Posted 03/18/08 at 11:50:00 AM by Katherine Stevenson

By now, anyone who knows their way around an optical disc drive knows the names Roxio and Nero. The two media-creation mavens have been on the scene since practically the dawn of CD-burning time. And through to today, inclusion of one or the other’s software is de rigueur with the purchase of just about any retail PC or optical drive. Of course, the bundled software packages are but abbreviated versions of the full-on suites Roxio and Nero offer. The stand-alone packages go far beyond the basics of disc copying, burning, and playing—and that’s never been more true than today.

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Posted 02/20/08 at 07:32:20 PM by Katherine Stevenson

Yes, HD DVD is now out of the picture, but the reigning high-def disc format will have to contend with other competitors

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Posted 01/24/08 at 07:04:35 PM by Katherine Stevenson

It’s easy to be seduced by the sheer size of a 24-inch LCD screen—any display that big just looks like it means business. And there was a time when large LCD panels were almost exclusively high-performance parts. That’s no longer the case. As the 24-inch LCDs reviewed here demonstrate, large screens are just as varied and prone to flaws as their smaller counterparts.

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Posted 12/23/07 at 12:42:40 PM by Will Smith

Will is in ur internet, clogging ur toobz.

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