The latest issue of PC Plus is on sale now and if you’re passionate about technology it is the magazine to buy. Our main feature investigates the many benefits of leaving your computer on and linked up to the Internet – twenty four hours a day, seven days a week. From scheduled to maintenance to faster downloads, the benefits are dramatic and exciting.

Travel beyond the silicon age in our second feature, as we uncover the power of alternative computing - not holistic operating systems and homeopathic defragging, but the optical and biological systems that could soon be ushering in a whole new age of technology. We also head to the battlefield to see how computers are helping fight wars, and seperate truth from fiction in our quest to be the ultimate James Bond style gadget-user in Spies Like Us, our declassified look at the world of lies, deception, and sneaky buggers.

In this month's Make It, find out how to create a Linux home media server, profit from your blog, use the Hubble to create your own great space photos, build online shops, create Firefox extensions, and much much more. We also have a bursting SuperDisc, with free software including the Advanced VoIP user toolkit, HandyBackup, and Registry Mechanic 6.

It's the future, today. Pick up February’s issue of PC Plus to find out where you fit in.