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Review: Turtle Beach Ear Force PX 21 Gaming Headset
Turtle Beach's PX 21 gaming headset for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC offers a lot more than the usual list of stereo-plus features, but is it enough to justify the sticker price?Reviews
HTC’s Windows Phone 7 Shines: Hands-On with the HD7
Windows Phone 7 is finally here and we got our hands on one of the hottest new handsets, the HTC HD7.Reviews
Sony Cyber-shot WX5 Digicam Is Packed With Fun Modes (and 3D Capability)
The $300 Cyber-shot WX5 digital camera is small and light enough to fit in a shirt pocket, but its variety of shooting modes, including 3D, provide big-time entertainment.Reviews
A First Look at Internet Explorer 9 Beta
Microsoft has released a beta of the next version of Internet Explorer 9 for Windows 7, and so far we like what we've seen.Reviews
The 101 Best Mobile Apps
Tired of picking through thousands of worthless downloads to find a few gems? Here are our favorite mobile apps for Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, and more.Reviews
The 49 Best Apps for All Phones
Want the best apps available for multiple phone platforms? Here are our favorite mobile apps for Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, and more.Reviews
HP’s Competitively Priced Pavilion DV6 Laptop is Attractively Stylish
If you're in the market for a fully-loaded, competitively-priced laptop, HP's Pavilion DV6 deserves a close look.Reviews
Wapedia: Mobile Wikis
If you have an Android phone and need a Wikipedia browsing app, then Wapedia by Taptu may be the right choice.Reviews
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TX5: Rugged and Sleek, but Touchy
Sony's tough-but-fashionable TX5 offers excellent low-light shooting, but its touchscreen and menus are drawbacks.Reviews
Sprint Overdrive 3G/4G Mobile Hotspot a Win for Laptop Users
The gadget serves as a mobile hotspot for up to five devices, and injects it with 4G speed (where available).Reviews
Seagate Introduces Flexible FreeAgent GoFlex Storage System
The company's new line of hard drives offers various connection options through removable attachments.Reviews
HP Pavilion p6330f: Stellar Performance in a Plain Package
The performance is strong and the price is right, but a dearth of advanced connectivity options mars this Budget desktop's finish.Reviews
Microsoft’s New Kin Phones Are Designed For Social Networkers
Microsoft's newest social networking phones, the Kin One and Kin Two, have a slick and intuitive user interface that's targeted at the Facebook crowd.Reviews
Microsoft Kin One: Slick Software, Unimpressive Hardware
The Kin One doesn’t have the most appealing design, but the slick and intuitive user interface makes up for it–almost.Reviews
SXSW Festival: Top Five New Apps from Austin
The best apps I saw here are social, location-aware, useful and entertaining. And pretty geeky.Reviews
BioShock 2 Impressions: Leaner, Smarter, Scarier
We take 2K Games' underwater nightmare redux for a spin one week before it's worldwide release.Reviews
HP’s TouchSmart 300: A Versatile All-in-One Media-Centric PC
HP's TouchSmart 300 All-in-One touchscreen PC has some very attractive features, including the company's TouchSmart software that provides full-screen widgets to access music, video, Netflix, Twitter, and other services.Reviews
JooJoo Tablet Hands-On
Attractive and interesting, but not without its flaws–check out our hands-on impression of Fusion Garage's highly anticipated JooJoo tablet.Download This
PCmover Makes Migration to 7 a Simple Matter
Transfer your documents, settings and programs to a new OS installation (including Windows 7) using handy utility PCmover Professional.Reviews
Windows 7 Review
Windows 7 gets the basics right. Here's what you need to know about the new OS.Reviews
Windows 7 Performance Tests
Windows 7 is efficient enough to run even on netbooks with puny processors, but it’s only marginally faster than Vista, according to PC World Test Center tests.Reviews
HP TouchSmart 600xt All-in-One PC Review
This third-generation TouchSmart PC is boosted by Windows 7's gesture support, but HP's custom multitouch software is even more impressive.Reviews
Windows 7: Can Your Netbook Handle It?
Thinking of upgrading your tiny portable to Windows 7? Microsoft promises that the new OS will run smoothly on netbooks. But is it really worth taking the plunge?Reviews
Windows 7: How We Test
Testing Windows performance isn’t rocket science. Here’s how the PC World Test Center compared Windows 7 and Vista.Reviews
Should You Give Up XP for Windows 7?
Windows XP retained many loyal users during the dark ages of Vista, but the emergence of Windows 7 may signal the end of an era.Reviews
Windows 7: 10 Best Features
Microsoft's new operating system improves on Windows Vista in many ways. Here are the ten things we like best about Windows 7.Reviews
Windows 7: A Guided Tour of Its Security Improvements
PC World's "Uncle" Robert is a funny guy, but he takes a serious look at some of Window's 7's new system management and security tools.Reviews
Windows 7: The Good, the Bad, and the Unknown
Microsoft's new OS isn't perfect, but it is what Windows Vista should have been. Here's a hands-on look at the version that's beginning to hit PCs.Reviews
Prototype Impressions: Better than a Viral Infection
Radical Entertainment's sandbox superhero game lets you experience "urban parkour" on an Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, or Microsoft Windows rig.Download This
Make iTunes and Windows Media Center Work Together
Play your iTunes media with the Windows Media Center Edition 10-foot interface using this plug-in.Mobile Computing
Mac vs. Windows: $2000 Laptops Compared
What will $2000 get you in an Apple MacBook Pro, compared to a Windows notebook?Reviews
What’s Great About Microsoft Internet Explorer 8?
With all the back and forth about the recent release of Internet Explorer 8, it's easy to miss why it's a great improvement over its predecessor. Assistant Editor Nick Mediati explains.Mobile Computing
Mac vs. Windows: What Does $1K Get You?
What will $1000 buy you in a Mac laptop, compared to a Windows laptop?Reviews
101 Undiscovered Freebies: The List
We scoured the Internet to come up with 101 innovative, entirely free downloads and services. Here's the whole collection.Reviews
11 Free Ways to Beef Up Your Web Browser
Make Internet Explorer and Firefox more useful with List.it, IE7Pro, VideoDownload Helper, Zigtag, and other add-ons and services.Reviews
Free Utilities to Speed Up and Tweak Your PC
Check out Advanced SystemCare Free, Defraggler, Drive Manager, Vista Services Optimizer, and other great free PC utilities.Reviews
8 Great Free Security Tools
Great PC Protection With Free Antivirus, AntiSpyware and Firewalls ProgramsReviews
Browser Showdown: IE 8 vs. Firefox
Microsoft's newest browser promises faster page load speeds. Does IE 8 deliver? We put it to the test against the latest version of Firefox.Reviews
Prince of Persia Review: No One Here Gets Out Dead
Ubisoft Montreal's multi-platform Prince of Persia (Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3) undergoes a brilliantly intrepid makeover.Reviews
Hands on Guide to Windows 7: Lesson 10
In the last in a 10-part series looking at the changes in Windows 7, our colleagues at InfoWorld take a look at changes to libraries and searching in the beta of the revised operating system.Reviews
Hands on Guide to Windows 7: Lesson 9
In the ninth in a 10-part series looking at the changes in Windows 7, our colleagues at InfoWorld take a look at notable features for IT administrators.Reviews
Hands on Guide to Windows 7: Lesson 8
In the eigth in a 10-part series looking at the changes in Windows 7, our colleagues at InfoWorld take a look at the new control panel applets, and how to adjust and change these settings.Reviews
Hands on Guide to Windows 7: Lesson 4
In the fourth in a 10-part series looking at the changes in Windows 7, our colleagues at InfoWorld take a look at enhancements for applications such as WordPad and Paint.Reviews
Hands on Guide to Windows 7: Lesson 3
In the third in a 10-part series looking at the changes in Windows 7, our colleagues at InfoWorld take a look at the new Superbar and Aero features.Reviews
Hands on Guide to Windows 7: Lesson 2
In the second in a 10-part series looking at the changes in Windows 7, our colleagues at InfoWorld take a look at new desktop features.Reviews