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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
The Best Apps for Android and iPhone, 2012 Edition
The right apps can give your iPhone or Android smartphone superpowers. Facing speeding deadlines? Want awesome entertainment? Need instantaneous news? This collection of super apps is ready to save the day!Reviews
Best Apps of 2012: Top Entertainment Apps for Android and iPhone
With Turntable.fm, Tweetbot, and other just-for-fun apps, you can stay entertained wherever you are.Reviews
Android Phone Updates: A Comprehensive Guide
Is your phone on the list to receive the next major version of Google's Android OS? Consult our handy chart to see which phones get upgraded next.Reviews
CyberLink Media Suite 10 Ultra Review: Efficient Design, Complete Multimedia Editing
This comprehensive multimedia playback suite comes with full 3D capabilities but suffers from some small oversights.Reviews
Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 Review: Speed and Interface, Enhanced
Unmatched performance and updated interface keep Premier Pro at the top of its game.Reviews
Trendnet SecurView Pro Outdoor PoE Megapixel IP Camera Review: As Complex as It Is Powerful
This camera delivers maximum performance–and maximally complex software to support it.Reviews
Logitech Alert 750e Outdoor Master System Review: Terrific Resolution, but Supports Only Six Cameras
This surveillance system's cameras are easy to deploy, configure, and monitor, but you're limited to six of them.Reviews
Keeping an Eye Out: We Review Three Video Surveillance Systems
Software can protect your business from cyberthreats–but these tools can help keep it physically secure.Reviews
Free Desktop App DoubleTwist Syncs Your Tunes ‘Twixt PC and Phone
Android users, alleviate your iTunes envy with DoubleTwist, a free desktop app that syncs your media to your phone.Reviews
Chrome OS Grows Up
The latest incarnation of Google's Cloud OS works much more like a Windows or OS X machine, though still with some quirks.Reviews
Android Phones: Which Companies Do the Best Job With Android Updates?
Are you choosing a new Android phone? We evaluate which carriers and manufacturers have the strongest track record for delivering Android updates.Reviews
Rip and Convert Files With Free MP3 Toolkit
MP3 Toolkit easily handles a number of MP3-related chores, including ripping and converting file types.Reviews
Corel VideoStudio Pro X5 Review: CPU Optimization and HTML 5 Output
This package is the first video editor with Sandy Bridge and Fusion CPU optimizations–and the first with HTML 5 output–but if you don't have a new PC, you may be disappointed with the performance.Reviews
Samsung Optical Smart Hub Review: An Interesting Idea, Poorly Executed
This unusual external DVD burner acts a Wi-Fi hotspot and can stream DVD content via a mobile connection, but its implementation leaves a lot to be desired.Reviews
SoundBest Audio May Improve Music Playback
SoundBest attempts to optimize the sound on your system via an interactive listening test…but the results may not impress you.Reviews
Spanning Backup Backs Up Gmail and Other Google Services
Spanning Backup is a cloud-based service for backing up Google data such as Gmail, Google Contacts, Google Calendar, and more.Reviews
Bring Disapproval to Your Desktop With “These Pets Disapprove” Win7 Themepack
The disapproving pets Internet meme inspired this themepack, but no one expects you to like it. These animals certainly don't.Reviews
Build Virtual Lego Constructions With LDraw
LDraw is a suite of free applications for designing and viewing LEGO models.Reviews
Magix Audio Cleaning Lab MX Removes Clicks and Pops
"Friendly" is the key word for audio editing and restoration utility Magix Audio Cleaning Lab, which delivers average results.Reviews
PlayLater Lets You Watch Your Shows on the Web–And In Your Own Sweet Time
Watch your favorite shows and videos whenever you want with PlayLater.Reviews
CyberLink PowerDVD 12 Ultra Review: An All-Purpose Media Player
The best DVD/Blu-ray player software available is morphing into an organizer/player for all types of media–but it is also becoming more resource-hungry.Reviews
The Best Browsers for Your Android Phone
Here are five of the most promising browser apps to use with your Android smartphone or tablet.Reviews
Which Browser Should You Use?
Not all Web browsers are created equal. Some are faster; some are more versatile; others are especially secure. We tested six leading browsers to learn where each one excels…and fails.Reviews
Motorola Droid 4 Review: Snappy Performance and a Great Keyboard
The Droid 4 is the device to buy if you're looking for a smartphone with a physical keyboard, though the blurry display has room for improvement.Reviews
Create Stop-Motion Animation With Fun-to-Use Animation-ish
Learn the basics of stop-motion animation through Animation-ish's clever three-level process.Reviews
Snappy Z-Maestro Offers Affordable–but Limited–Audio Editing
A lightweight and affordable, but immature, audio and MIDI sequencing program.Reviews
Wondershare Video Converter Ultimate Review: Easy and Powerful, but Not Perfect
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.Reviews
Buffering Too Slow? Watch Videos When They’re Complete With Video DownloadHelper
Video DownloadHelper is a free Firefox add-on for downloading videos from YouTube and others.Reviews
Software That Does It All
Edit your photos, organize your finances, access your computer remotely, and do even more with these essential software packages and Web apps–a mix of established favorites and indispensable up-and-comers.Reviews
HTC Rezound Review: A High-Performance Android Phone
The HTC Rezound has it all: speed, specs, and style.Reviews
RIP Technology: 10 Products and Services That Died in 2011
From the Flip to Google Health, these tech losers showed promise–just not enough to keep them alive.Reviews
A User’s Guide to Android Ice Cream Sandwich
Ice Cream Sandwich adds some delicious upgrades, but it still requires a bit of a learning curve. We’ll walk you through the good, the bad, and the ugly of Google’s latest version of Android and provide some tips to get you all set up with the new OS.Reviews
Quick-and-Dirty Video Editing With Free Avidemux
This free utility offers easy video editing, plus encoding to a number of different formats–when there's no easier way to do it.Reviews
Amazon Cloud Music Player Lets Your Music Roam Free
Amazon MP3 Uploader for Amazon Cloud Music Player lets you upload your music to play via the cloud.Download This
Downloads Digest: Carbonite 5, Fade In, AeroFS, Cloud9 IDE, Studio One Artist
The five most recently reviewed files include screenplay software, a fabulous file-sync program in invitation-only beta, a promising IDE that needs some work, and a music and audio recording program.Reviews
Studio One 2 Artist: Must-Have Tool for Beginning Audio Engineers
This is the best entry-level audio and music recording software available, but it's pricey.Reviews
Freemake Audio Converter Converts Almost All Audio Formats
Quite possibly the best free audio converter available, Freemake Audio Converter is certainly the easiest to use.Reviews
Xilisoft iPhone Magic
Xilisoft iPhone Magic is the ideal iPhone manager to transfer iPhone music, videos and pictures to your computer and copy your iPhone contents to iTunes library. On top of this, this iPhone transfer can also convert and copy nearly any video and music format to iPhone, as well as rip DVD movies and transfer them to iPhone. You can even treat your iPhone as a portable hard disk with this amazing iPhone Magic software. Key features: 1.Backup iPhone contents to computer. 2.Synchronize iPhone with iTunes library. 3.Convert and copy any video/music file to iPhone. 4.Rip DVD movies and transfer them to iPhone. 5.Manage iPhone as a portable hard disk. 6.Supports iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPod touch. 7.View your device's properties and information on the main interface: type, generation, serial number, format, version and others. 8.Synchronize files between iPhone and computer at fast transferring speed. 9.Edit the ID3 info of several files at one time: name, artist, year, album and others. 10.Play iPhone videos/music and DVD movies in the built-in resizable player. 11.Create playlists for your iPhone and edit them as you wish to manage your iPhone files by categories. 12.View your iPhone files in thumbnails like album artwork or list view for easier organizing. 13.Filter your files by genre, artist's name, album name, album year and others; search the files you want by your keyword. 14.Support multiple iOS devices simultaneously 15.Read and export pictures and videos recorded by the device 16.Resume playing of the transferred videos on the device 17.Directly preview the devices videos, music and other files less than 8MB on the computerReviews