Since the launch of PC Authority magazine 30 issues ago, we have placed an emphasis on the concept of computing in the real world. This means that all the PC hardware that passes through our Labs is t

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

Discover if your bank is leaving serious security holes or lacks cutting-edge features in our in-depth analysis of online banking.

Enlarge your workspace with a widescreen monitor: We round up 13 LCDs from 20in up to 24in, with prices you won’t believe

Print, scan and copy with one device; we round up six of the best all-in-ones.

With free video services like MSN and Skype, you’re missing out if you don’t have a webcam.

Early last year we predicted that 2003 would be the year of the TFT, and we were proven right. TFT prices tumbled to affordable levels, and for the first time TFTs were arriving that had comparable quality to CRTs.

We test nine devices, from the simplest printers to versatile multifunction devices that print, scan, copy and fax

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

If you equate the CPU as the brains of the PC then think of the motherboard as the nervous system, shuffling signals back and forth from the extremities of your PC. In exposing these 15 e

From personal printers to home office colour, we put 12 lasers through their paces. Some are lightning fast; others produce dazzling colour. Some are tiny, and some are surprisingly cost-effective.

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