Vote now for Hotbox of the Year 2006!
With 12 boxes under its belt, 2006 shows off the best of the lot. More...

Gigabyte and ASUS form new VGA and motherboard company
Rumours of an ASUS -Gigabyte takeover scotched, but this is the next best thing. More...

Support the companies that support you
Unique awards reward the companies offering the best reliability and service, from PCA, Atomic's sister mag. More...

Interview: David Braben
Atomic chats with the legend behind Elite and Frontier. More...

Z-Access: Too buggy for its own good
Beta testing gets the better of Tim Dean. More...

Dell 2407 (Revision A02)
Be very, very quiet. We're hunting monitor revisions. This one's not quite perfect, but it's close. More...

Apple fixes brand new Mac Pro
Just two days after rolling out the Mac Pro, Apple issues a patch for the top-of-the-line Intel Xeon-based system. More...

Seagate CEO sees hard-drive price war continuing
Seagate Technology CEO Bill Watkins said the storage vendor is prepared to meet hard-drive price cuts by competitors such as Hitachi and Samsung, which are hungry for market share. More...

Gartner welcomes IBM move to AMD Opteron servers
Industry analysts have welcomed IBM’s recent decision to add to its established Intel Xeon-based server offerings by developing machines based on AMD's Opteron processors.
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How low can Dell go?
Low prices are no longer enough in a market of falling PC prices, and now Dell has to find other ways to stoke its ailing growth, analysts said. More...

Lenovo to unveil high-end desktop with AMD processor
Lenovo is expected to unveil AMD-powered desktop systems aimed at enterprise customers. More...

Plasma screens are a girl's best friend
It used to be that diamonds were a girl’s best friend, but now that position has been taken by plasma screen TVs. More...

DSL prices fall to all-time low
Global pricing for DSL broadband services fell by 9.3 per cent in the second quarter of 2006, claims ananlysts. More...

Western Internet firms "act as censors" in China
BEIJING - A rights group accused Western Internet companies on Thursday of complicity with censorship in China and called on Microsoft, Google and Yahoo to resist Beijing's demands. More...

Hacker sophistication outpacing forensics
Attackers are using increasingly sophisticated methods to stay ahead of security incident response teams, said a security consultant. More...

Fiber to the home use skyrockets in U.S.
The number of Fiber To The Home (FTTH) subscribers within the US grew by 34 percent during the second quarter and 66 percent since the fourth quarter, 2005, says a new report. More...