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

From budget laptops to ultra-tiny netbooks, ultraportables and high performance, we explain the tricks to finding out the ultimate laptop at the right price.

An old PC is like putty in your hands. Tim Dean looks at how you can shape it into a new system with a few easy upgrades.

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

Will splashing out on expensive RAM make a real difference to PC performance? And if so, how much should you buy? We supply the benchmarks and lay the details bare

We test AMD’s first quad-core processor for both speed and power efficiency

Blu-ray takes another tentative step towards the mass market, but is now the time to buy?

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.

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

Blu-ray writers are more affordable than ever. We look at four internal models to find the best way to go high-def. The last time we did a round-up of optical drives, the former war was in full swing. But now Blu-ray has at last seen off HD DVD and taken its place as the industry standard for high-capacity optical media.

Add a TV tuner and you can make the most of Media Center, which is bundled with Vista Home Premium and Ultimate.

Looking to build your dream machine? We explore the latest components on the market, and give you advice on which ones to hunt down, along with the general price you can expect to pay for each major component.

There are almost as many acronyms for the various standards of DVD as there are companies involved in DVD development.

The Microsoft SideWinder Dual Strike's rotating right hand perspective control enhances precision mouse movements like looking, aiming and firing. The left hand controls agility movements for running,

Curious to see what powers the Nehalem and Core i7 architecture? We reveal the tech behind the fastest Intel-powered computer on the planet.

Want to perform an extreme makeover of your system's motherboard, processor, memory or hard disk? We'll show you how.

Nvidia’s latest graphics cards and chips throw down the gauntlet to Intel and AMD. Go behind the scenes with this guide to the big technologies including PhysX, CUDA, and games like Far Cry 2 and S.T.A.L.K.E.R Clear Sky.

Our full guide to saving cash-saving secrets is here, from how to get discounts on PCs, to SIM only phone contracts, the best DSLR cameras deals, and discount licensing from Adobe, Microsoft and others.

We rolled up our sleeves, put on our boots, and trawled the halls of IT's massive trade expo in Sydney looking for tasty tech delights.