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Polywell Ignition X7900i-3960: Top-Shelf Hardware at a Top-Shelf Price Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:00:00 -0800 The Polywell Ignition X7900i-3960 comes packed with every Performance PC lover’s dream parts, but comes at a rather steep price.(image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image)
Manage All Your Social Media from HootSuite Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:56:00 -0800 HootSuite is a Web-based service that offers a powerful set of tools for managing multiple Facebook, Google+, and Twitter accounts--plus more on other networks.(image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image)
Envizen Home Roam TV Review: Tote Your TV Around the House Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:01:00 -0800 Envizen's Home Roam TV lets you watch whatever's playing on your TV, cable box, Blu-ray or other player on a portable wireless display, but the resolution is poor and you have no control over the video source.(image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image)
Samsung ML-2955DW Review: Cheap Laser Printer, Pricey Toner Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:15:00 -0800 Bargain laser printers don’t get much cheaper than this model, but watch the pricey toner--the cost is tolerable only if you print fairly little.(image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image)
Go to Mars in Top-Down Shooter Game Jamestown Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:59:00 -0800 You won't learn much history from Jamestown, but you will blow up a lot of aliens.(image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image)
Canon Pixma MG3120 Wireless Inkjet Photo All-In-One Review: A Nice Bargain Sabotaged by Consumables Costs Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:10:00 -0800 Pricey black ink spoils the deal with this otherwise excellent budget MFP for home or school use.(image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image)
Avoid Annoying Ads With Adblock Plus Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:44:00 -0800 Banish intrusive ads painlessly with this free plugin.(image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image)
Free Twitter/Facebook Manager SocialOomph Includes Useful Features Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:36:00 -0800 SocialOomph is a cloud-based application that offers tools for using Twitter and Facebook more productively.(image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image)
Pantech Burst Review: Fast and Affordable Android Phone Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:00:00 -0800 If you’re looking for an inexpensive LTE phone, the Pantech Burst is an excellent option--as long as you don't plan to use it as your primary camera.(image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image)
HP Photosmart 6510 e-All-in-One Review: Good Looks, Good Output Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:35:00 -0800 With a touchscreen LCD and sleek styling, this MFP looks good and delivers nice output for light-volume home or student users.(image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image)
Predator Secures Your PC With a USB Hard Drive...And Some Difficulty Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:59:00 -0800 Predator lets you lock and unlock your desktop using a USB thumb drive.(image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image)
Which Web Host Do You Need? Six Small-Business Plans Compared Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:30:00 -0800 You can find countless hosting services with similar prices. We help you read between the lines of the fine print to pick the product that fits the needs of your company's website.(image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image)
Alienware X51 Review: The Little PC That Could Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:00:00 -0800 The Alienware X51 proves that big things can come in small packages, offering excellent gaming performance in a slim chassis.(image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image)
Make Good Spreadsheets for Cheap With GS-Calc Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:44:00 -0800 Very inexpensive spreadsheet program GS-Calc has some interesting features.(image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image)
Visual Explorer Ultimate Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:51:00 -0800 Visual Explorer Ultimate offers a lot of built-in features for online video fans.(image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image)
Epson WorkForce 845 Review: Fast, Vast, and Affordable Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:15:00 -0800 Lacking only a legal-size scanner platen, this small-office MFP contender has speed, dual input trays, and sharp output.(image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image)
Komodo Edit: Feature-Packed Free Programmers' Editor Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:41:00 -0800 This free and powerful programmer's text editor is built on the same foundation as Mozilla Firefox.(image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image)
Snappy Z-Maestro Offers Affordable--but Limited--Audio Editing Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:01:00 -0800 A lightweight and affordable, but immature, audio and MIDI sequencing program.(image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image)
Home & Landscape Design NexGen 3: Powerful, But Nearly as Complicated as Its Name Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:27:00 -0800 Home & Landscape Design NexGen 3 has a steep learning curve, but offers powerful home design tools.(image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image)
Design or Remodel With HGTV Home & Landscape Platinum Suite Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:17:00 -0800 HGTV Home & Landscape Platinum Suite lets you pretend to be one of the network's home design experts.(image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image)
Design a Kitchen Easily With IKEA Home Planner Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:02:00 -0800 Ikea Home Planner lets you design the kitchen of your dreams--as long as it's filled with Ikea products, of course.(image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image)
Samsung Galaxy Attain 4G Review: Affordable LTE, but Bundled With Bloatware Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:30:00 -0800 If you're looking for a budget-friendly LTE phone without a contract, you can't go wrong with the Galaxy Attain 4G.(image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image)
Ditch Your Arrow Keys With TouchCursor Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:36:00 -0800 TouchCursor tries to wean users off the keyboard's arrow keys by using home row keys for navigation.(image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image)
Simple Cross-Platform Backups With SafeSync Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:09:00 -0800 TrendMicro's SafeSync offers a simple and secure way to backup files and access them across multiple devices.(image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image)
Gee's Bend Quilts: American Art on Your Desktop Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:44:00 -0800 This beautiful Windows 7 theme features richly colored artworks from the artists of the Gee's Bend Quilters Collective.(image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image)
Browser Looking Bored? Take It Out on an Elephant Quest Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:27:00 -0800 Elephant Quest is a free and addictive browser-based quest involving elephants, lasers, and a hat.(image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image)
Free, Cloud-Based Word Processor Zoho Writer Shows Promise Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:31:00 -0800 Zoho Writer offers a surprisingly comfortable online writing environment, with some issues.(image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image)
Energy Saving Software Might Help You Save Power Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:13:00 -0800 Energy Saving is designed to help you monitor and improve the energy and resources you use in your home.(image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image)
Send Faxes From the Web: Three Services Tested Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:05:00 -0800 We test-drive three services that let you send faxes online--no fax machine or telephone required. Which one offers the best deal for your small business?(image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image)
Hauppauge Broadway Lets You Take Your TV With You Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:00:00 -0800 This small set-top box capably streams your live TV signal to devices on your home network or the Internet—but setup can be intimidating, and it lacks support for some key cable-box features.(image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image)
YMax MagicJack Plus Review: Phone Gadget Can Replace Your Landline--For a Price Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:45:00 -0800 The MagicJack Plus gives you unlimited, landline-quality home phone service on the cheap, but YMax still hasn’t learned how to offer decent support.(image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image)
Wondershare Video Converter Ultimate Review: Easy and Powerful, but Not Perfect Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:25:00 -0800 This video conversion software creates output for every mobile device on the market, including Windows Phone 7 phones. It's packed with extras, too--plus a few hiccups.(image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image)
Access Nonfiction Books and and Video With Safari Books Online Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:46:00 -0800 Safari Books Online offers access to a huge catalog of books and videos about computers and technology for a fixed monthly rate.(image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image)
HDD Recovery Pro Works Well, Has a Clean Interface Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:56:00 -0800 This pricey data recovery program works well, but supports only FAT and NTFS.(image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image)
The Best Printers for $150, $300, $500, $750 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:00:00 -0800 Whether you are buying for your home or for your office, and for 2 people or 200, we've found the right choices for you.(image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image)
Relive a Gaming Classic With Dungeon Master Java Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:42:00 -0800 Before I took an arrow to the knee, I was a Dungeon Master.(image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image)
Buffering Too Slow? Watch Videos When They're Complete With Video DownloadHelper Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:28:00 -0800 Video DownloadHelper is a free Firefox add-on for downloading videos from YouTube and others.(image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image)
Evernote vs. OneNote: Note-Taking Apps Showdown Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:12:00 -0800 Both programs offer plenty of note-taking features, but in very different packages. Here's a closer look at how Evernote and OneNote help you keep track of notes at your PC and on the go.(image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image)
G Data InternetSecurity 2012 Review: Top-Notch Antimalware Protection Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:00:00 -0800 G Data's security suite is one of the best defenders we’ve ever seen, and it takes the top spot among this year's crop despite a rough interface.(image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image)
Avast Internet Security 6 Review: Good, Basic Malware Detection Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:00:00 -0800 Avast's latest security suite is effective in defending against malware, but it could stand to improve in cleanup.(image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image)
McAfee Internet Security 2012 Review: Uneven Protection, Sluggish Speeds Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:00:00 -0800 McAfee's 2012 security suite posts mixed performance results, failing to keep up with top contenders.(image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image)
Panda Internet Security 2012 Review: An Acceptable but Poky Antimalware Suite Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:00:00 -0800 Panda's security suite is a decent choice for keeping your PC safe, but its sluggish performance and mediocre interface drag down its score.(image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image)
Avira Internet Security Suite 2012 Review: An Adequate Safeguard Against Malware Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:00:00 -0800 The 2012 edition of Avira's security suite gets the job done, but not much else.(image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image)
Check Point ZoneAlarm Extreme Security 2012 Review: A Middling Antimalware Utility Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:00:00 -0800 While Check Point's ZoneAlarm security suite is a reasonably solid protector, it may drag down your PC’s operations.(image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image)
AVG Internet Security 2012 Review: Respectable Antimalware Capabilities Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:00:00 -0800 AVG's security suite will protect your PC, but it can’t quite keep up with the best performers in our latest test group.(image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image)
F-Secure Internet Security 2012 Review: A Slow but Decent Malware Fighter Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:00:00 -0800 The latest F-Secure suite is quite capable of keeping your machine safe, but it may drag your PC down at times.(image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image)
Eset Smart Security 5 Review: Significantly Improved Protection Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:00:00 -0800 Although not a top performer, Smart Security 5 is a strong, easy-to-use upgrade over previous versions of Eset’s security suite.(image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image)
Trend Micro Titanium Internet Security 2012 Review: No-Frills PC Protection Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:00:00 -0800 Despite its somewhat middling detection scores, Trend Micro's security suite is simple to use.(image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image)
Kaspersky Internet Security 2012 Review: Effective Antimalware Performance Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:00:00 -0800 The Kaspersky security suite's on-access scans could be faster, but it’s very good at detection and blocking.(image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image)
Norton Internet Security 2012 Review: Solid and Efficient PC Security Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:00:00 -0800 Symantec's Norton security suite will do a great job of keeping your PC safe, and the program is easy to use too.(image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image)
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