Life would be easier if we didn’t have to patch our operating systems and apps. Patrick Gray explores the real reasons why updating is important.

Senior managers, c-level executives, directors, and boards, in fact all of industry's masters and commanders who don't have the acumen to optimise their technology deployments as strategic levers, are neglecting their responsibilities to their shareholders, stakeholders, partners and staff.

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.

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

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

What happens when multiple-core processors are no longer sufficient for our demands? Stuart Andrews looks at the future of CPUs.

There is a risk of banking websites falling prey to a new form of malicious keyboard logger, but there is a way to reduce your risk

According to Software as a Service providers -- who want you to run your business online -- SAAS has come of age. We put it under the microscope.

The best source of knowledge or “broken beyond repair”? PC Authority uncovers how the net’s highly controversial encyclopedia really works.

Card skimming and online fraudsters are costing Australians over $120m a year, but there is hope say experts. We've got some tips on how to navigate your local ATM and what to look out for.

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

And Steve Jobs will not be delivering his famed speech at this coming Macworld in January. Say it isn't so, Steve.

ATM security is so poor worldwide, that many more machines are likely to be easily compromised in the future, warns Kaspersky

If theres one word guaranteed to make stockbrokers and share investors panic, it is Greenspan. As head of the US central bank, Dr Alan Greenspan controls Americas official interest rates. But why shou