It should be a heavenly fusion of beauty and function.

Flexiglow's big brother illuminated keyboard is everything you'd ever want, sans multimedia keys.

It’s something we use all the time, but compared with the hours we spend deliberating over the merits of different processors, memory, graphics cards and monitors, the time we devote to picking a keyboard is minimal.

One of the most striking things about Pioneer’s entry this month is the cosmetics: it’s 24hr karaoke bar meets street-racing BMW. And lots of blue LEDs! And these LED’s can get a little annoying – especially the super bright “headlight” LED’s. They shine directly ahead, and at desk height they beam straight into your eyes. There is also a large, illuminated ‘Xfinity’ etched into the front door of the case. Suffice to say this case won’t be to everyone’s taste. But otherwise, the rest of the externals are OK – the top mount houses two of the six total USB ports beneath a tidy flap, and a large power button with a good action.

Lenovo has announced two performance workstation models in the ThinkStation range, the D10 and the S10.

They're good for music and photos, but how do Sony Ericsson phones handle the Web? Our first test run of the K660i shows some promise.

An LG phone has miraculously survived the ravaging flames of a Queensland brush fire. Read on for more details and photos.

What job involves acid baths, robots and space suits? Read about the fascinating world of computer chip fabrication, with PC Authority’s exclusive imagery and insights.

Applications include high intensity LEDs and optical switches.

For those in the business of presentations the data projector runs hand in hand as a tool of the trade almost as important as the notebook computer.

Dell's previous 13.3in XPS - the M1330 - was a delightful portable, but the XPS 13 makes it look scruffy by comparison.

An extremely well built and comfortable machine, blessed with striking looks and a great price.

All the options you could want, although it’s pricey

The acclaimed Razer series gets an unconventional design upgrade - different, but it gets our thumbs up.

French scientists eye Prussian blue for breakthrough.

Toshiba won this month's cat walk competition.

The design is impeccable, the build superb and the screen extraordinary, but the price is a huge barrier. We ponder the icon that is the Macbook Pro 17in

We are not saying you need them for a deserted island, but these incredibly useful gadgets are among our favourite PC essentials.

Incredible levels of control and exquisitely fine pressure sensitivity make this a worthy upgrade

Fantastic news for system builders and overclockers: ESA, the Enthusiast System Architecture is a new open standard to allow sensors inside computer systems to report back to the user from power supplies, fans & water coolers.