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

A few weeks ago we asked for your eBay stories, and we’ve received a lot of responses about bad sellers, demanding buyers and more.

The world wide web is celebrating its twentieth birthday. Over those last two decades, the web has changed the way society works, plays, and interacts..

How did a vibrant palace of bargains and trust turn into a standoff between buyers and sellers? Part one of our major feature.

Cutting edge technology is bringing powerful enterprise-grade solutions to the small and medium business sector. Read on for tips, analysis and tutorials about how you can take advantage.

We provide the commentary on a bruising eight-round battle between Vista and Tiger.

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

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

PC Authority takes a trip down computer memory lane and discovers just how PC technology has evolved... and how Microsoft and IBM nearly destroyed each other.

Adobe Photoshop is so dominant when it comes to print and Web-based bitmap-editing that, in many ways, it has come to define the whole field...

Director 8 Shockwave Studio is now the platform of choice for those sites determined to provide the richest possible Web experience

For every way that the web has improved life, it has also made things more complicated, frustrating and dangerous..

After the disappointment - perceived or otherwise - of Windows Vista, many are pinning their hopes on a revival with Windows 7. And from our first impressions of the pre-beta code, that's exactly what they can expect.

From flying cars to hoverboards, and AI to lasers, we delve into 10 technologies from a list of iconic films and find out just how close we are to making each a reality

Is Australia’s biggest telco beset by parasites? PC Authority looks at Telstra’s new strategy to win over our hearts and minds.

Curious to see what powers the Nehalem and Core i7 architecture? We reveal the tech behind the fastest Intel-powered computer on the planet.

David Moss tackles Vista queries, as well as dealing with floating bars and annoying pop-up reminders.

When you think of photo editing, the chances are you think of Adobe Photoshop. However, the majority of non-professional users don't need Photoshop's high-end power and can't justify its cost. That's where Paint Shop Pro (PSP) comes in. Its low price is definitely its initial attraction, but that has never stopped it aiming high. At times, as with version 6's introduction of vector layers, it has even left Photoshop trailing behind. However, version 7's minor fiddling was a serious letdown and as time passed, it began to look as if PSP had run out of steam. Version 8, though, shows this isn't the case.You begin to realise how fundamental the overhaul has been as soon as you load the application.

Last week, we looked at the geeks who created iconic technologies. This week, we examine the executives who pushed those technologies into becoming the basis of some of the largest businesses in the world.