Love or hate them, the Netbook is here to stay in 2009. We take a look at five new models: some are contenders and others are likely to be quickly forgotten.

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.

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

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.

While PDAs began their life as the same kind of techno-curiosities that mobile phones once were, their popularity is now rocketing. In researching this Labs it struck us that nothing cou

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

There are two areas to look at when testing laser printers: speed and print quality. We used a range of different documents to test the different aspects of each and weighted the results to give the Quality and Speed scores. More detail on each test is also provided online at www.pcauthority.com.au.

It is exactly one year since the PC Authority Labs team last took an in-depth look at the world of digital cameras in Digital Darkroom, May 2001. This month, it was time again for the Labs team to cas

Taking photos is only half the fun. Touching them up on your PC and printing them is the other half. PC Authority takes a look at some of the best photo-printers on the market.

Now more than ever before bulk optical storage is available to the masses with the steadily falling prices of both the drives and media. This month we look at the feasibility of ditching that CD-RW drive in favour of updating to something with a little more room to grow.

For those of us who don't really have a lot of money to spare there's always one payoff that you can look forward to each year and that's tax time. Which means there is the perennial question of what

We put a selection of high-capacity office printers to the test. We analyse what printer is best for your workplace and what dosn't work.

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

From personal printers to home office colour, we put 12 lasers through their paces. Some are lightning fast; others produce dazzling colour. Some are tiny, and some are surprisingly cost-effective.

All the current chipsets from both the big gaming guns – ATi and Nvidia – tested, reviewed and rated.

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

The 19" LCD fits now represents outstanding value for money, and is so much nicer to use than a 17" screen. We round up and test the best.

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

There are always moments in life when you wish you had your camera to hand. The Labs team rounds up the latest pocket cameras.

They may look big and complicated, but a digital slr is just as easy to use and takes far better pictures than a pocket digicam