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304 PhotoShop 6 Tips "Part of what makes Photoshop such an incredibly powerful and pleasurable program to use is its well-thought out implementation: the interface is polished and uncluttered and easily customizable. In fact, there is a surprising amount of 'hidden' functionality within Photoshop; so much so, that despite the number of years you work with the program, you will undoubtedly keep discovering more and more about it." Click here for more info. Also, new announcements from Atlus U.S.A., O'Reilly, and Electric Rain in News. |
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Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos "In Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, players revisit the war-torn world of Azeroth a generation after the end of the Second War between the Orcs and the Humans. The fragile peace that had since settled over the land is now on the verge of being shattered, for a dark power has returned after thousands of years to carry out its nefarious plans. Two new races - the Undead Scourge and the Night Elves - emerge to join the fray, as players follow a single epic storyline through four successive campaigns." Click here for more info. Also, new announcements from Blizzard Entertainment, Infogrames, Codemasters, and Belkin in News. |
| New announcements from Alera Technologies, UsableNet, Infogrames, Digital Leisure, Activision, and Interplay in News. |
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Gifts For Grads: Digital Audio Evolution "The Apple iPod may be a great MP3 player, but those who want an MP3 CD player might look at the iRiver SlimX iMP-350. Then, there are innovative products from Creative Labs, Sonicblue, and Panasonic. It's a crowded field, but CNET will help you sort it out." Click here to read this CNET article. Also, new announcements from Pentax Technologies, Microsoft, Roxio, Midway Games, Activision, and Discreet in News. |
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2GHz to go: Intel ups the ante "Check out the first 2GHz portable powerhouses from Dell and WinBook that push the performance envelope." Click here to read the CNET article. Also, new announcements from Western Digital, SiPix, Xitel, Adaptec, Logitech, Infogrames, and 3DO in News. |
| New announcements from Lexmark, Shecom Corporation, Midway Games, Sonic Solutions, V Communications, Data Becker, and Zone Labs in News. |
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Thirty Plug-Ins To Enhance Your Fave Software "No matter how powerful you think your favorite software is, there's always room for improvement. Fortunately, plug-ins can infuse your apps with the tools and functions you always wished they had. CNET is sure one of these 30 software accessories has what you need." Click here to read the article. Also, new announcements from Alera Technologies, Konami, Electric Rain, and Belkin in News. |
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What's the next big thing after DVD? "Someday, holographic storage technology could allow us to store 20 full-length movies on a disc the size of a current DVD. At least, that's what one maverick company is saying. Read how InPhase technology is hoping to beat the odds and make science fiction a reality. Decide for yourself whether holographic storage is a storage savior or a pipe dream." Click here to read this CNET article. Also, new announcements from KDS USA, Toshiba, BAM! Entertainment, Sony Computer Entertainment America, ScreenTime Media, Disney Interactive, and Panicware in News. |
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Testing the mettle of Athlon XP 2200+ PCs "What's all this fuss about the Athlon XP 2200+? In addition to boosting the maximum core speed to 1.8GHz, AMD finally transitions to a .13-micron fabrication process for all its CPUs. Does it matter to the average PC buyer?" Click here to read the CNET reviews of ABS and MicronPC systems to see how the new processor fares. Also, new announcements from Matrox, SecuGen, 3DO, EA and LEGO, as well as THQ and Sega in News. |
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Take The Trash Out Of Your Inbox "Even if you set up e-mail filters, at least a couple unwanted e-mail messages seem to inevitably sneak through. Is spam a fact of life? Until the government steps in, and perhaps even then, it's up to you to fight back. CNET reviews two spam-busting apps and outlines some tactics that will send spammers running for cover." Click here to read the article. Also, new announcements from Midway Games, Mad Catz, Corel, and Majesco Games in News. |
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irock! 300W Wireless Music Adapter "My Kia Rio is a very economical car. As such, it only came with the basics including a lowly FM stereo radio with cassette player. Well, as far as I’m concerned, cassette is dead. I use a portable MP3 player to listen to my tunes. But what if I want to listen to my tunes in the car? Sure, I could record them onto cassette and play them that way, but I don’t have time for that. This is where the irock! 300W from First International Digital comes into play (no pun intended)." Click here to read my review. Also, new announcements from SmartDisk, KCSA, Kensington, Midway, Gathering of Developers, Blizzard, Got Game Entertainment, and Belkin in News. |
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Shutterbug's Starter Kit "Once upon a time, digital photography equipment was prohibitively expensive. Between a new, $800 digital camera and a $700 to $900 photo printer, you almost had to mortgage your house to pay for your new hobby. But now that digital camera sales are on the rise, you and millions of other photographers can find decent equipment that falls into your price range. There's no excuse not to give digital photography a go." Click here to read this CNET article. Also, new announcements from Argus, Caligari, TDK Mediactive, BAM! Entertainment, Infogrames, 1C Company, Ulead, and Wildform in News. |
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Ultimate Gaming Machine "Alienware Announces New Ultimate Gaming Machine With 1066MHz RDRAM; Area-51 Takes Full Advantage of the Intel Pentium 4 Processor with 1066MHz RDRAM. The Area-51 is the first system with 1066MHz RDRAM memory to hit the consumer desktop market. By pairing the newly released Pentium 4 Processor with 533MHz front side bus and 1066MHz RDRAM memory, the Area-51 delivers a seamless 4.2GB/s of memory bandwidth for optimal gaming performance." Click here for more info. Also, new announcements from Got Game Entertainment, Activision, and Lyris in News. |
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CodeCharge Studio "YesSoftware Ships CodeCharge Studio. CodeCharge Studio automates the creation of Web applications by generating professional-level, object-oriented code in all popular server languages, such as ASP.NET (C#), ASP, PHP, Java Servlets, JSP, ColdFusion and Perl. Generated code can be easily modified using the internal code editor, which facilitates reliable round-trip editing." Click here for more info. Also, new announcements from Canon, Softimage, YesSoftware, Xara, and Symantec in News. |
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Mozilla.org Launches Mozilla 1.0 "Mozilla.org announces the release of Mozilla 1.0, the first major-version public release of the Mozilla software. A full-fledged web browser suite based on the latest Internet standards as well as a cross-platform toolkit, Mozilla 1.0 is targeted at the developer community and enables the creation of Internet-based applications." Click here for the free download. Also, new announcements from Discreet, ABBYY, Crave Entertainment, Majesco, and No Starch Press in News. |
| New announcements from Handspring, Wave Industries, NewKidCo, and ValuSoft in News. |
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External Hard Drives "External hard drives have always offered portability and ease of use, and now they can also deliver fast performance. High-speed FireWire and USB 2.0 ports eliminate the data bottleneck caused by slow parallel or USB connections. See three external drives that are speedy, spacious, and good to go." Click here to read the CNET review. Also, new announcements from Serious Magic, Infogrames, Acclaim Entertainment, Activision, and Universal Interactive in News. |
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Windows XP Service Pack 1 "Microsoft just released details of its anxiously awaited, major upgrade to Windows XP. You won't find Bluetooth in there after all, but you will find a host of new changes designed to appease the Justice Department, plus there are more security updates than you can shake a stick at. CNET takes a sneak peek at this whopping download that's expected later this year." Click here to read the article. Also, new announcements from Thales Navigation, BAM! Entertainment, Acclaim Entertainment, and Gathering of Developers in News. |
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Intel's new insides: one size fits all? "With charmingly named flavors such as i845E, i845G, and i845GL, some variant of the i845 is in Intel-based systems for all market segments. Are the systems faster? Yes. Better? Yes. Simpler to choose? Heck no!" To make sense of it all, click here to read this CNET review before you shop. Also, new announcements from Electronic Arts, Acclaim Entertainment, and Macromedia in News. |
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How To Survive A PC Apocalypse "It could happen to anyone. The boss wants a 30-page report on her desk tomorrow morning. It's midnight, and you're just about finished. Suddenly, your computer goes kaput. It's toast. And so are you, right? Not necessarily. It's true that bad things happen to good PCs, but some major-league catastrophes aren't as awful as they seem. No matter how bleak the situation looks, you still have PC survival options." Click here to read this CNET article. Also, new announcements from Cornerstone Peripherals, O'Reilly, ArialPhone, UsableNet, Aladdin, and Altec Lansing in News. |
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StarOffice 6.0 "Perhaps we all took this free office suite for granted. But now our freeloading days are over: StarOffice's price has gone from $0 to $76 in a single upgrade. And although version 6.0 improves significantly upon 5.2, is it enough to convince disgruntled StarOffice acolytes to upgrade?" Click here for CNET's last word. Also, new announcements from Evolution Robotics, Turtle Beach, GameSkinz, Ontrack, Logitech, Altec Lansing, TechSmith, and Universal Interactive in News. |
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Tech Trends: Gifts for grads: the PC parade "Naturally, the quirky snowball-shaped Apple iMac 800 gets the most praise, but plenty of other machines are making news. Gamers will appreciate the ViciousPC Phantom, digital-video buffs will crowd around the Gateway 700XL, and those light in the wallet will like the Atlas Micro XP 8000, a powerful machine for less than $1,000." Click here for CNET's desktop PC gift guide. Also, new announcements from Nintendo, Hitachi, Codemasters, Activision Value, Rockstar Games, and Aladdin in News. |
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Rockstar Games Upload Media Contest "Rockstar Games is pleased to announce the return of the Rockstar Games Upload online media awards to celebrate independent artistic endeavors on the Internet. In 2001, Rockstar hosted what was considered to be the first strictly online media awards program where an astounding collection of imaginative contest entries were sent in via the Rockstar FTP site. Judging for the contest and the awards ceremony took place entirely online, making for a completely digital experience." Click here for more info about this year's contest. Also, new announcements from Microsoft, American Power Conversion, Belkin, Aladdin, Caligari, Blue Squirrel, and Activision in News. |
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18 Tips For Better WinXP Gaming "Poor game performance is never pretty. You can count the frames in that new 3D shooter, and you're regularly interrupted as more terrain data loads for your flight sim. Plus, game loads and saves seem to take forever. We've all been there, but what can you do? Well, don't panic. Windows gives you plenty of ways to boost performance and manage pesky hardware devices." Click here and let this GameSpot article walk you through some tips and tweaks. Also, some new announcements from Microtek, Caelo, Acclaim Entertainment, Infogrames, Midway Games, O'Reilly, and Eidos Interactive in News. |
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Install Win2K Without IE Windows adds a lot of excess baggage when you install it on your PC. You may not need some of these extra features, such as Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, Windows Address Book, or Windows Scripting. If you'd like to find out how to install Windows 2000 without any of these extras, click here to read an article on the topic. Also, new announcements from 321Studios, Rockstar Games, TDK Mediactive, and Infogrames in News. |
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Latest P4 PC's "New, faster P4 systems: worth the cash? Is Intel's new-and-improved Pentium 4 chipset worth the cash? CNET put some pumped-up PCs to the test. Thinking of shopping? Read the story first." Click here to read this CNET story. Also, new announcements from Olympus, InterVideo, and Belkin in News. |
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MonitorsDirect ToolKit "The MonitorsDirect ToolKit is designed to help evaluate monitor quality, diagnose possible problems, and help properly adjust the display image. At the core of the MonitorsDirect ToolKit are a series of test patterns and instructions on how to evaluate any CRT or LCD monitor. This web-based application can be accessed from any system and requires no special software other than Macromedia's Flash Player for your Microsoft Internet Explorer web browser." Click here to access the ToolKit. Also, new announcements from MGE, Hewlett Packard, MusicPlayground, Acclaim, TOPICS Entertainment, and YesSoftware in News. |
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BIOS Central If you have trouble finding information about your computer's BIOS, the BIOS Central site may be able to help. At the site, you will find information that documents PC BIOS Post Codes, detailed BIOS information, as well as information about operating systems and hardware. Also, new announcements from Adobe Systems, Take-Two Interactive, and TDK Mediactive in News. |
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Midway's SpyHunter Sweepstakes "Midway Games announces the SpyHunter Win a Z3 @ E3 Sweepstakes, which gives gamers a chance to enter to win a BMW between April 12 and May 5, 2002. The winning contestant will be awarded the BMW Z3 roadster at the 2002 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). Click here to enter to win. Also, new announcements from ADS Technologies, Premier Programming, CE Software, Strydent Software, and Acclaim Entertainment in News. |
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Switching Your OS "We all get in a rut, and computer platforms are just one of many. If you're stuck on a PC that aggravates you or a Mac that limits you, you may have fantasized about the other operating system--go on, admit it. But fear of the unknown keeps us from changing. Well, fear not. CNET shows you what you'll gain, lose, and learn if you decide to make the switch from PC to Mac or vice versa." Click here to read the article. Also, new announcements from SmartDisk, LucasArts, ATI, and Belkin in News. |
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