ContentWatch Net Nanny 6.5 review Net Nanny impressed us with its broad spread of features, plus the ease and effectiveness of its default protection. It's the best parental control package around.
Synology DS210j review Synology's DS210j has excellent software and simple setup, and there's the added security of RAID 1 support.
£150
Toshiba Satellite C650-15X review Toshiba's Satellite C650-15X is gratifyingly cheap. Although its processor is getting on a bit; it's great for basic tasks and has a large hard disk for your files
£439
Panasonic Viera TX-L32D28BW review The Panasonic Viera TX-L32D28BW’s image quality is the worst of all the TVs we've seen recently and it’s the most expensive 32in TV by a mile. This is one to avoid.
Chime review OneBigGame's charity project has produced a game that's truly excellent in its own right.
£3.99
Asus Xonar DG review This is a cheap card with good audio quality and stable drivers, but you'll get more features if you spend just a little more.
£26
Cyber Patrol Parental Controls 7.7 review CyberPatrol feels long-in-the-tooth, with middling performance and a fiddly interface. We hope the next release improves it.
£26
McAfee Family Protection 2011 Family Protection's default setting is far too lax for kids and too restrictive for adults.
£30
Mesh XGS ProFire review A decent monitor, fast processor and graphics card are great to see, but it's a shame there's no USB3 at this price.
Arbico OC 7600 XL review Arbico has concentrated on making the OC 7600 XL as fast as possible, but has neglected the hard disk, graphics card and monitor in the process.
£750
Symantec Norton Online Family review Online Family is easy to configure and friendly to use, producing great results. Sadly, it's not infallible.