Will Windows 8 be secure?
Martin Cooper takes a step back from all the Windows 8 fanfare and asks whether the cyber criminals will love or loathe Microsoft’s new operating system when it launches
[Web Pack] 324: PC Media centers and entertainment
Everything you need to run a dedicated home theatre PC, manage your media collections and more!
[Web Pack] 324: Networking diagnostics, management and security
All the best free tools to diagnose, manage and fix wired and Wi-Fi networking issues!
[Web Pack] 324 Essential Collection: Utilities
We hunt down the best free utilities available on the internet so you don’t have to. This could be anything from benchmarking to archive fixing, from backup to hardware tweaking and everything in between.
[Web Pack] 324 Essential Collection: Linux
Each issue we discover the Linux applications available on the internet. This could be anything from image manipulation to web browsers, from hardware monitoring to encryption and everything in between.
[Web Pack] 324 Essential Collection: Productivity
Each issue we pick the best productivity applications the internet has to offer. This could be anything from task reminders to document organisation, from PDF editing to mind mapping and everything in between. You name it, we’re likely to cover it.
Bypass online censorship
Jon Thompson shows how web surfers living in repressive regimes break into the free world
Upgrade your office software for free
Discover the best open source alternatives to expensive software, says Graham Morrison
Cobbett: Signature woes
Without wanting to descend into hyperbole, may unlimited horned monkeys of shame and disgust rain upon Microsoft for the new Microsoft Signature.