David Kidd investigates why open source software still falls into the same old traps

Tagging is the best system for managing files ever conceived. David Kidd wonders what Google is so afraid of.

Peer-to-peer networking is one of the Great Internet Treasures. David Kidd looks at the future of file sharing, and how to get the most out of it.

The week ending 25/11 is the week starting for BitTorrent Bram and his new crusade.

Another week, another PR disaster for Sony.

Rootkits, Smarties and strategic marketing make up the news this week. David Kidd rounds it up.

David Kidd is master and commander, holding on to the past so hard it has become his future.

David Kidd celebrates a good time of blades, mounts and games.

The Unwired Garden of the Future at Sydney Olympic Park was an unprecedented Display Garden at Sydney’s ABC Gardening Australia Festival in August 2005. Designed by Andrew Davies (Landscape Design Director of Dig Design Ideas Gardens) and PC Authority magazine, it was built to represent any outdoor space (balcony/courtyard or a section of a backyard) where the user can leave the confines of the indoors and go outside to use the computer. 

David Kidd wonders where all the pod's cast are.

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.

Looked outside lately? David Kidd expects more from the Microsoft machine

Is online shopping the minefield we're lead to believe? David Kidd takes his chances.

The number two Phillips head screwdriver is a powerful beast. I remember, as a wee lad, watching my father encounter a problem and reach straight for the little green handled wonder, with its chrome steel shank.