Cutting edge technology is bringing powerful enterprise-grade solutions to the small and medium business sector. Read on for tips, analysis and tutorials about how you can take advantage.

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

Protect your LAN and allow internet traffic through to your webserver with a demilitarised zone (DMZ) on your network. Simon Edwards guides you through the process in SmoothWall.

The best plans, the hidden costs, and is it really the best broadband deal on the market?

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

Network reporting tools are a necessary evil for the SME. We unravel the mysteries of Syslog

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.

More sophisticated offerings, such as Yahoo Chess, offer a multitude of different rooms where players can test themselves against other human opponents from around the globe and compete for the braggi

We explain port forwarding and triggering, firewalls and traffic filtering, the DMZ and other broadband bits you should know.

Why do so many network administrators trip over the humble VPN? Steve Cassidy goes in-depth.

Increase your internet security with a hardware firewall. Simon Edwards shows you how to get started in this step by step guide.

In the United States, the American Library Association has passed a resolution condemning the use of filter software in libraries, claiming it is unconstitutional, anti-freedom of speech and tantamoun

What will $50 a month (and under) get you on pre-paid mobile these days? We compare the best prices and deals for pre-paid mobile plans from the big telcos and one little guy.

You've been raising some big questions in the forums about 64-bit. Here's our FAQ to 64-bit Vista vs XP, and whether it's worth the hassle if you're not a workstation user, but a gamer or power user.

A Foxtel IQ2 killer or just another DVR – we look at what Tivo is and isn’t for the Australian market in our special Tivo FAQ.

Professional hackers are forming new specialized crime-software syndicates, complete with their own illegal lexicon.

It is easy in the heat of debate to forget that filtering is about protection, and filter software does not just attempt to block access to Web sites that most people would consider unsuitable for you

It is easy in the heat of debate to forget that filtering is about protection, and filter software does not just attempt to block access to Web sites that most people would consider unsuitable for you

PC Authority speaks to Eugene Kaspersky, the Russian king of security software about cutting-edge programming, cyber criminals, pinball, and life in Moscow.

The next Call of Duty game isn’t yet another World War two re-hash. It’s a stunning collection of battles in contemporary settings. Read our report from hands-on time with the single player game.