks at the astounding products and technologies due to hit in the next 12 months.

When a helpdesk customer is looking for the any ‘key’, it’s best to take control of their system remotely.

Speed up your home network with these wireless routers, including faster speeds, better gaming and VoIP handling and automatic security.

Can’t decide between an Eee and a Wind? A Mini note or an Aspire One? Believe it or not, there’s a bunch of old school smaller laptops that may do the job for less money. We took a look at 7 old school ultraportables.

The first Dothan notebook to roll off the rank, we were interested to see exactly how much real-world gain Intel is offering in its revised Centrino platform.

It's the return of the twin graphics chip powered laptop, but this time Core2 Duo power is under the hood.

Ongoing concerns about the security of wireless networks and an increasing demand to be able to connect remotely to office and home networks has forced many people to look for a reasonably priced VPN solution. Virtual Private Networks use the Internet to establish a secure link between an external PC and a local network.

Great looks, superb build quality and a world beating software package. It would threaten the A list if it were just a little cheaper.

Poor coverage means the Zyxel isn’t a bargain.

Buffalo is first to show off the recently ratified Draft 802.11n specification, but the Nfiniti doesn’t really showcase its talents

Decent features and speed, but still lacking in this company.

A business-orientated router with average performance

When we ran four tablet PCs in December 2002 (Issue 61, page 36) we got plenty of response from readers looking to find out more about them. Over a year on now and tablets have increased dramatically in spec and design although pricing hasn’t reduced as much as we’d expected - possibly since they still haven’t made mass market appeal and sales.

This tiny notebook, measuring a mere 26.5 x 22 x 2.1cm looks quite ordinary on the outside, yet comes with quite an interesting processor inside. The Valeo CP10 is not powered by Intel or AMD, nor even Transmeta, but instead has one of the first VIA Antaur CPUs we've come across.

Its longlife 24-hour battery makes it significantly less portable, but this laptop is classy in every sense of the word.

Long-lasting battery, enough power to go, and a lightweight design: this has it all in a small package

Smells like green spirit, and offers performance at a budget price. The ASUS F6V Green is a laptop with something a little different