Everyone likes to kick back at the end of a busy day, and in issue 259, we show you the best ways to get the most out of the entertainment revolution. Get the ultimate hi-def screens, best sound quality, and the advanced special effects that DirectX 10 brings. Transform your PC and embrace the future of entertainment.

Next, we look to the future. Discover the future of storage, from holograms to liquids, and see how the entire world could soon be available in the palm of your hand. It'll be more expansive, but clearer too, especially when you see some of the faster ways to get smart that the latest AI and robotic systems are teaching.

In Insight, we ask the key question: who owns your brain? With recent court decisions over information on services like Facebook, to say nothing of the constant stream of employees finding their employers claiming the right to their every last thought, it's not the cut-and-dried case it used to be. We also introduce the first petaflop computer, bring you the news you need to know about the GPL v3, and hear from AMD about how "multicore is misdirected".

Your free Make-It tutorial is bursting with projects, programming related and otherwise, ranging from wall-mounting your PC to keeping it silent. Master HD video with DivX Pro 6 (supplied on the SuperDisc), and let your creative side breathe with Quark Xpress (likewise). In coding, we use Adobe's new AIR to create a Flickr browser, and mash-up services with Microsoft's Popfly. Other tutorials include programming your phones, the theory behind ZIP, and creating powerful Excel macros.

Issue 259 is on shelves now, priced just £4.99.