A Media Center Extender, upscaling DVD player and great games console

Video support isn’t the best, but the PS3 remains a superb piece of kit

It’s had the most successful launch in video game history. But what’s it like to play?

Decent quality at a great price make this a bargain, but you'll need extras to appreciate it.

Few games have been as unanimously wellreceived, and so uniformly controversial, than the Grand Theft Auto series.

HP crashes the 30" party with the most versatile display on the market.

The Qosmio is the absolute pinnacle in multimedia notebooks. It brings everything you need for a good Windows XP Media Center Edition (MCE) system and squeezes it into a notebook form-factor. Albeit a large notebook form-factor. Yes the Qosmio is a huge and heavy notebook, but it's not nearly as heavy as it would have been if it was packed with desktop internals as many desknotes of this size usually are.

When we sent out the call for multimedia systems we were expecting notebooks and PCs capable of DVD playback and some basic gaming. Pioneer not only cleared this bar with their submission - they raised it.

A much-hyped console epic comes to the PC, but unlike others that have made the move this deserves its press.

The control is simple.

There's no denying the power of the PlayStation 2 gaming console. Once again it's going to be one of the must-have Christmas items for the home this year.

A new interface and extra web-protection capabilities make AVG our top free antivirus choice

Very good image quality, some stylish curves and a bargain price make this a strong home contender.

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

Easy to use, logical and powerful. This is a security solution that will work for most small businesses

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

New wizards make it easier to use, and the range of operations is impressive for such a reasonable price

Feel the power of 256 computers connected to your fingers.

A new behavioural analysis module only adds to AVG’s capabilities, although it isn’t the most elegant marriage

Epic plot and an intruiging mix of RPG and FPS make Mass Effect worth a look, though we can't help but see some similarity with Knights of the Old Republic.