Forty per cent growth in emerging regions, predicts Gartner.

Australia's PC market is still going gangbusters, recording second-quarter growth of 14.4 percent and sequential growth of 8.6 percent in latest Gartner statistics.

The hot little seller makes the big leap from Linux to XP, with a small price jump.

Almost half of Sydney's computer repair shops surveyed by ComputerCHOICE magazine are overcharging and incompetent.

IDC reports sales up 16 per cent, but still lower than expectations.

Decide whether it's finally time to ditch Vista by installing the full working version of Windows 7 Release Candidate. Plus: our digital camera buyer's guide, ultimate laptops and more.

One out of five Australian households will have a home network by 2009, analyst IDC has predicted.

A slow booting PC is one of the long running annoyances for Windows users. So have things improved in Windows 7?

Want to know the best parts for any PC, from a LAN box to the ultimate in PC performance? Our friends over at Atomic have introduced the online KitLog

There is a known issue with PC Authority's recent cover discs involving Windows' Autorun feature on some systems.

All readers who have had difficulty registering the full-version programs on the PC Authority September 2007 DVD, please read this updated solution.

And it’ll speed up your PC says Microsoft, despite what some beta testers have been saying.

Chip giant accused of undermining project to help the world's poorest children.

Advanced Micro Devices this week introduced its fastest desktop processor, heating up competition with rival chip maker Intel for the hearts of PC enthusiasts and hard-core gamers.

BitLocker first reared its head in Windows Vista, but the scope of the encryption software has been extended in Windows 7. Since Vista's launch, lost or stolen USB drives have become an enormous security liability.

As Vista and Windows 7 share the same core code, Microsoft has decided to merely nudge up the version number (Windows Vista was 6) so that applications are tricked into thinking it's Vista they're dealing with