Hitachi’s ingeniously hinged screwdriver is your flexible friend when it comes to awkward screws and looks remarkably like a Halo 3 gun

Small enough to fit in your pocket but with enough power to make light work of rusty screws and flat-packed furniture

The number two Phillips head screwdriver is a powerful beast. I remember, as a wee lad, watching my father encounter a problem and reach straight for the little green handled wonder, with its chrome steel shank.

While its a relatively simple task to install peripheral cards into a fully assembled PC, its a different story to actually construct a PC from scratch. Like every venture where some assembly is requi

Robots are supposed to be helpful or entertaining. Roboreptile, with his limited movements and irate demeanour, is just unpleasant

The HP Pavilion s5180a punches above its weight and provides a welcoming entry point for a starter or low-end upgrade system.

A generic, value case for of mum and dad buyers only. And even then, that’s pushing it....

GPUs 'not just for gaming and movies'.

David Fearon pulls apart the tiny notebook, and asks why Intel and Microsoft can't match the excitement.

An incredibly light and practical notebook for frequent travellers, but not without its quirks.

Impressive and free antivirus and antispyware package

Devices that attach storage to the network aren't new, but until now they've been either very expensive or limited in ability. But this little marvel from Asus changes all that. The WL-HDD can put a hard disk on the network with no drivers or client software required, and it can do this wirelessly via 802.11g.

The humble beige box is an area of PC hardware that many people overlook. However, the quality of system cases varies significantly, and a bad design can cause no end of problems in the long run. Unfo

Mid-range priced but fully featured, Panasonic's EB-VS3 is our new favourite chatbrick.

We are not saying you need them for a deserted island, but these incredibly useful gadgets are among our favourite PC essentials.

Cheap meats effective in this scalable, rackmountable, professional KVM switch.

Don't want to settle for rolling green hills on your desktop? PC Authority looks at the alternatives with our guide to the latest desktop enhancements.

Not quite small enough to inhale, but the features and looks will still leave you breathless.

Although falling slightly below par in our quality testing, the IntelliPro 4000GX managed to claw back points with a score 16 percent above the average for value, primarily due to its incredibly low initial purchase price.

If you want something done properly, do it yourself. Gareth Ogden and Valens Quinn don their overalls to make a DIY dream machine. Here at PC Authority were constantly testing the