An old PC is like putty in your hands. Tim Dean looks at how you can shape it into a new system with a few easy upgrades.

In this line of work, there's really nothing quite like the all-too-occasional experience of opening a box from Apple, and unveiling the shiny wonders squirreled away inside. In fact, it's the only event that never fails to draw all and sundry AJB staff from throughout the office into the Labs to catch a glimpse of what the tech company with only 3 percent market share worldwide has managed to innovate this time.

Looking to build your dream machine? We explore the latest components on the market, and give you advice on which ones to hunt down, along with the general price you can expect to pay for each major component.

Everyone likes standards, but standards mean compromises. Tim Dean looks at whether they're worth the trade off.

A well rounded package that falls short on security.

Media Center is here but Tim Dean thinks it totally and utterly doesn't live up to expectations, but there might be some hope for the future.

If it breeds, mutates and consumes resources, then it's a threat. Tim Dean thinks your Aibo may be more sinister than it looks.

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.

The web is changing, and AJAX is leading the charge. Tim Dean looks at the first great Web 2.0 technology in action.

Want to skip the Christmas crowds, or nab a once in a lifetime bargain? Online shopping could be the answer. Tim Dean looks at the glory and the pitfalls.

As the technology is getting more mature, there is now an abundance of 802.11b cards on the market.

Battery capacity has proven to be a serious barrier to true mobile computing. Tim Dean looks at how the technology is evolving.

We received two different versions of this card during our testing, with the only difference being the housing and cooler system used.

Discover if your bank is leaving serious security holes or lacks cutting-edge features in our in-depth analysis of online banking.

Tim Dean thinks technology evangelists have a knack of embracing new ways on one hand, and ignoring the good old ways on the other.

Like clowns piling out of the other kind of Mini, you’ll be similarly surprised at how much Apple has managed to squeeze into the Mac mini.

DDR2 is here, but there's more to it than meets the eye. Tim Dean takes a look at the good and bad of tomorrow's memory.

It feels like I say this every time I write a TFT review, but by gum theyve come ahead in leaps and bounds in recent years, in terms of technology, price and sales.

Are we being watched? Tim Dean thinks privacy advocacy groups have blown the issue out of proportion.