Not a stylish machine, but it’s good value, well built and boasts surprisingly impressive battery life

Samsung’s new Flash disk can extend battery life and boost performance – at a price

Apple’s ads may be funny, but they’re woefully inaccurate. Here we reveal dozens of reasons why the PC outclasses the Mac.

They will get past your security software. Know your enemy and protect yourself.

Ever wondered what a particular acronym stands for? Find the answer in our comprehensive reference guide to computer industry acronyms. RTFM!

Paul Ockenden gets to grips with MOTOROLA’s impressive push-email system, “GOOD”- a great competitor to both Microsoft’s and Blackberry’s systems.

Data masking technology hides confidential information from prying eyes.

What can a vendor-controlled comparison of notebook technology teach us? Plenty – but not in the way it was intended. Read on as we expose HP’s notebook ‘Reliability Challenge’.

Well built and with astonishing battery life to boot. It’s pricey but decent value.

PC Authority takes a trip down computer memory lane and discovers just how PC technology has evolved... and how Microsoft and IBM nearly destroyed each other.

CeBIT Australia 2007 is the biggest, most impressive show in years. PC Authority brings you a ringside seat from the IT industry's event of the moment.

What happens when multiple-core processors are no longer sufficient for our demands? Stuart Andrews looks at the future of CPUs.

Leigh Dyer looks at Sun’s attempts to keep Solaris relevant in a Linux world.

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

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

Impressive and free antivirus and antispyware package

While many ultraportable laptops, like the Toshiba R200 go all out to get size and weight to an absolute minimum, a great deal of usability is often sacrificed – the X505 is impractically small for constant daily usage while the R200 has limited battery sizes.

With a price tag this low, the Polyview had a great advantage before undergoing our tests.

This monitor aced many of our image quality tests, handling fine colour transitions with ease and producing sharp images.

Here's a monitor that would look at home on an executive desktop.