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Bring PC-based intelligence and automation to your home with this complete guide. It's cheap and easy to now have the 'Jetsons' house.

End of the line in sight for unconnected handhelds.

Your wireless network is more powerful than you imagine. Use this guide to fully understand and utilise it.

Time to push security up the IT agenda.

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

Microsoft has started from scratch with Vista’s networking features — but are they any better than those found in XP? We log-in and find out.

Gartner welcomes chip giant's move.

Microsoft has four key 'visions' for Pocket PC 2003 (PPC 2003): make it easier for manufacturers to innovate, improve the 'wireless experience', bring easy instant messaging to the PDA, and expand the 'media experience'.

The biggest problem with modern robotics is not the mechanisms, its the intelligence behind the mechanisms. Matching the human sense of balance is a major challenge, for example. Enter cy

The D-Link DWL-7000AP is a wireless access point that is friendly towards all 802.11 devices. It's a dual-band/tri-mode wireless device - this means the 7000AP supports all three 'g', 'b' and 'a' standards. If you have one of these, you don't need to worry about what other 802.11 devices you will be using - chances are they'll talk.

You don't have to settle for printer that just prints. PC Authority tests six of the latest all-in-one devices.

Good looking and easy to use, the Squeezebox is also well featured. The only downside is the price.

Ever since the arrival of Windows CE on palm-sized devices, we at PC Authority have voiced concerns over its suitability and performance on this platform.

Seven companies team up to create next-generation mobile OS.

Chipmaker launches Microsoft Home Server reference design and AMD Livelaptops.

Bluetooth on steroids, the solution for short-range wireless video, or the replacement for USB in computers?

Linux doesn't have to be a silent workhorse. Leigh Dyer examines the state of sound support in Linux

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