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

In an exclusive interview, Stallman discusses his views on free versus proprietary and open source software, social networking sites and privacy issues.

Open source group circles the wagons.

They say that behind every great man there’s a great woman, although these days it could just as well be the other way around..

Clause in upcoming GPL3 will prevent indirect patent licence fees.

An educational classic updated

Jon Honeyball rails against Vista and travels to learn about Microsoft SharePoint 2007.

Macromedia RoboDemo is the easiest way to create interactive demonstrations and software simulations...

This powerful firewall gets updated.

What will you be buying, using and drooling over this year? Tim Dean looks at the astounding products and technologies due to hit in the next 12 months.

Create professional software demos

Climb the steps all the way to Windows guru status with our invaluable selection of tips and shortcuts for XP and Vista.

System allows post-event geo-tagging.

If I'd seen one of these when I was an 8 year old, I would have gone on a hunger-strike until my parents bought me one.

Navman or TomTom? We tested the best selling units in a head to head battle to see which would get us home faster and with less hassle.

Do you have a business or are in charge of a business’ tech security? Get some tips from PC Authority’s experts.

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.

This year's CeBIT was a mecca for demonstration and discussion of technology. Here are some of the highlights.

Don't be confused; this XP has little to do with Microsoft. It's what happened when software developers pushed the best practices of programming to the edge, to the extreme.