Play your video, photo and music files on your TV from a networked PC. We put five network players to the test

Benchmarking PCs is a tricky business. You need to ensure that you stress the systems, but also that the results you get will be relevant in the real world. Previously we have relied heavily on BAPCo's SYSmark2002 for simulating home and office use, with programs such as Excel, Word, Outlook, and web content through Adobe Premiere and Macromedia Dreamweaver. However, due to SYSmark's history of instability as well as the sheer length of time it takes to complete a run, we have put it on the backburner in favour of PCMark04 for this Labs.

A PC in the lounge room too complex and cluttered? You need a media adaptor.

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.

Portability is key for these light laptops. We test six featherweights from just $1486 to more than $2500.

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

Finding a good PC or notebook for the family is not as hard as you might think. PC Authority  puts the latest models to the test.

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