Internet everywhere, for affordable prices. Dave Stevenson investigates the claims, tests the speeds and delivers a verdict on the best plan for your mobile dollars.

Many people upgrade their PCs by adding the latest CPU or more memory, but leave their old hard disk in place. The humble hard disk is one of the slowest components inside a PC (in fact, only optical

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

The two main concerns an end user has with their hard disk, capacity and reliability, continue to improve with advances in technology. Every six months or so, there is an increase in the areal density

There may be two main CPU manufacturers, but picking the right processor is anything but simple. We put 51 CPUs through their paces

Are you kicking around an old clunky PC that looks like a relic from the Stone Age? Google Zeitgeist (www.google.com/press/zeitgeist.html) tells us that while Windows XP accounted for 46 percent of the OSs used to search Google during February 2004, 24 percent were still using Windows 98 and Windows 95, indicating there are still a lot of late-1990s PCs kicking around. Even if you’re running something from the 1GHz days, it’s probably time to think about an upgrade. But it can easily get to the point where you’re upgrading just about every component. In that case, you should seriously consider looking at the excellent bargains available in new PCs today.

Testing anti-virus software is a tricky endeavour at the best of times, due to the inherent nasty nature of the test subject. For this anti-virus roundup, we asked independent anti-virus testing lab, AV-Test.org (www.av-test.org) to conduct the testing for us in their controlled environments. AV-Test.org has access to thousands of viruses, and is a respected anti-virus testing lab.

They may look big and complicated, but a digital slr is just as easy to use and takes far better pictures than a pocket digicam

We put every current model from ATI and NVIDIA through its paces to find out which offers the best performance and value.

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

Out with the inches, in with the speed. PCA puts nine of the best LCDs through their paces.

The notebooks were subjected to several benchmarks to give an objective evaluation of their speeds, performance and applicability.

The Labs team delves into the guts of this month’s motherboards, and points out what you need to know to chose the right one for your needs.

This Labs featured in the November 99 issue, any pricing seen in these reviews were correct at the time of printing. For several years the industry settled on a 14in diagonal as th

Finding a good PC or notebook for the family is not as hard as you might think. PC Authority  puts the latest models to the test.

While PDAs began their life as the same kind of techno-curiosities that mobile phones once were, their popularity is now rocketing. In researching this Labs it struck us that nothing cou

Intel’s three new CPUs promise Core i7 power in an economical and efficient package. We put them through their paces to see whether small really is beautiful

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.

Print, scan, copy and fax with one single device. We put 10 all-in-ones through their paces.

This month we’ve taken 12 of the fastest optical drives, run them through their paces and sorted the award winners from the less than impressive performers.