This month the Labs team decided to take a snapshot of the high-end visual and 3D workstation state of play.When you think workstations, a few things immediately spring to mind: dual processors, loads

Are you still confused about what sort of camera to purchase? We take a look at some of the differences between stand-alone video cameras and dual-use compacts that promise to do everything. Are video cameras still even necessary? We've got some answers.

This rather unusual system from MCT has a bit of everything.

Recently Intel recognised it needed a stop-gap chipset with dual-DDR before the release of the Springdale and Canterwood (865 and 875 respectively).

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.

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,

Powered by a 1.6GHz mobile Pentium processor, featuring dual-band 802.11a/g wireless capability and sporting a 15.4in wide-screen display, the Dell D800 represents the best of the Latitude series of notebooks. At around 3.3kg, it is not light, nor is it thin – but is complemented by an exceptional finish and a solid set of technology.

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.

Second most expensive, Ricoh’s MP5316DA burner really has something to crow about, packing all the major DVD standards in DVD+/-RW support as well as dual layer functionality.

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.

The first Blu-ray drive to actually BE available in Australia. The massive price should fall quickly.

Swiping the hardware from the PC Authority test bench, we went about putting together our Shuttle XPC. Immediately we were confronted by one of the idiosyncrasies of small form factor PCs: squeezing all the hardware in the tiny space inside.

The Labs team delves into the guts of this month’s motherboards, and points out what you need to know to chose the right one for your needs.

Dual socket beast uses 8 cores, DDR3 and SLI plus Crossfire graphics capability.

The A7N8X Deluxe features dual-LAN ports, which allows you to connect to a broadband service and share it without the need for a separate PCI network card.

Reasonably priced for a $99 dual-band wireless 802.11b/g PCMCIA, it's physically identical in size to the Level OneWPC-0300 device.

SiS wasn't far behind Intel with its own dual-channel chipset – the 655. This goes one step further than the e7205 to offer PC2700 support for a bandwidth of 5.4GB/s, far in excess of the 533MHz FSB Pentium 4's capability, giving extra room for AGP and I/O.