A convenient all-in-one media package, but many of the applications can be had for nothing elsewhere

Refocusing on disc-related features makes Nero the top choice for optical disc authoring.

You still get a lot for your money, but HD optical burning only extends to data discs

PC Authority gets time with the Blackberry Curve 8310, using Vodafone’s Australian GPS mapping software.

Company agrees to pay $133m to Warner Music.

Impressive and free antivirus and antispyware package

Impressive and free antivirus and antispyware package

Some substantial new abilities, including support for the new wave of high definition optical discs.

Blu-ray takes another tentative step towards the mass market, but is now the time to buy?

Impressive and free antivirus and antispyware package

Your photos, music and data are just a virus or hard disk failure away from oblivion. Build a triple-layer defence using PC Authority's practical guide.

Blu-ray takes another tentative step towards the mass market, but is now the time to buy?

Blu-ray and HD DVD players will come out fighting this year. We reveal which format is best placed to be DVD’s successor.

Impressive and free antivirus and antispyware package

A high end DVD-based camcorder for quick and clean shooting.

Peer-to-peer networking is one of the Great Internet Treasures. David Kidd looks at the future of file sharing, and how to get the most out of it.

How can you make OEM products work for you? Ty Pendlebury looks at how these three letters can help save you money.

Hallmark has opted to take advantage of Intel’s Extreme Graphics 2 integrated shared graphics, taking up to 64MB of video memory from the on-board 512MB of PC2700 DDR to power the display. While not designed for gaming, it did manage to churn out almost 3000 points in 3DMark01SE with some help from its Pentium M 1.6GHz CPU.

Locating the sweet spot in the market for well kitted out machines on a budget, Pioneer has come to the party by introducing it's Power PC model, featuring all the tech goodies without the sour aftertaste of a high price ticket. This black futuristic PC looks quite schmick with its front mounted LCD readout displaying up to date temperature information on the system, so you know exactly what's happening with your cooling.

The Logitech QuickCam Pro 4000 is a CCD webcam with some grunt – it's capable of capturing video at 640x480, images at 1280x960.