High-capacity desktop drives have never been so affordable. Darien Graham-Smith puts 23 to the test to find the best

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

External hard disks are a great way to add storage. We test 13, from sub-$130 portable drives to mighty terabyte desktop units.

From Celerons to Core i7s, Semprons to Phenom IIs, David Bayon tests Mainsteam desktop processors and finds the best budget, mid-range and enthusiast (gaming) choice for you.

The Nehalem-based xeons are a landmark release, with exceptional performance married to great power.

Discover if your bank is leaving serious security holes or lacks cutting-edge features in our in-depth analysis of online banking.

Fifteen security packages go head to head in our labs test, including Kaspersky, Norton, ZoneAlarm, McAfee, F-Secure and AVG. Find out which will keep you safe and which could let you down.

Internet everywhere, for affordable prices. Dave Stevenson investigates the claims, tests the speeds and delivers a verdict on the best plan for your mobile dollars.

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

With so many factors to consider, choosing a motherboard can be a bewildering exercise. We put 11 models through their pace to find the ultimate in performance, flexibility and value

Print, scan, copy and fax with one single device. We put 10 all-in-ones through their paces.

The first place to start tweaking is your BIOS. Enter your BIOS by hitting a key combination on system boot (look out for F1, Del etc). A word of warning though, the BIOS is a very powerful tool, but can cause damage if pushed the wrong way.

Store it in your pocket. PC Authority takes fifteen USB drives for a spin around the block.

We test 11 keyboard-based smartphones to find the best tools for staying connected on the move

With online services easier to use and cheaper than ever, there’s now no excuse not to back up your files, says Stuart Andrews.

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

Pocket-sized digital camcorders are becoming more capable all the time. We round up ten of the best

Ultra-mobile PCs are the future of mobile computing according to Microsoft. Ross Burridge looks at the devices and the technology

We know you want to play games, so we've put 18 PCI Express graphics cards under the microscope to see who really does the job the best.

We test nine devices, from the simplest printers to versatile multifunction devices that print, scan, copy and fax