Microsoft has confirmed it has cut a "small percentage", thought to be around 600,000 gamers, off from Xbox Live for modifying their consoles to play pirated games

When Sony's Slim PS3 hits the shops next month it will come with the latest Cell chip. So, is the new CPU any faster?

Rumours are swirling surrounding a new Xbox console on its way in 2010 that is said to come packing Microsoft's Project Natal technology

Do you remember Windows ME, the Sinclair C5, Zip disks or the Apple III? Early adopters usually pride themselves with getting the finest tech products first, but sometimes being first isn’t always best.

The power and flexibility of an enterprise product, but F-Secure Anti-Virus Small Business Suite 8 also comes with a good deal of the complexity of one.

Excellent value for so many features, though BitDefender Small Office Security could be easier to use

McAfee actually hosts the Web management for its security package, making it perfect for small businesses that don't run their own servers.

Powerful and flexible, but also a little complicated for small business.

For the next next generation of consoles, PS4, XBox3 and Wii2, it looks like Intel is in, Nvidia is out. The picture for their GPUs is starting to become clear.

Installation needs to be much more streamlined, but this is a low-maintenance security solution with quality reporting

A solidly built thin client with a good hardware specification and features, including a classy remote management act

Another epic installment of the GTA series, tragically hampered by a poor PC port

Avatars, photo sharing and hopefully fewer service outages await 360 owners with "New Xbox Experience", which carries with it the ugly acronym of "NXE".

New numbers out today from market research outfit Jon Peddie (JPR) predict worldwide growth for PC gaming hardware shipments and regional market share to be “amazing”.

David Fearon explains how to save energy and hassle by converting your old Windows XP PC to a virtual one that you can run on your Vista machine

You'll never hear the last of it

Speculation from industry insiders has it that Intel is having significant trouble getting publishers and developers to programme for Larrabee.

Another slice of addictive gaming pie from Nintendo – and this one will help you lose pounds too

No sane gamer is going to head out and buy this as their new console, but we'd advise 360 and Wii owners not to forget about Dre - there's some truly superb games still coming out for PS