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The face that launched a thousand chips: IBM's 5150 Personal Computer launched on 12 August 1981
Happy 30th Birthday PC!
PCs

We celebrate the 30th birthday of the PC, and look back at the one that started it all

Advent Vega
How to upgrade the Advent Vega and get the Android Market
USB sticks

We show you how to use the free update to improve the Advent Vega tablet

Logos
Ubuntu 11.04 vs Windows 7 vs OS X 10.7 (Lion)
Technology

We use our cross-platform benchmarks to compare Windows with the latest versions of OS X and Ubuntu - which is the quickest?

Knightfall: Death & Taxes
Top 10 Google Chrome Apps
Technology

Read comics, play games and organise your life, all from inside your browser with our Top 10 Chrome apps.

Xperia inside Facebook music
Sony Ericsson gets inside Facebook
Mobile phones

All the latest Sony handsets now benefit from enhanced Facebook integration in numerous areas

Rant
Rant: Kafkaesque japes with the People’s Post Office
Technology

Thinking of getting your phone and broadband from the Post Office? I wouldn't

Lily Bowen
Top Ten Favourite Game Characters
Technology

Here's are top 10 favourite game characters, not the big heroes, just the ones we really connected with

Joby gorillamobile Yogi for iPad 2
Best cases for iPad 2 - Updated
Tablets

We take a look at a range of different cases for Apple's new iPad 2

Pierre Dubois
Top 10 Most Spectacular Hacks
Technology

From hacking PS3 cell processors into a home supercomputer to taking down the most challenging of government and corporate networks, we look at the most spectacular hacks of the computer age.

One Single Life
Top 10 free iPhone games
Mobile phones

The App Store is full of free games - here's our pick of the best