System on a Chip: what you need to know about SoCs
Explained If a device fits in your hand and runs on batteries, chances are it's powered by an SoC.

Explained If a device fits in your hand and runs on batteries, chances are it's powered by an SoC.

Opinion Plopping yourself in front of a desktop PC and playing games. It's so last millennium. The future? It's all about streaming.

Amazon may have just given away the unannounced Acer Iconia W3, rumored to be the first 8-inch Windows 8 tablet.

Tutorial Mayank Sharma shows you how to use the Pi as a headless torrent server and stream files to your smartphone.

Updated Our definitive roundup of all the rumours we've heard about the next-generation Surface.

Windows 8 usage is reportedly up, though it's nowhere near where Windows 7 was at this point in the older OS's lifespan.

Updated Brace for the coming console wars and the PC gaming revolution at E3 2013.

In Depth A major desktop architect is predicting the end of the Linux desktop. Mayank Sharma wonders if it's time to give up.

Updated Here's everything we know about Windows Blue, the Windows 8.1 update that will bring a host of new features.

In Depth Technology is the great transformer, and the pace of change is accelerating. Here's some classic tech that's on its way out.

In Depth Want an office suite but can't decide whether to pick an all-in-one package or assemble your own? We lay it out for you.

Review Roundup This week we've got our full and final review of the Samsung Galaxy S4 as well as the bow of another smartphone at a slightly cheaper price point - the Nokia Lumia 720.

All of Samsung's Windows PCs will now adopt the Ativ name, while the family gets two new members.

Analysis Will PC displays follow phones and tablets with super-high resolutions and dot pitches?

In Depth If you're anything like us, every time you leave the house you take an armful of cables, chargers and just-in-case batteries, but it won't be like this forever.

In Depth Most of the pages we print out get thrown away within half an hour. Can Toshiba buck the trend with erasable prints?

Save the date - May 3 will see a transformable notebook design while May 17 adds a new chronicle to the Trekkie saga.

Private equity group walks away from the bidding process to secure PC manufacturer, citing slowing PC market.

Opinion Who cares if the Chromebook usage stats are poor? We'll all be jumping on the bandwagon eventually.

Peter Klein will wave goodbye to Ballmer and co as he steps down from his position as Chief Financial Officer, while Microsoft has released its latest profits.

A two-step verification process is being added to Microsoft accounts to provide more online protection in a major upgrade.

But is the Windows Start button making a return as well? Will Microsoft go so far in appeasing critics of Windows 8?

In Depth Windows Product Manager Ian Moulster tells us why 'desktop first' might have been a better approach for Windows 8.

In Depth We find out if it's possible to create a low power gaming rig and still have playable framerates.

Brit retailer Dixons has suggested that there is life in the old PC dog yet - with sales on the up in the UK.
