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Review: Songbird Desktop is much more than just a media player
Songbird Desktop is a free tool for managing your music collection, but also includes features for streaming content around the house and letting you connect with friends and artists.Reviews
Review: MP3 Rocket makes YouTube videos into MP3s
MP3 Rocket is a free application that converts videos into MP3s. It's easy to use, free, and offers a slick way to convert videos for later listening.Reviews
802.11n Wi-Fi Routers: Tested to the Nth degree
We benchmark five of the best 802.11n routers available today. Don't you dare upgrade your Wi-Fi without first reading our results.Reviews
Review: Slicetige-G takes the pain out of designing your Google profile
Slicetige-G is a simple and lightweight program that can help you design an attractive cover image for your Google profile, complete with a sliced out profile picture, and other customizable extras.Reviews
Review: Elpis lets you jam to Pandora with zero fuss and maximum fun
Elpis plugs into the Pandora API and makes it possible to enjoy the service with no ads and no interruptions, but with all of your stations and music preferences.Reviews
Review: CopyTrans makes iOS management easy
CopyTrans lets you manage your iPhone or iPad , backing up its contents to your PC or syncing various iTunes libraries. At $20, it's not cheap, though.Reviews
Review: CopyTrans Photo offers pricey iPhone photo management
For the price, CopyTrans Photos should make it a lot easier to import new photos from your phone to your computer.Reviews
Review: CopyTrans TuneSwift automates iTunes chores
CopyTrans TuneSwift offers an easy (if time-consuming) way)to back up, transfer, or restore your iTunes library. At $15, though, this program isn't exactly cheap.Reviews
Review: Camtasia Studio 8 raises the bar on interactive video creation
TechSmith's Camtasia Studio version 8 is a completely rebuilt program that goes far beyond screen-capture video creation. It can now incorporate videos from other sources in multi-track editing, including videos with embedded hyperlinks.Reviews
Netgear A6200 review: A cost-effective and fast 802.11ac adapter
If you need to connect just a single client, such as a laptop or a home-theater PC, to your 802.11ac network, Netgear's A6200 is a far cheaper alternative to a wireless bridge.Reviews
Western Digital My Net AC Bridge review: Another great 802.11ac bridge
If you're putting together a wireless network based on the 802.11ac Draft 2.0 standard, choose between this bridge and Cisco’s Linksys WUMC710 when you're ready to add hardwired clients to your network.Reviews
Review: SuperSync merges iTunes libraries and more
SuperSync will sync all the iTunes libraries from your various devices and PCs as well as perform maintenance tricks like delete duplicates.Reviews
Review: TuneUp cleans up your misnamed music files with a few clicks
If you are in the habit of ripping CDs, you know how frustrating it is when the ripped CD doesn't provide track names, and you have to manually type them by hand. TuneUp is an add-on for iTunes and Windows Media Player that renames your files for you and adds album art.Reviews
Battle of the pint-size PCs: Cotton Candy, MK802 II, and Raspberry Pi face off
They're incredibly small and surprisingly powerful: We tell you what these devices are capable of, and how well they perform.Reviews
Linksys EA6500 review: A user-friendly 802.11ac router with decent performance
The Linksys EA6500 is a very good consumer router for mainstream users who don’t need a lot of bells and whistles, but the Asus RT-AC66U remains the absolute best 802.11ac Draft 2.0 router for now.Reviews
Review: Wavosaur is tiny and free, but it’s still a full-featured audio editor
Wavosaur is an impressive programming feat with full support for VSTfx and ASIO. This free, full-featured audio editing (sans FX) packs a lot of power into a tiny, ultra-efficient package.Reviews
Review: Sony’s Sound Forge Audio Station 10 is powerful and versatile
An old-school interface belies this program's power and versatility. It's limited to stereo, though; no 5.1 or 7.1 surround sound.Reviews
Best Products of 2012: Entertainment
PCWorld's editors select the best tech-related entertainment products of 2012.Reviews
Pick a pico projector: We review four of the best and brightest models
These tiny projectors weigh less than a pound, but each is capable of delivering business presentations, slideshows, and video to audiences in boardrooms and living rooms.Reviews
Review: Sony’s Acid Music Studio 9 offers no-nonsense interface
Acid Music Studio's bland interface belies a very powerful digital audio workstation with advanced features, VST support, and a steep learning curve. At $65, the chief investment is time, not money.Reviews
Ripbot264: Rip Blu-ray movies without filling your hard drive
Ripbot264 is a front end for free video tools. With it, you can transcode video without a lot of fuss (and without making massive files).Reviews
Gmail vs. Outlook.com: Which offers the best email in the cloud?
How does Microsoft’s new webmail service stand up against longtime favorite Gmail? The answer may surprise you.Reviews
Sony Movie Studio Platinum 12: Video-editing software is still solid, but adds little oomph
Among consumer-level video-editing applications, Sony's Movie Studio Platinum is one of the more capable, with more features than most competitors. With so much already in place, however, version 12 has few new features to add over the previous edition.Reviews
Nero 12 Platinum: Affordable, highly capable multimedia creation and disc burning
There's no arguing the power under Nero 8's hood, but the venerable multimedia creation and disc-burning suite could be easier to learn and use. For the price, you get a lot.Reviews
CyberLink Director Suite: Prosumer video, photo, and audio editing with great features and effects
The vast majority will find all the features they need in this collection of linked photo and video editors. It shields you from the complexity of many tasks, but still manages to provide near pro-level power.Reviews
Ashampoo Music Studio 4 has better cataloging, easier navigation
Ashampoo Music Studio 4 adds cataloging and a neater interface to an already nice suite of audio tools.Reviews
MobileGo Pro offers easy Android management
Wondershare's MobileGo Pro for Android utility offers an easy way to manage the contents of your Android device. The $40 price tag is a bit steep, but may be worth it if you want a seamless Android experience.Reviews
Simplify the Web with these free Chrome extensions
The Web doesn't have to be one-size-fits-all. Eliminate distractions from your favorite sites, or the entire Web, and you can comfortably focus on the content that suits you.Reviews
Look up Word Definitions Easily With the Dictionary.com Chrome Extension
Dictionary.com Extension for Google Chrome makes searching a breeze without having to go to a website.Reviews
Enable Flash in Chrome Only When You Want It With FlashControl
Why deal with Flash hassles every time you surf? FlashControl lets you decide when to enable Flash and when to disable it.Reviews
Bring Outlook and Google Mail Contacts Together With GO Contact Sync
GO Contact Sync lets you sync contacts from Outlook to Google and vice versa.Reviews
Chrome Extension Readability Helps You Format Pages to Your Liking
Format pages for easier reading, or read them on other devices, with the help of Readability for Chrome.Reviews
God Game From Dust Lives Again as Chrome Web Store Centerpiece
Last year's most talked-about God game returns slick, shiny and Chrome-plated—but in the same PC port that made it notorious.Reviews
TechieBot Removes Unnecessary Startup Items, But Goes Overboard
This Windows cleanup utility performs a few useful chores, but it's hard to feel good about any program that tells you it's your personal computer expert then tells you to install more software and buy expensive hardware.Reviews
Chrome/Firefox Extension Gmelius Makes Gmail More Readable
Tweak and customize Gmail to reduce clutter and increase utility with Gmelius.Reviews
MiTeC Mail Viewer Makes Accessing Old Messages Easier
This utility lets you read messages, complete with attachments, just as easily as if you were using your original email client.Reviews
Download YouTube Videos and Playlists in One Click With Free YouTube Download
Downloading YouTube playlists has never been easier than with Free YouTube Download.Reviews
Android App Combines Social Networking, Phone Calls, Analytics
Current Caller ID, a new, free app that launched Wednesday for Android phones, applies social media and analytics to traditional phone calls.Reviews
Network Cameras Go HD: We Review Three New Models
The latest IP cameras promise high-definition video. We tested them to see whether they can deliver.Reviews
Top Cloud Services: The Great Hard Drive in the Sky
We tested 20 cloud-storage services to find the best tools for sharing and syncing files, backing up PCs, sharing photos, listening to music, and more.Reviews
Chrome Add-on Morphine Saves You Time by Banking It
Morphine's concept is solid and interesting, and could work well as a system-wide utility that tracks all browsers and is more difficult to circumvent.Reviews
VDownloader Helps You Download Videos Off The Internet
This utility for downloading and converting videos from YouTube and other sites doesn't always handle the task as well as other available offerings.Reviews
Browser Add-On WasteNoTime Helps You Stay Focused While You Work
Available for Google Chrome and Apple Safari, this extension lets you set time limits for browsing distracting websites, but its shortcoming is it can be easily circumvented.Reviews
Free TrashMail Browser Add-On Protects Your Email and Information
Eliminate email spam forever with superb Firefox add-on and Chrome extension TrashMail.Reviews
Free Media Player VLC 2.0.2 Plays Almost Any Video File
VLC has a slightly clunky default interface, but its ability to play virtually any file type without external codecs and cornucopia of controls makes it a must-have downloadReviews
Apple Siri Versus Google Jelly Bean: Voice Search Showdown
Google Jelly Bean on a Galaxy Nexus bests Apple's Siri on iOS in our mobile voice search face-off.Reviews
Create Polished Slideshows With Wondershare DVD Slideshow Builder Deluxe
You can add pizzazz to slideshows, and make versions for mobile devices, with DVD Slideshow Builder Deluxe.Reviews
Google Android Jelly Bean OS: A Test Drive
We went hands-on with some of Jelly Bean's cooler features. Is this OS upgrade worth all the hype?Reviews