Reviews

Kindle vs Sony Reader Touch

We test the two heavyweights of the eBook reader world to find out which one's better value this Christmas.

Features

File-sharing: the facts

Is file-sharing really illegal? Is it killing the music industry? And what are the chances of you being caught? We have all the answers.

Do parental controls work?

Everything from security suites to Windows itself is replete with parental controls, but are they effective? We recruit teen testers to find out the truth.

What happened to Second Life?

Barry Collins returns to massively multiplayer online world to find out what went wrong with the billion-dollar virtual empire.

Labs

Christmas gadgets

In this month's bumper festive labs you'll find 60 of the best tech gadgets on the shelves this Christmas, including compact cameras, netbooks, robots and MP3 players.

In-Depth

David Fearon explains the magic of TCP/IP, and find out how to program with Adobe's Flex Framework.

Cover disc

Get the full Ashampoo Burning Studio 2010 on the cover disc, plus four more full products on the DVD, including Serif DrawPlus 7 and Advanced WindowsCare V2 professional.

Real World Computing

Advanced Windows

Jon Honeyball uncovers some brilliant features in Server 2008 R2.

Advanced office

Simon Jones looks at bringing Office 2010 add-ins back to life, plus Project Renaissance and PowerPoint 2010.

Web applications

How to design and launch your own website using Wordpress in under two hours.

Online security

Davey Winder on why you should think twice before posting comments online - they could come back and bite you!

Mobile & wireless

Gadget-addict Paul Ockenden pits Apple's iPhone against HTC's Hero in this smartphone battle.

Open Source

Simon Brock examines how you can write your own iPhone apps using open-source software.

Networks

Steve Cassidy tests the Buffalo TeraStation III, and wrestles with his home hub connections.

Server Room

Jon Honeyball migrates from a local to a virtual server, and David Moss practices the black art of scripting.

News

In this month's news section, Windows 7 is winning over consumers, but will businesses upgrade? Mozilla tries to revolutionise the inbox, experts offer mobile broadband warnings, and will Microsoft's free security app be the end of the £40 security suite?