This week we examine a few of those true 'killer apps,' and what they have meant to computing

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.

From Celerons to Core i7s, Semprons to Phenom IIs, David Bayon tests Mainsteam desktop processors and finds the best budget, mid-range and enthusiast (gaming) choice for you.

Pretty much every new product gets hyped as a potentially disruptive technology these days, and usually nobody outside of the company's marketing department actually believes it.

The HDMI licensing body just certified a rather nifty HDMI cable by the unfortunately named Torrent, Inc. It has a built in diagnostic light and locking connectors.

We gaze into a crystal ball and and ponder the future, or possible demise, of some well-known technologies.

Paul Maritz talks up the 'software mainframe' at VMworld in Cannes.

Intel’s new range of desktop processors has been a long time coming, but at last it’s arrived - and it leaves all others in the dust

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Impressive and free antivirus and antispyware package

ATI today is announcing its new Stream transcoding paradigm, and unlike some others, it makes quite a bit of sense. Stream now parses workloads between the CPU and the GPU, and does things much more intelligently.

The company promises that Windows 7 will be the best version of its operating system yet, critical acclaim has often eluded Redmond. We've decided to count down the ten best products ever to come out of Redmond, from DOS 5 to Flight Simulator and NT 4.0

There's a lot of fake news going around about the upcoming GPUish chip called the GT300. Let's clear some air on this Larrabee-lite architecture.

Powerful, well price and a worthy addition to the A-List. The PacStar Core i7 is a PC we wouldn't be unhappy to take home and spend the weekend gaming on

Nope, not the N97, but a full–on capacitive touchscreen to smash the iPhone and Palm Pre

Software Assurance customers are eligible for upgrade as part of a special promotion, according to reports overseas.

Sophos security expert points out Bill's folly.

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.