Creative Aurvana X-Fi Headphones
PC World :: Friday, April 11, 2008
Noise-canceling headphones improve audio quality.
Tannoy i30 Speaker System for iPod
PC World :: Friday, April 11, 2008
Like a Miss Teen USA contestant, the i30 looks good–but things go downhill once it starts making sounds.
ZyXel NBG318S Router
PC World :: Friday, April 11, 2008
HomePlugAV-compatible router offers a useful alternative to ethernet and Wi-Fi.
Ask Our Experts: The Perfect Printer Server for MFPs
PC World :: Friday, April 11, 2008
Most USB print servers don’t support MFPs, so be sure to double-check with the manufacturer.
‘Office Live’ Services Aim to Boost Your Online Sales
PC World :: Friday, April 11, 2008
Web-site design, e-mail marketing, and an online shopping cart head a list of ? la carte Office Live services from Microsoft.
101 Fantastic Freebies
PC World :: Friday, April 11, 2008
Whether you’re partial to online services or to downloadable software, we have the Web’s best free stuff and it’ll keep you productive, secure, and entertained.
AOL Xdrive Desktop Lite Online Storage Software
PC World :: Friday, April 11, 2008
This online storage software is too light on features and can be confusing.
5 Videos You Won’t See on YouTube
PC World :: Friday, April 11, 2008
Featuring power-mad Finnish space commanders and lots of flesh-eating zombies, here’s a selection of Internet videos too cool (and too long) to show up on YouTube.
Bluetooth Headsets for Cell Phones
PC World :: Friday, April 11, 2008
The best Bluetooth headsets, such as Aliph’s Jawbone and Samsung’s WEP500, offer a good balance of sound quality. Plantronics’ Voyager 855 doubles as stereo music headphones, and Jabra’s solid BT8040 can connect to two cell phones at the same time.
Logitech Squeezebox Duet
PC World :: Friday, April 11, 2008
New, smooth digital music streamer boasts logical navigation.
Callpod Dragon Bluetooth Headset
PC World :: Friday, April 11, 2008
Long-range Bluetooth headset can connect to a laptop but has poor audio quality.
Aliph Jawbone Bluetooth Headset
PC World :: Friday, April 11, 2008
Slightly bulky Bluetooth headset looks nice, feels comfortable, and sounds great even in crowds.
Jabra BT8040 Bluetooth Headset
PC World :: Friday, April 11, 2008
This reasonably priced Bluetooth headset has solid audio and can connect to two phones simultaneously.
Plantronics Voyager 855 Bluetooth Headset
PC World :: Friday, April 11, 2008
Stereo Bluetooth headset design includes comfortable earbuds; sound quality for calls is good, for music only so-so.
Samsung WEP500 Bluetooth Headset
PC World :: Friday, April 11, 2008
This very small Bluetooth headset offers very good audio quality but has a poorly placed call button.
Motorola Motopure H12 Bluetooth Headset
PC World :: Friday, April 11, 2008
This stylish Bluetooth headset has a clear earhook and comes with desktop and travel chargers, but doesn’t pick up the user’s voice well.
LiquidPlanner Web-Based Project Management App
PC World :: Friday, April 11, 2008
This Web-based application offers a fluidity that mirrors the way you work in the real world.
Iolo System Mechanic Pro 7.5 Tune-Up Software
PC World :: Friday, April 11, 2008
This easy-to-use and effective tune-up software offers security features as well.
Nuance PDF Converter Pro 5
PC World :: Friday, April 11, 2008
This PDF conversion tool is easy to use and offers outstanding accuracy.
Top 10 MP3 Players (Flash-Based)
PC World :: Friday, April 11, 2008
These are the top flash-based MP3 players today, but ratings and rankings can change quickly due to pricing and technology changes, so check back frequently for the latest info.
iRiver E100 Flash-Based MP3 Player
PC World :: Friday, April 11, 2008
The E100 handles lots of media types, but falls short in playback quality and usability.
Archos 105 Flash-Based MP3 Player
PC World :: Friday, April 11, 2008
Compact video-enabled player is a jack-of-all-trades but master of none.
Samsung YP-P2 Flash-Based MP3 Player
PC World :: Friday, April 11, 2008
Equipped with Bluetooth and a 3-inch touch screen, the YP-P2 shines at video and delivers top-notch, tweakable sound.
SanDisk Sansa View Flash-Based MP3 Player
PC World :: Friday, April 11, 2008
This player’s vibrant screen and superior sound are offset by a somewhat high price and quirky menus.
Sony NWZ-A818 Walkman Flash-Based MP3 Player
PC World :: Friday, April 11, 2008
This intelligently designed flash-based MP3 player performs well enough to give users a great alternative to Apple?s iPod Nano.
Best Streaming Media Players
PC World :: Friday, April 11, 2008
The stylish and compact Apple TV now lets you enjoy high-definition and standard-definition movie downloads from the iTunes Store.
Apple iPod Touch Flash-Based MP3 Player
PC World :: Friday, April 11, 2008
The iPod Touch?s beautiful design, useful apps, touch screen, and built-in Wi-Fi outweigh minor audio-quality issues.
Creative Zen Flash-Based MP3 Player
PC World :: Friday, April 11, 2008
Gadget lover’s player may lack Wi-Fi, but it has lots of other features, supports a wide array of formats, and accepts SD Cards.
Linksys DMA2200 Media Center Extender
PC World :: Friday, April 11, 2008
Well-built media center extender has draft-n Wi-Fi, but its interface can be lethargic and its remote is awful.
Casual Friday: A Freebie a Day
PC World :: Friday, April 11, 2008
This week, we find great freebies all weekend long, join an online baseball league, and battle terrorists by land, sea, and cell phone.
A Miniature Phone With iPhone Swagger
PC World :: Friday, April 11, 2008
The Neonode N2 offers some of the iPhone’s capabilities–swipable screen, media player, and more–but in its own unconventional ways.
Apple TV
PC World :: Friday, April 11, 2008
Apple’s video receiver is stylish and easy to set up, but you’re confined mostly to iTunes-supported content. On the other hand, that content now includes downloadable movies.
Canary Wireless Digital Hotspotter HS-20 Wi-Fi Network Detector
PC World :: Friday, April 11, 2008
Away from the office? Use this device to help you find a wireless hotspot without your having to open your laptop.
D-Link DSM-330 DivX Connected HD Media Player
PC World :: Friday, April 11, 2008
This streaming-media player is long on potential but short on execution.
Top 10 Cell Phone-PDAs
PC World :: Friday, April 11, 2008
These are the top cell phone-PDAs today, but ratings and rankings can change quickly due to pricing and technology changes, so check back frequently for the latest info.
Top 5 SLR Cameras
PC World :: Friday, April 11, 2008
Single-lens reflex cameras offer powerful features and the flexibility of interchangeable lenses, so you can shoot like the pros. Ratings and rankings can change due to pricing and technology changes, so check back frequently for the latest info.
Nikon D300 Digital SLR Camera
PC World :: Friday, April 11, 2008
This digital SLR camera has high resolution, a very fast burst-shooting capability, and exceptional flexibility, but it’s quite complex.
Olympus E3 Digital SLR Camera
PC World :: Friday, April 11, 2008
This big, heavy, rugged SLR camera has extensive advanced controls and fast burst-shooting speed, and can autofocus very quickly.
Samsung 2263DX LCD Monitor
PC World :: Friday, April 11, 2008
This 22-inch LCD monitor with an accompanying 7-inch display is innovative, but pricey.
Test Results: Does SP1 Fix Vista?
PC World :: Friday, April 11, 2008
Not really, according to our Test Center results. Though Service Pack 1 makes Windows Vista faster on some tasks, you?re better off sticking with XP. If you?re already running Vista, we have some tips that will truly improve its performance.
HTC’s Shift–A Small, Smart Ultraportable PC
PC World :: Friday, April 11, 2008
With an EVDO cellular radio and Microsoft’s second-generation Origami interface, the pricey Shift UMPC delivers for business users.
Keep Tabs on Your Legal Documents
PC World :: Friday, April 11, 2008
A new Web-based service called Mumboe helps you track tasks, deadlines, and legal agreements.
Garmin’s High-End GPS
PC World :: Friday, April 11, 2008
The Nuvi 760 offers a great set of features, but its directions are sometimes questionable.
Virtual PBX Puts a Professional Spin on VoIP
PC World :: Friday, April 11, 2008
A hosted virtual PBX VoIP service may be the solution to your business needs.
Casual Friday: Playing Games With Your Music
PC World :: Friday, April 11, 2008
This week, music draws you into the game, Hulu beams up everything in sight, and the Brothers Karamazov of the Nintendo universe form a fight club.
RIM BlackBerry Pearl 8120 Cell Phone
PC World :: Friday, April 11, 2008
The BlackBerry Pearl 8120 is the first in RIM’s line of petite handsets to support Wi-Fi for speedy Web surfing and e-mail management.
Free and Cheap Software That Outdoes the Big Guys
PC World :: Friday, April 11, 2008
Here are 15 (mostly free) applications that can credibly replace big-bucks software.
Business Planning for Startups and Old Hands
PC World :: Friday, April 11, 2008
We test Business Plan Pro and PlanHQ, two applications designed to help you perfect your business plan. Which one is right for you?
Tuniq Ensemble ENS-1200W-BK 1200w PSU
Tweak Town :: Wednesday, April 09, 2008
“Being a relatively new company, many may not have heard of Tuniq. A subsidiary of Sunbeam, these folks are in the business of creating cooling solutions, enclosures and power supplies. We have looked at some of their offerings in this last category before and have been impressed with what is offered, but this time around they have dipped into the realm of the power user.
With so many choices in the high-end power supply arena, we will delve deeper to see if the folks at Tuniq have a winning solution on their hands. We’ll look at what is offered in the area of available power, look at feature sets and of course thrash it around for about a week to look for any instances of instability.”
AMD Phenom 9600 Black Edition CPU Review
Futurelooks :: Wednesday, April 09, 2008
The Phenom launch was not without its bright spots. First and foremost was the fact that the Phenom would be the first true quad core processor, with all four cores being on the same die. The other plus side came in the form of one heck of an olive branch from AMD, in the form of a multiplier unlocked “Black Edition” of the Phenom 9600. We have just such a creature for a review.
