Is it worth buying a refurbished PC for under £150?

Mark needs to replace a 10-year-old desktop computer on a budget. Is a refurbished model a good option?

Will I be able to do more work with three screens?

Having more screen space makes people more productive, but it’s not necessarily best distributed over multiple monitors

Eve V review: upstart Windows tablet for power users has great potential

This crowdfunded and croudsourced machine could offer something special if its niggles are ironed out

Major security flaw found in Intel processors

Developers scramble to fix bug within Intel chips made in the last decade that will affect millions of computers running Windows, mac OS and Linux

Can I use a cheap USB flash drive to run Windows and use as a local hard drive?

Roger has bought a 1TB USB memory stick for only £8.99 and wonders if he could use it as a day-to-day drive

Microsoft Paint saved after outpouring of love – sort of

Microsoft says that it will put the 32-year-old Paint on the Windows Store, but that won’t help office workers pining for some impromptu creative sessions

‘As it dies, I die also’: your Microsoft Paint creations

Our readers share paens to MS Paint, which is not long of this world

Microsoft Paint to be killed off after 32 years

Long-standing basic graphics editing program, used throughout childhoods since the 1980s, has been marked for death

Share your Microsoft Paint memories and creations

As MS Paint prepares to shuffle off this mortal coil, we want your memories and shaky artworks created via this venerable graphics editing program

Should I upgrade my Windows Vista PC or buy a new one?

Many readers are still using Vista despite it no longer receiving security patches, but it should still possible for them to upgrade to Windows 7 and Windows 10

Huawei MateBook X review: fanless and full-blooded MacBook Pro rival

Huawei has achieved something quite special with its new laptop that is one of the lightest around without sacrificing power

HMS Queen Elizabeth could be vulnerable to cyber-attack

Royal Navy £3.5bn carrier appears to be running Windows XP, the operating system targeted in NHS ransomware attack

WannaCry attacks prompt Microsoft to release Windows updates for older versions

The company typically releases security updates for operating systems it still supports – but in wake of serious cyber-attack it has reassessed the policy