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In this month’s magazine you’ll find:

Labs

Routers

Most major ISPs supply a router for free, but are those routers holding back your broadband? We've pitched BT, Sky and Virgin Media's offerings against nine third-party products.

Features

How fast a PC do you really need?

Don't waste money on over the top hardware. We show you exactly how muc difference key components make to overall performance.

The men trying to save us from the machines

Will computers wipe out the human race? We meet the team guarding against that threat.

Courier nightmares

Barry Collins reveals the remarkable problems PC Pro readers suffer at the hands of couriers - and how to mitigate against them.

Hotel tech: a room with a futuristic view

Davey Winder reveals how technology is revitalising the hotel industry.

Reviews

There are 45 new reviews in this month's magazine, including the Asus Fonepad, Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 2, and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.

In-Depth

Understanding power consumption

Wondering what size power supply to buy, and how to make sense of power requirements? Darien Graham-Smith explains all.

Manage a mailing list with Mailchimp

An email list is a fast and cost-effective way to distribute informatin. Dave Stevenson shows you how to get started.

Can I delete it?

Darien Graham-Smith helps you squeeze more from your storage by finding and removing unneeded files.

Cover disc

Back up your files with Genie Timeline Professional 2012, customise screengrabs and protect your PC with this month's free software.

Real World Computing

Choosing a web-hosting package

Kevin Partner guides you through picking the correct package for your needs.

Careers

Want to help other people improve their IT skills? We explain how you can become an IT trainer.

Advanced Windows and Mac

Jon Honeyball welcomes another transformative tool for Windows 8, and comes very close to smashing a Wi-Fi camera to pieces

Mobile and Wireless

Paul Ockenden works with the readers of his column to come up with the perfect real-world smartphone, and looks into a Facebook scam

Online Business

Kevin Partner overhauls his site in no time at all with a little help from Genesis, and considers abandoning Adobe's Creative Cloud

Security and Social Networking

Davey Winder tackles the ever-mutating threat from phishing - in particular, the growth of conversational attacks

Office Applications

You don't have to rely on Word's built-in spelling and grammar tools. Simon Jones looks at the benefits of three alternatives

Web Apps & Design

Dreamweaver has refocused on HTML5, but Tom Arah still doesn't hold out much hope for the future of Adobe's market-leading program

Networks

Steve Cassidy scours the vast halls of CeBIT, finding some new and exciting trends, and manages to fit his whole IT setup onto a bookshelf

News

Tablets running Windows RT have struggled to sell. We investigate if the Windows-on-ARM experiment is doomed to fail. Plus, we consider the merits of Google Glass and feature an interview with ARM's departing CEO, Warren East.