Native playback of DivX and XviD files is one of the most potentially useful additions to Windows 7. Here's what you need to know.

Play & manage web-based audio

Make this year’s biggest games shine with glorious high-detail, thumping sound and the best accessories

From the Commodore 64 to Microsoft vs Apple, we take a look at the top 10 fights in technology history.

Play old arcade games on your PC

Don't throw out your old Blu-ray players just yet! You'll still be able to play 2D content from 3D Blu-ray discs

What, you haven't set up your desktop with two LCD monitors? Not only do you get double the amount of screen space, you can run work and World of Warcraft side by side. Plus it just looks more impressive

Microsoft has confirmed it has cut a "small percentage", thought to be around 600,000 gamers, off from Xbox Live for modifying their consoles to play pirated games

Sony's motion control tech is due in Spring 2010 and guess what? They'll be games for it too. LittleBigPlanet and Resident Evil 5 are amongst them

Get the latest gear to stream movies from the study to the lounge room, record digital TV and watch TV online

Watch online TV from your desktop

If you're sick of replacing scratched DVDs, build yourself a video jukebox. Here are the tools you'll need and how to build your jukebox the right way

Watch online TV from your desktop

Windows 7 may be the perfect compliment to bring out better than average Blu-Ray viewing results from your computer.

Revamped branding called Vision will make it easier to see which laptop to buy, according to AMD.

We like the ambition of producing a low-cost BlackBerry, but until it drops in price there’s too much competition.

The Apple TV is a streaming media box for your lounge room but it's the black sheep of the Apple family. Here's why Apple TV 3.0 software update fails to spice things up

Wireless in-car connectivity centres are gaining popularity thanks to 3G and burgeoning 4G services. We take a look at a couple of the bigger examples and investigate how they're changing the way we drive.

Some of the wildest, weirdest and most useful gadgets and gizmos for kids - or big kids at heart

Nvidia’s long-awaited 3D kit finally arrives and when it works, it’s every bit as good as we’d hoped it would be.