The SB Live! is one of the most commonly used cards, and as such, is a good yardstick for the performance of the new generation of sound cards.

Happy birthday Microsoft. The world's most popular IM service boasts now 330 million users, ten years later.

Zero-tolerance policy.

Built-in tracing and improved drawing, formatting and colour correction make X3 the best CorelDRAW upgrade in years.

We've searched every corner of the web for the most useful (and useless) sites you've never seen. Download free movies and music, find the cheapest shopping sites, get a degree, make money, walk on Mars and much more.

See the latest PC gear and meet industry leaders at Atomic Live 2008, including the first chance to play Far Cry 2 in Australia.

Awesome! If you use a computer to store your music or movies (or both), you should check this one out

The entry-level market is heating up with new cameras from Canon, Pentax, and Sony.

This is a pretty decent little webcam – it's just that, without games to fool around with, it feels like a low-end PC webcam plugged into your Xbox. EyeToy this ain't

In many respects, sound hardware is a luxury. However, if we are to build a general-purpose multimedia system, then a sound card and speakers are essential. On the processing front, weve chosen

On rare occasions, however, we receive a Gateway PC that does not live up to our expectations, and unfortunately this is one of them.

Not all webcams will work in Vista, so we examined three Vista-ready models to find the best.

Gamers begin priming their trigger fingers.

Is Vista’s suave new interface and menu system window dressing or a radical improvement in usability?

Do you have a business or are in charge of a business’ tech security? Get some tips from PC Authority’s experts.

Microsoft vs. Google in the online office battleground.

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Last year the Pentium 4 was beginning to show its true colours as a top performance desktop CPU, but it was still squarely outmatched in the value stakes by the new Athlon processor. DDR RAM was also becoming the standard, with SDRAM finally going the way of the extinct plankton, graptolites.

Excellent performance and features, but at a price that’s too high

Olympus’ Four Thirds imaging system comes of age in a classy compact SLR that makes the rest look ordinary