Computing power has increased massively over recent years, and for Mac users the switch to Intel processors brought new heights of speed and performance...

Due out in late 2009, Larrabee takes a revolutionary new approach to graphics processing - and we reckon it could evenboast up to 32 cores at launch.

Last month Intel finally got round to releasing a CPU based on its Nehalem core for under £150. Universally applauded, it delivers exceptional performance out of the box for everything you use a desktop for.

A new study details how spammers – the bane of our email inboxes – still make pots of money, despite only receiving a response to one in every 12,500,000 emails they spam out.

As with every other component, motherboards have come a long way from the original IBM PC of 1981. If you're old enough to remember the first De Lorean...