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Review: Amara is a Web-based service that lets anyone transcribe and translate online video
Once the domain of trained professionals, Amara tries to put the process of video transcription, subtitling and translation within reach of everyone.Reviews
Wi-Fi hard drive showdown: Corsair Voyager vs. Seagate Wireless Plus
A new class of portable hard drive creates its own Wi-Fi hotspot, so you can stream media or transfer files from a PC, notebook, tablet, or smartphone without a cable. Which one's best?Reviews
Review: DivX Stash stores Web videos for mobile viewing
DivX Stash lets you store links to Web videos so you can view them later on your PC or mobile device. It's a great way to get your videos organized, but it stumbles a bit with Hulu content.Reviews
Review: PowerDVD 13 Ultra media player is loaded with under-the-hood improvements
While unchanged outwardly, PowerDVD 13 significantly enhances 1080 video, delivers better performance, and remains the premiere DVD/BD/3D playback solution.Reviews
Review: Freemake Video Downloader grabs any video with a URL
This standalone utility will download any video you can grab a URL for, and it can download directly from YouTube.Reviews
Review: MediaMonkey organizes your MP3s
MediaMonkey is a free media organization and playback application for Windows users. Its interface is a bit heavy on the text, but it offers many handy ways to clean up your digital media collection.Reviews
Review: MuseScore is powerful and free musical notation software
This free cross-platform notation editor has a surprising amount of power and great looking notation. It's not as slick as some of the paid competition, but it will surpass the needs of most users.Reviews
Review: Defishr removes fish-eye distortion from video
Defishr is an easy-to-use utility for removing the fish-eye distortion from your video. It can even create profiles to optimize the process for unknown devices.Reviews
Review: WeVideo is a cloud-based video editor that makes editing in your browser fun and simple
WeVideo is a simple and solid Flash-based video editor that runs in your browser. With Dropbox and Google Drive support, it makes it easy to pull raw footage in and export edited video out.Reviews
Review: Google Chromebook Pixel is an expensive curiosity
As an idea sprung from Google’s view of the future of technology, the Chromebook Pixel is intriguing, even intoxicating. But it’s hard to fathom how it works as a real-world product.Reviews
Do social media ads really work? We put them to the test!
We placed ads on AdWords, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and StumbleUpon. Which service provided the best ROI? The results will surprise you.Reviews
Review: iSpy lets you monitor and record multiple webcams and IP cameras for free
iSpy makes it easy to connect your computer to multiple cameras and microphones, specify their locations, and selectively record activity.Reviews
Review: MobileGo for iOS goes where iTunes won’t
Wondershare's MobileGo for iOS is a full-featured media management tool for your iOS device. It offers a host of useful features, including a robust contact manager, but it's pricey, at $40.Reviews
Review: AlbumPlayer really lets the music play
AlbumPlayer is a digital jukebox with a slick design and some cool features for music playback. Unfortunately, though, this software is expensive.Reviews
Hands on with Chromebook Pixel: Google goes after the MacBook
With a Retina-class display and top-of-class build quality, the Chromebook Pixel is Google's answer to Apple's vaunted MacBook. But does the laptop's usefulness match its sky-high price tag?Reviews
Review: Songbird Desktop is much more than just a media player
Songbird Desktop is a free tool for managing your music collection, but also includes features for streaming content around the house and letting you connect with friends and artists.Reviews
Review: MP3 Rocket makes YouTube videos into MP3s
MP3 Rocket is a free application that converts videos into MP3s. It's easy to use, free, and offers a slick way to convert videos for later listening.Reviews
802.11n Wi-Fi Routers: Tested to the Nth degree
We benchmark five of the best 802.11n routers available today. Don't you dare upgrade your Wi-Fi without first reading our results.Reviews
Review: Slicetige-G takes the pain out of designing your Google profile
Slicetige-G is a simple and lightweight program that can help you design an attractive cover image for your Google profile, complete with a sliced out profile picture, and other customizable extras.Reviews
Review: Elpis lets you jam to Pandora with zero fuss and maximum fun
Elpis plugs into the Pandora API and makes it possible to enjoy the service with no ads and no interruptions, but with all of your stations and music preferences.Reviews
Review: CopyTrans makes iOS management easy
CopyTrans lets you manage your iPhone or iPad , backing up its contents to your PC or syncing various iTunes libraries. At $20, it's not cheap, though.Reviews
Review: CopyTrans Photo offers pricey iPhone photo management
For the price, CopyTrans Photos should make it a lot easier to import new photos from your phone to your computer.Reviews
Review: CopyTrans TuneSwift automates iTunes chores
CopyTrans TuneSwift offers an easy (if time-consuming) way)to back up, transfer, or restore your iTunes library. At $15, though, this program isn't exactly cheap.Reviews
Review: Camtasia Studio 8 raises the bar on interactive video creation
TechSmith's Camtasia Studio version 8 is a completely rebuilt program that goes far beyond screen-capture video creation. It can now incorporate videos from other sources in multi-track editing, including videos with embedded hyperlinks.Reviews
Netgear A6200 review: A cost-effective and fast 802.11ac adapter
If you need to connect just a single client, such as a laptop or a home-theater PC, to your 802.11ac network, Netgear's A6200 is a far cheaper alternative to a wireless bridge.Reviews
Western Digital My Net AC Bridge review: Another great 802.11ac bridge
If you're putting together a wireless network based on the 802.11ac Draft 2.0 standard, choose between this bridge and Cisco’s Linksys WUMC710 when you're ready to add hardwired clients to your network.Reviews
Review: SuperSync merges iTunes libraries and more
SuperSync will sync all the iTunes libraries from your various devices and PCs as well as perform maintenance tricks like delete duplicates.Reviews
Review: TuneUp cleans up your misnamed music files with a few clicks
If you are in the habit of ripping CDs, you know how frustrating it is when the ripped CD doesn't provide track names, and you have to manually type them by hand. TuneUp is an add-on for iTunes and Windows Media Player that renames your files for you and adds album art.Reviews
Battle of the pint-size PCs: Cotton Candy, MK802 II, and Raspberry Pi face off
They're incredibly small and surprisingly powerful: We tell you what these devices are capable of, and how well they perform.Reviews
Linksys EA6500 review: A user-friendly 802.11ac router with decent performance
The Linksys EA6500 is a very good consumer router for mainstream users who don’t need a lot of bells and whistles, but the Asus RT-AC66U remains the absolute best 802.11ac Draft 2.0 router for now.Reviews
Review: Wavosaur is tiny and free, but it’s still a full-featured audio editor
Wavosaur is an impressive programming feat with full support for VSTfx and ASIO. This free, full-featured audio editing (sans FX) packs a lot of power into a tiny, ultra-efficient package.Reviews
Review: Sony’s Sound Forge Audio Station 10 is powerful and versatile
An old-school interface belies this program's power and versatility. It's limited to stereo, though; no 5.1 or 7.1 surround sound.Reviews
Best Products of 2012: Entertainment
PCWorld's editors select the best tech-related entertainment products of 2012.Reviews
Pick a pico projector: We review four of the best and brightest models
These tiny projectors weigh less than a pound, but each is capable of delivering business presentations, slideshows, and video to audiences in boardrooms and living rooms.Reviews
Review: Sony’s Acid Music Studio 9 offers no-nonsense interface
Acid Music Studio's bland interface belies a very powerful digital audio workstation with advanced features, VST support, and a steep learning curve. At $65, the chief investment is time, not money.Reviews
Ripbot264: Rip Blu-ray movies without filling your hard drive
Ripbot264 is a front end for free video tools. With it, you can transcode video without a lot of fuss (and without making massive files).Reviews
Gmail vs. Outlook.com: Which offers the best email in the cloud?
How does Microsoft’s new webmail service stand up against longtime favorite Gmail? The answer may surprise you.Reviews
Sony Movie Studio Platinum 12: Video-editing software is still solid, but adds little oomph
Among consumer-level video-editing applications, Sony's Movie Studio Platinum is one of the more capable, with more features than most competitors. With so much already in place, however, version 12 has few new features to add over the previous edition.Reviews
Nero 12 Platinum: Affordable, highly capable multimedia creation and disc burning
There's no arguing the power under Nero 8's hood, but the venerable multimedia creation and disc-burning suite could be easier to learn and use. For the price, you get a lot.Reviews
CyberLink Director Suite: Prosumer video, photo, and audio editing with great features and effects
The vast majority will find all the features they need in this collection of linked photo and video editors. It shields you from the complexity of many tasks, but still manages to provide near pro-level power.Reviews
Ashampoo Music Studio 4 has better cataloging, easier navigation
Ashampoo Music Studio 4 adds cataloging and a neater interface to an already nice suite of audio tools.Reviews
MobileGo Pro offers easy Android management
Wondershare's MobileGo Pro for Android utility offers an easy way to manage the contents of your Android device. The $40 price tag is a bit steep, but may be worth it if you want a seamless Android experience.Reviews
Simplify the Web with these free Chrome extensions
The Web doesn't have to be one-size-fits-all. Eliminate distractions from your favorite sites, or the entire Web, and you can comfortably focus on the content that suits you.Reviews
Look up Word Definitions Easily With the Dictionary.com Chrome Extension
Dictionary.com Extension for Google Chrome makes searching a breeze without having to go to a website.Reviews
Enable Flash in Chrome Only When You Want It With FlashControl
Why deal with Flash hassles every time you surf? FlashControl lets you decide when to enable Flash and when to disable it.Reviews
Bring Outlook and Google Mail Contacts Together With GO Contact Sync
GO Contact Sync lets you sync contacts from Outlook to Google and vice versa.Reviews
Chrome Extension Readability Helps You Format Pages to Your Liking
Format pages for easier reading, or read them on other devices, with the help of Readability for Chrome.Reviews
God Game From Dust Lives Again as Chrome Web Store Centerpiece
Last year's most talked-about God game returns slick, shiny and Chrome-plated—but in the same PC port that made it notorious.Reviews