1918 - 1959
1918
Enigma
The German Enigma is surely the best-known mechanical cipher machine. Invented in 1918, it was developed as a commercial and military encipherment system. Enigma

1960 - 1972
1960
Hypertext
Conventional wisdom has it that the Internet started off as an American defence and educational network, then Tim Berners-Lee came along and invented the World

1980 -1987
1980
Sinclair
Producing everything from electric cars to home computers, Clive Sinclair was the 1980s embodiment of English eccentric genius. While Americas kids wiled away t

1990 - 1997
1990
Internet porn
A quick search for the first Internet porn site reveals dozens claiming to be the original XXX site, so to put a date on the medium is tricky. Suffice to s

3Com AirConnect
3Coms AirConnect is one of the high-speed wireless LAN (WLAN) contenders, combining three PC Card network interface cards and a base station. The AirConnect cards dont inspire confidence, as the aerial assembly isnt securely fixed to the card body.
3Com looks to have remedied this with the release of the new XJACK cards (estimated at $400 each). These cards have a pop-up antenna and are less prone to breaking off the card.

3DPower Morpheus GeForce3
There are a lot of GeForce3 cards on the market at the moment, with not an incredible amount of difference between them. This is indicative of the somewhat heavy-handed tactics of NVIDIA when setting down reference designs.

Brother MFC-4600
As most of the devices we tested consisted of inkjet units, we were interested to see how the laser printer in the MFC-4600 stacked up. Relatively lacking in features, the MFC-4600 is geared toward productivity, performing well in our speed tests.

Brother MFC-9200c
Youll have to excuse the pun, but the MFC-9200c is far and away the big brother to the MFC-4600. There is no comparison in terms of size, and it efficiently uses that space to provide more features than its competition.

Canon MultiPASS C100
The MultiPASS C100 is a matured version of the C75 yet still manages to keep its price low. Many of the features in the C75 have been kicked up a notch, and the improvements make the C100 more productive and better value for money.

Canon MultiPASS C75
For the price, the performance and feature set, the MultiPASS C75 represents good value for money for those who want a cheap, all-round performer.

Hewlett-Packard HP K80
The HP K80 takes our Quality Award this month, nudging ahead of the competition in all our speed, quality and features tests. Alongside the HP PSC750, the K80s highly specified 2,400 x 1,200 inkjet printer produced noticeably top-quality colour prints.

History of IT
PC Authority takes a stroll through 2,500 years of computing history. Next month, we look at the future.

Whether you work directly in IT, or even just about anywhere in todays soci

Jack of all trades
Buying a scanner, printer or fax machine is a complicated affair as you try to juggle price, specifications and quality while struggling to keep your PC compatible. So it makes sense to have an all-in

Lexmark X83
Like the HP PSC750, the LexmarkX83 is designed with style in mind. While not as aesthetically pleasing, the X83 offers productivity and features, and top value for money.

Palm m125
Palm's m100 series was designed to replace the III series as a low-end mono PDA

Sony SDM-N80
It feels like I say this every time I write a TFT review, but by gum theyve come ahead in leaps and bounds in recent years, in terms of technology, price and sales.

Sony Vaio PCG-FX880K
Its one thing to flatter ones self but its another to be aware when its happening. Thats the impression I get when introduced to the Sony Vaio PCG-FX880K. Like the name?

Sound Blaster Audigy eX
Creative has enjoyed a long reign as the driving force in consumer-grade PC audio for the better part of a decade.

The usual suspects
There used to be a time when buying a computer was a fairly simple affair all you had to do was choose a rig that suited your needs as well as your budget. This usually entailed taking the latest, fas

Twinhead efio!3200
A year ago you would have been laughed at for dreaming of a notebook clocking in at 1GHz. But the 1GHz mobile processor duly arrived midyear, leaving us pondering what the next step was.