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Australia's premier computer magazine, PC Authority gives you the facts, opinions and insight to make informed PC and tech purchasing decisions.
Issue: 131 | October, 2008
What's in this issue
Hmm. Actually, I don’t think I’ve seen a virus in my email for well over two years, let alone had an infection, but viruses are being discovered at exponential rates. So, many viruses, but none
on my computer?
‘What gives?’ I wondered. I bet you’ve wondered, too.
To answer the question, we trawled the internet, looking for the online equivalents of slums, red-light districts and the very worst parts of town. We’ve condensed our findings into a handy guide to the risks you really face, and you can only read it in this issue.
A wireless router is the first step towards a solution for many home networking problems, and we’ve rounded up every draft-N (version 2.0) router we could to find the fastest and most flexible around. In October PC Authority, you can find our networking weapons of choice.
Something a bit less practical (but considerably more brag-worthy) is our round-up of camcorders. Solid-state HD is where it’s at, and you may be surprised to find that it doesn’t break the budget.
Also one for the show-off stakes is our head-to-head comparison of Acer’s stylish and portable Aspire One against the current king of the netbooks, Asus’ Eee PC. See who gets our vote for best of the microportables?
And don’t forget to vote in our annual reliability and service awards – your chance to serve brickbats and bouquets to the manufacturers who make the products you use. You’ve got the chance to win one of 40 fabulous prizes, as well as knowing that your feedback will find its way to the people that make the big decisions about customer service in major companies.
Articles in this issue
Biostar TPower I45
Meet a new player in the local motherboard market, with great features and solid performance
• Space Siege demo
• BB FlashBack Express 2
• iolo System Mechanic 8
• Ashampoo UnInstaller Platinum 2
• Iolo Search and Recover 5
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