There are three main types of MP3 players, which differ mostly in terms of their method of data storage. Each has its own pros and cons.

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

Despite the wailing and gnashing of teeth that emanates from the bowels of music industry boardrooms, technologies and devices that enhance the portability of music continue to grow in popularity. The concern is not over the proliferations of the gadgets themselves, it's about the files that are loaded onto them, which have flooded peer-to-peer networks, cardboard boxes under flea market counters and the hard drives of computer users across the world.

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

With no sign of the end of the format war coming to pass anytime soon, prices continue to fall and we’ve got the latest models to take a look at.

CD-RW drives have been a mainstream PC peripheral for a considerable time now, and in most cases, can be found as a standard component in a typical entry level PC rig. We are also well past those frus

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.

The DVD standards battle on, and prices continue to drop, so is it worth buying a DVD burner now? We put an assortment of DVD-R/RW and DVD+R/RW drives to the test to answer that very question.

A game is played out whenever we do a Labs feature with a price point: the vendors cobble together a magic formula that determines what is the appropriate mix of components for the balance in performa

A game is played out whenever we do a Labs feature with a price point: the vendors cobble together a magic formula that determines what is the appropriate mix of components for the balance in performa

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.

We know you want to play games, so we've put 18 PCI Express graphics cards under the microscope to see who really does the job the best.

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

Ultra-mobile PCs are the future of mobile computing according to Microsoft. Ross Burridge looks at the devices and the technology

With so many factors to consider, choosing a motherboard can be a bewildering exercise. We put 11 models through their pace to find the ultimate in performance, flexibility and value

We put every current model from ATI and NVIDIA through its paces to find out which offers the best performance and value.