Here's a handful of the best laptop bags around - perfect for protecting your pride and joy while you're out and about. In addition to the essential protection, these bags also come with oodles of style.

Are "free laptop" deals like Vodafone's Dell Inspiron mini 9 offer a great way to save money on a new PC, or a cleverly disguised con? We reveal the truth

It's always a bonus to uncover a shortcut or program enhancement, and here we bring you 100 tips and tricks that we hope will make your computing experience quicker, simpler or more rewarding. Laptops.

Samsung’s new Flash disk can extend battery life and boost performance – at a price

The single biggest reason for existing laptop owners to upgrade to Windows 7 is something unique to this release: it actually requires less horsepower than Vista. That's good news for netbook owners!

Apple’s MacBook Pro is a design masterpiece, even if its brilliance is marred by a few annoying niggles.

More than 20,000 people voted for the best and worst technology in this year's Awards, including the best ISP, laptop brand, wireless router, and best online retailer. See who won and who lost.

Wondering what to do with your tax return? Here's our list of "if-only" technology products that might be in your reach after your tax return.

A one-of-a-kind laptop computer has been stolen from a bicycle shop in Kings Cross, according to a NSW police report.

Price: $75.00 Both stylish and well made, this Australian designed laptop bag is full of innovative technical features. First off, the shoulder strap securely converts the bag into a ba

For this price, the Vostro’s plain looks can be overlooked in favour of its impressive battery life

Since the release of the Eee PC 701, the 'Notebook' has dominated. Easy to use, cheap and able to be left on the coffee table next to the remote, Notebooks are true appliance computing. The choice of which one to buy comes down to personal preference, but it's hard not to prefer those with the best usability. Our rundown of your options covers their performance, battery life, and design.

Designed to sit between the low-end Inspiron and high-end XPS families, it comes in 15in and 17in flavours and its target audience could be pretty much anyone: few laptops are as customisable as this.

Intel has been banging on about Centrino 2 lately, so it was good to finally get a chance to test the claims courtesy of a spanking new mid-range Centrino 2 M51 Va courtesy of ASUS.

Chip giant accused of undermining project to help the world's poorest children.

Wondering how to take advantage of the new 50% tax break for small business IT purchases? Our tax resource centre explains everything you need to know.

3Coms AirConnect is one of the high-speed wireless LAN (WLAN) contenders, combining three PC Card network interface cards and a base station. The AirConnect cards dont inspire confidence, as the aerial assembly isnt securely fixed to the card body. 3Com looks to have remedied this with the release of the new XJACK cards (estimated at $400 each). These cards have a pop-up antenna and are less prone to breaking off the card.

We help you determine whether your current PC can run Vista and which version of the operating system best suits your needs.

If you're in the market for a new laptop, one of the most important, and tricky considerations is battery life. We've bench tested 10 ultimate laptops in our latest issue, and here are the results

A full guide to buying laptops, from budget machines to ultraportables and netbooks, plus everything you need to know about digital TV hardware, Freeview and more, is in the new issue of PC Authority.