Stuart Turton spends the fourth day of his one week odyssey with Linux, hailing the ease of GIMP, before a graphics card meltdown destroys his desktop and forces him to rethink his next move.

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Stuart Turton spends the third day of his one week odyssey with Linux, fighting Fedora monitor hassles, wishing for Ubuntu at work and discovers that forums can be a Linux user's new best friend.

Stuart Turton spends the second day of his one week odyssey with Linux, battling Fedora and DVD playback troubles, while trying valiantly not to go back to the relative 'safety' of Vista, as frustrations start to boil over.

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Linux is turning up in everything from netbooks to Dell PCs, but is it actually fit to replace Windows? Stuart Turton spends a week with Linux to find out.

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There’s so much to like about this package that it might just be worth switching operating systems to get hold of it.

A stunning piece of design to rival any Apple offering, and the price is surprisingly reasonable

Last week, in honour of the Windows 7 launch, we covered Microsoft's biggest successes in the computing field. This week, in the interest of balance, we're looking to the company's dark side..

If you want to compare big TVs sitting on the shelves, go shopping when there's sport on the TV.

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We take a closer look at some of the more common scareware traps; what to look out for, how to identify the fakes and 5 rogue security software packages you should try and avoid at all costs.

IDF is Intel’s main forum for new releases and updates on the older products and as such is key to understanding the company’s direction. Here's what impressed us.

Open source malware now accounts for as much as 10% of the overall malware marketplace as criminals cotton onto the many benefits of adaptable code.

With only Dell's disappointing Inspiron Mini 12 so far released, Samsung doesn't have a great deal of competition at this size. The NC20 has six-hour battery life, fine performance and a superb display

Microsoft has assured customers it will continue to support version 6 of its popular Internet Explorer web browser, despite growing calls from various quarters demanding it be scrapped and users forced to upgrade..

From movies and games to sporting events and even pornography, David Bayon explains why 3D displays are the next big thing.