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.

Is online shopping the minefield we're lead to believe? David Kidd takes his chances.

PC Authority had the opportunity to interview Feargus Urquhart, CEO of Obsidian Entertainment on the occasion of his latest AAA roleplaying game release.

Peer-to-peer networking is one of the Great Internet Treasures. David Kidd looks at the future of file sharing, and how to get the most out of it.

uTorrent is stands tall among the many BitTorrent clients out there.

Project Arcade, subtitled Build Your Own Arcade Machine, takes a shot at being the definitive guide to sticking a PC into a wooden cabinet for the single purpose of playing retro arcade games. It's a big task, and author John St. Clair almost gets there.

Tagging is the best system for managing files ever conceived. David Kidd wonders what Google is so afraid of.

David Kidd is master and commander, holding on to the past so hard it has become his future.

After splitting the keyboard into left and right halves, there seemed to be nowhere else to go in creating a functional keyboard that was easy on the fingers. orbiTouch's Keyless Keyboard is one of a kind - it breaks from the normal keyboard fare and does away with keys altogether.

Sci-fi strategy with a killer twist. Imagine any creature, make it, and send it into battle.

Simple classic fun with a healthy dose of nostalgia for good measure.

The cream of the turn based strategy genre just got deeper.

This is a game that pushes PC hardware to the limit, and puts so called ‘next-gen’ consoles to shame.

David Kidd investigates why open source software still falls into the same old traps

Sequel to 'The Longest Journey' takes adventure gaming into the new frontier.

Laplink's ShareDirect takes a different approach to the others on test.

Grouper's feature set is impressive, but Qnext takes the gong for the most extraneous features crammed into what is essentially filesharing tool.

FIC’s Spectra is a slick, quiet, living-room friendly unit.

Rootkits, Smarties and strategic marketing make up the news this week. David Kidd rounds it up.

Intel’s chief technology officer Pat Gelsinger has pointed to key areas that will enable the penetration and technological advancement of wireless technology in the next few years.