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Every expert has a toolkit. Tim Dean takes you through the 10 tools any Windows expert cannot live without. So, to give you a head start, here are PC Authority's top 10 tools for the ultimate Windows user.

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We've traversed the acronym laden landscape of VoIP for you, and present you with the PC Authority guide to VoIP: what it is, what kinds of services you can find, what savings you can expect to make and how it is that you can go about setting up VoIP for yourself at home.

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An old PC is like putty in your hands. Tim Dean looks at how you can shape it into a new system with a few easy upgrades.

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Microsoft’s radical redesign promises ‘better results, faster’. Be fully prepared for this world-leading productivity software.

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We provide the commentary on a bruising eight-round battle between Vista and Tiger.