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.

Ever wondered what a particular acronym stands for? Find the answer in our comprehensive reference guide to computer industry acronyms. RTFM!

Looking to build your dream machine? We explore the latest components on the market, and give you advice on which ones to hunt down, along with the general price you can expect to pay for each major component.

Is Centrino 2 the leap ahead that Centrino was? Zara Baxter investigates.

Nvidia’s latest graphics cards and chips throw down the gauntlet to Intel and AMD. Go behind the scenes with this guide to the big technologies including PhysX, CUDA, and games like Far Cry 2 and S.T.A.L.K.E.R Clear Sky.

An old PC is like putty in your hands. Tim Dean looks at how you can shape it into a new system with a few easy upgrades.

Want to perform an extreme makeover of your system's motherboard, processor, memory or hard disk? We'll show you how.

1980 Sinclair Producing everything from electric cars to home computers, Clive Sinclair was the 1980s embodiment of English eccentric genius. While Americas kids wiled away t

The Centrino platform has just received a major revision. Tim Dean peers inside Sonoma and takes a look at what we can expect.

Possibly the most interesting feature of the Xbox is its similarity to a PC in terms of its hardware specification. Unlike other games consoles, like the Sony PlayStation2 and Nintendo GameCube, which

Squeeze that extra bit of power out of your existing hardware. Tim Dean looks at the principles of overclocking and examines the potential performance increase.

Read the latest news direct from the show floor at Computex - Nick Ross reports from the heart of Tapei, Taiwan.

Apple’s ads may be funny, but they’re woefully inaccurate. Here we reveal dozens of reasons why the PC outclasses the Mac.

Dan Chiappini shows you how to get the most out of your graphics cards, without ever picking up a soldering iron.

The graphics card is one of the most important performance-generating components in the system, but it can also be one of the most problematic. As is the case with most new hardware, theres a period w

Tim Dean reminisces over nearly seven years of PC Authority, and then he logs out.

Still not sure whether it's worth upgrading to Vista? We put XP and Vista through the ultimate face-off.

Breathe some life into your old PC in time for a Vista upgrade with these budget AGP video cards.

Is Vista’s suave new interface and menu system window dressing or a radical improvement in usability?

High definition video is the next big thing for Australia. We explain the essential technologies for your TV or living room PC, and what to expect from our broadcasters.