From budget laptops to ultra-tiny netbooks, ultraportables and high performance, we explain the tricks to finding out the ultimate laptop at the right price.

The announcement of a pair of 2GHz dual-core processors from ARM has drawn speculation over a new chip war with Intel in the netbook space, despite the fact that products based on the chips are not likely to appear for at least another year.

Analysts at Gartner have got all excited about the fact that carbon chips are now ready for mass production.

The move to a new platform brings credible new challengers to Intel’s Core 2 processors

Security and privacy advocates argue that RFID tags could make it easier for hackers to target our private information, as RFIDs permeate every facet of everyday life

Intel’s three new CPUs promise Core i7 power in an economical and efficient package. We put them through their paces to see whether small really is beautiful

IDF is Intel’s main forum for new releases and updates on the older products and as such is key to understanding the company’s direction. Here's what impressed us.

Istanbul offers more performance at same power draw as quad-cores.

Intel unveils new laptop chips, while AMD launches its fastest desktop processors.

Get your head around the new range of Intel desktop silicon, including the new Nehalem-based Core i5 and i7 chips.

Boffins engaged in fusion energy research are creating extremely thin plasma beams that could be useful for nanolithography to make future computer chips.

AMD has released a special limited edition processor designed for heavy overclocking. The Phenom II X4 42 Black Edition TWKR chips will support higher voltages and perform at higher frequencies.

A nanotechnology design breakthrough could make faster, cheaper processors through the use of DNA structures.

The GPU acceleration platform hits new milestone, using the parallel processing abilities of graphics chips to shoulder some of the processing load from the CPU.

New version adds hundreds of refinements, including built-in support for Exchange email servers.

Memory chips based on multiferroics could theoretically offer static memory that doesn't require constant refreshing, holds data over loss of power and is fast to both write and read... the holy grail of computer memory

AMD HAS ANNOUNCED it will be launching its Opteron Magny-Cours 12-core server processor in late Q1 2010, only a tad later - and slower - than previously anticipated.

While Intel is rolling out new designs, AMD's focus is on getting the most out of its existing Phenom II process. The AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black edition is just what the doctor ordered.

Physicists have confirmed the existence of bismuth telluride, a material that promises to push aside silicon in the manufacture of faster and more efficient computer chips using a process known as Spintronics

Microsoft has decided not to support ARM chips when it releases its new Windows 7 operating system