Play your video, photo and music files on your TV from a networked PC. We put five network players to the test

Despite the wailing and gnashing of teeth that emanates from the bowels of music industry boardrooms, technologies and devices that enhance the portability of music continue to grow in popularity. The concern is not over the proliferations of the gadgets themselves, it's about the files that are loaded onto them, which have flooded peer-to-peer networks, cardboard boxes under flea market counters and the hard drives of computer users across the world.

We put seven NAS drives from the likes of Maxtor, Netgear, Synology, Thecus, Western Digital and Iomega to the test to find out which is best for storing your files

Share and back up music, photos, video and documents on your network with a high-capacity NAS drive.

There are three main types of MP3 players, which differ mostly in terms of their method of data storage. Each has its own pros and cons.

Stuck for storage space? Upgrade to one of the latest disks and you’ll benefit from better performance too

A PC in the lounge room too complex and cluttered? You need a media adaptor.

High-capacity desktop drives have never been so affordable. Darien Graham-Smith puts 23 to the test to find the best

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

We test 11 keyboard-based smartphones to find the best tools for staying connected on the move

Will home media centres do to the entertainment industry what video did to the radio star? With new technology reshaping our lounges, homes could soon become fully functional media hubs.

If you are serious about getting great sound from your computer - and putting sound into your computer - you need to make sure you are packing the right hardware to do the job.You can now buy any numb

For those of us who don't really have a lot of money to spare there's always one payoff that you can look forward to each year and that's tax time. Which means there is the perennial question of what

Finding a good PC or notebook for the family is not as hard as you might think. PC Authority  puts the latest models to the test.