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Build in back-up and virtual desktops in the works for Apple users.

Major update to the image-editing suite

"But you know, underneath it all it's still Windows," mocks Apple executive.

Traditionally firewalls were the bastion of large, publicly accessible networks to keep hackers out. But in a world connected by the Internet, every machine hooked up to it becomes publicly accessible, and so it's vital that every machine is equipped to protect itself, and the network it may serve, from attack.

Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the web, has a vision for newer, smarter web. Tim Dean looks at how the future of the web might work.

We provide the commentary on a bruising eight-round battle between Vista and Tiger.

Run Windows apps on Linux by running Windows itself. Leigh Dyer shows you how.

Want to break free from a Microsoft world? Leigh Dyer looks at the alternatives.

Don't be confused; this XP has little to do with Microsoft. It's what happened when software developers pushed the best practices of programming to the edge, to the extreme.

Is your PC the stable, error-free platform you need? We didn't think so. Leigh Dyer, David Kidd and Ty Pendlebury present the essential guide to fixing your PC.

These days, when I need to send someone a document, I use email. Just save it as a Word.

With the increasing size of operating systems, games and the broadband smorgasbord of music and movies, it's just a matter of time before that dreaded message box pops up to tell you just how little space you have left.

When a helpdesk customer is looking for the any ‘key’, it’s best to take control of their system remotely.

Every expert has a toolkit. Tim Dean takes you through the 10 tools any Windows expert cannot live without. So, to give you a head start, here are PC Authority's top 10 tools for the ultimate Windows user.

Your photos, music and data are just a virus or hard disk failure away from oblivion. Build a triple-layer defence using PC Authority's practical guide.

Microsoft co-president Jim Allchin makes interesting claim.

Expand your application choices with USB flash drives and portable software.

PC Authority takes a stroll through 2,500 years of computing history. Next month, we look at the future. Whether you work directly in IT, or even just about anywhere in todays soci

Probably the best place to start with the notion of artificially intelligent machines, is to get some perspective on exactly what comprises intelligence, or other similar concepts like awareness or se