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Leigh Dyer arrives in OS heaven with a triple-booting Intel Mac.

External hard disks are a great way to add storage. We test 13, from sub-$130 portable drives to mighty terabyte desktop units.

If the lack of a display or hold button don’t bother you, this is a superb player

Too many flaws make this merely a sexy-looking underachiever

Although the Tablet PC was launched with much hype and fanfare, many media outlets have been sceptical as to the validity of the technology. However, the experience delivered by using a Tablet PC firsthand, for any length of time cannot help but impress. I myself went from cynical observer to total convert after trialling three tablets.

To get to grips with the modelling interface, we need to create a simple object. Make sure the Object tool (the icon that looks like a mouse pointer) is selected, then click on the Add Cube icon just

So far, so uninteresting: now we can do something slightly more exciting by giving our objects some surface textures that will show up when rendering. Before we do that, make sure the sphere is the cu

We've put AMD and Intel’s new processors to the test, and there's one clear winner.

The next Call of Duty game isn’t yet another World War two re-hash. It’s a stunning collection of battles in contemporary settings. Read our report from hands-on time with the single player game.

David Moss resolves an iTunes problem, looks into secret folders and Windows file sharing without a central server.

To kick-start the series we're going to begin, as it were, at the top – with the fine art of motherboard and CPU installation. Whether you're building your machine anew, or upgrading your current one with more powerful components, the following guide will help make installing these two key components a breeze.

Online services are growing smarter by the day – but can they replace desktop applications? We spend a week working online to find out.

With the free products on our new cover DVD, you need never buy software again. So why do we still keep paying?

Controversial game on hold after widespread protest.

A virtual address book This address book can hold up to 200 entries (cards). Contains fields for na...

Even if the Twinhead Efio! 2003CTZ couldn't hold its own with the big boys here when we benchmarked it, we were highly impressed with the unit's features and pricing, which countered its relatively low performance and rocketed it into the top three in the Labs.