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Build an arcade machine emulator with MAME

All those 10p-swallowing arcade games of our youth don't have to stay in memory lane - you can play many of them on your PC with the Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator, or Mame. We show you how to reach classic gaming nirvana

Top 10 Spectrum games

The classics that defined a generation and inspired the next generation of games

Top 10 things that sci-fi predicted correctly

When fiction came before fact

Top 10 games better than the films they were based on

Games based on films don't always require a lobotomy to erase the memory of playing them - we managed to find ten good ones that are actually better than the films themselves

Kill your productivity with casual gaming on Facebook

Our latest round-up of the world’s most popular gaming platform includes the most recent release from the legendary PopCap Games, a film tie-in and several titles that don’t even end in ’ville’

COMMENT: You're sending it wrong

When iMessage ruins your social life, it's time to get mad

Full Steam Ahead

With GAME group collapsing, we look at the future of games retail, and whether disc-based distribution is soon to be extinct

Top 10: Google Project Glass wish list

This is what we really want the AR glasses to do

Worst tech buys - even we buy rubbish sometimes

Everyone makes an occasional unfortunate and sometimes costly purchase. Here's our very own roll of shame of ill-considered tech buys.

Top 10: Displays in Consumer Technology

The new iPad may have been making all the headlines recently, but its not the only incredible display on offer today

Patently Obvious - Is the law holding back technology?

With court room battles over technology increasingly in the news, we look at how patent law actually works and whether it's protecting intellectual property, or just stifling healthy competition

Top 10 Completely Wrong iPad 3 Rumours

So many stories, so little truth, we dissect the new iPad's rumour mill

COMMENT: Windows in my pocket, finally

Rejoice: Microsoft is finally taking steps to make your life easier

COMMENT: Amazon stole my MP3s

Amazon's DRM-free MP3s are great - unless you ever lose the files you downloaded

Win a weekend break with Ibis Hotel

Choose your hotel and take a deserved city break

Top 10 Windows 8 features that will make the OS brilliant

We're actually quite looking forward to these

Best tech to declutter your life - Top 10

Ten ways of using technology to rid yourself of needless things

Build your dream home with your PC

Whether you're building a mansion or just adding a loft extension, we show you why your PC is a vital resource to help make your dream home a reality.