In this month's issue of PC Plus, discover the truth behind Wi-Fi viruses. Will hackers be able to send ripples of destruction through the world's routers, or is it just the latest scare tactic to sell security tools? We look at both sides of the story. Also in news, our report from the Consumer Electronics Show, from MP3 players with built in tasers, to the promise of power without wires, Intel's vision of a truly portable web, and Intel's spat with the One Laptop Per Child project. Is charity the next battlefield?

In features, finally show Vista how it's meant to be done, as we take you through everything you need to produce the perfect OS. From official service packs to unofficial tweaks, and even guides to getting the best of Vista without leaving the comfort of XP, it's everything you need to keep your computing fast and easy.

Wider afield, renowned CPU developer Yale Patt unveils the roadmap that's going to get us to 10Ghz processors, while on the more literal roads, car hacking turns a drive into the country into a drive for new technology. We also test Intel's snappily named Skulltrail, look into the personal robots that hope to find a place in your home in the next few years, and bring the future to your living room with a full guide to creating a Blu-ray based Star Trek phaser. Don't point it in your eyes...

Other projects include digitising your memories, converting your computer into a weather station, building a Delphi photo editor, and constructing a secure Linux router to keep the web away from your private files.

PC Plus 266 is on shelves now.