PreviousNo escape from lugging a laptop
Tech Guide Can you work without a notebook computer? After two years of trying, our correspondent has to admit defeat.
Inside Intel's Napa platform
Tech Guide Intel's latest mobile platform, now officially christened Centrino Duo, introduces the Core Duo (Yonah) chip with dual CPU cores. This and other developments should deliver useful -- if not revolutionary -- increases in notebook performance and battery life.
Your antivirus software has B.O.
Tech Guide Security researchers are seeking the next big flaw in Internet Explorer, but is anyone checking the security programs? One researcher has found that most antivirus applications suffer from critical buffer-overflow errors. Fortunately, most security vendors are responsive.
Tablet PC productivity tips
Tech Guide Pen-based computing can be highly productive -- especially if you follow our expert advice.
What good are 1,000 remote-controlled PCs?
Tech Guide Botnets -- invisible webs connecting unrelated, random 'zombie' computers -- have been around since the late 1990s but have only recently become worth owning, selling or trading. So what good are 1,000 remote-controlled PCs?
Don't pardon the interruption
Tech Guide What with all the messages, alerts and pop-ups on an average computer, it's remarkable anybody gets any work done at all.
Rootkits: a tech guide
Tech Guide In the race to detect and remove malicious code from your computer, the bad guys unfortunately still maintain a slight lead. Rootkits are one way for malicious code to go undetected.
Apple Mac OS X on x86: a first test
Tech Guide Steve Jobs might not approve, but Apple's latest operating system can be installed on any x86 hardware. How well does it function? Read our preliminary labs test to find out.
Dual core shoot-out: Intel versus AMD
Tech Guide AMD's Athlon 64 X2 3800+ is an affordable entry-level dual core processor. But how does it match up to Intel's equivalent Pentium D? We have the benchmarks.
The Sky(pe) is falling
Tech Guide Do recent buffer overflows found in popular VoIP service Skype signal an end to Voice over IP? Probably not.
Killing the killer app
Tech Guide Does on-demand software mean we can throw out our high-end PCs?
Give public biometrics the finger
Tech Guide Like it or not, fingerprint scanners are becoming ever more widespread. Are they more secure? No.
Windows Vista's new security features
Tech Guide Microsoft's new operating system won't be out until late 2006, but here's a look at some of the new security features expected.
USB devices offer an old-school way to steal data
Tech Guide Viruses and worms are commonly broadcast via the Internet, but criminal hackers are also focusing on faked USB devices that offer a desktop-by-desktop method of installing malicious code and stealing personal or private data.
Proceed with care
Tech Guide When your computer breaks down, think first before you try to fix it.
