What will you be buying, using and drooling over this year? Tim Dean looks at the astounding products and technologies due to hit in the next 12 months.

They will get past your security software. Know your enemy and protect yourself.

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

Do you have a business or are in charge of a business’ tech security? Get some tips from PC Authority’s experts.

The Internet is booming again, but this time it’s very different. PC Authority brings you up to speed with the global Web 2.0 phenomenon.

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

It was touted as the next big thing from Microsoft. But is Microsoft’s storage strategy in tatters?

Microsoft’s radical redesign promises ‘better results, faster’. Be fully prepared for this world-leading productivity software.

Climb the steps all the way to Windows guru status with our invaluable selection of tips and shortcuts for XP and Vista.

There are any number of reasons why you could be delayed by traffic congestion and up until now, there’s been little motorists could do about it. We've road-tested a traffic-equipped GPS for a week to see if it can help.

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

We've searched every corner of the web for the most useful (and useless) sites you've never seen. Download free movies and music, find the cheapest shopping sites, get a degree, make money, walk on Mars and much more.

Our full guide to saving cash-saving secrets is here, from how to get discounts on PCs, to SIM only phone contracts, the best DSLR cameras deals, and discount licensing from Adobe, Microsoft and others.

How will you be computing in the next 12 months? PC Authority brings you 2005's big technology stories - before they happen.

The HST (Hubble Space Telescope) was first conceived back in the 1940s, designed and built during the 1970s and 1980s, and finally launched into orbit by the Space Shuttle Discovery on 25 April

This feature is for anyone who's finished a working day with the horrible sense of dissatisfaction that things didn't go to plan, that you've been ineffective. That you just didn't do all the things you wanted to.

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

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

Is your PC the stable, error-free platform you need? We didn't think so. Leigh Dyer, David Kidd and Ty Pendlebury present the essential guide to fixing your PC.

What job involves acid baths, robots and space suits? Read about the fascinating world of computer chip fabrication, with PC Authority’s exclusive imagery and insights.