Tags: cd, diy, imaging

Home cinema systems: Are kits or components right for you?

Whether you want to buy a home theatre in a box or go the components route, you'll need to decide which way is best for you right from the start.

New versions of Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements boost organisational capabilities and automation.

Sony DRX-S70U

Sony's slimline DRX-S70U drive is quite appealing for travellers or those with dud notebook drives -- as long as you've got space for the AC adaptor.
Pioneer BDR-202BK

Pioneer's drive and bundle is excellent, but also expensive and clearly an early adopter's product.
LG LH-RH9695IA Home Theatre

This is a great sounding and great looking unit that will work well in medium-sized rooms, and considering its hard disk drive, it is reasonable value for money.
Adobe Photoshop CS3

With its streamlined tools, enhanced nondestructive editing capabilities, and better performance, Adobe Photoshop CS3 will look very attractive to almost any user.
Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended

The professional's choice for image editing spawns Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended to appeal to select vertical markets, but it delivers mixed results.
Ulead PhotoImpact 11

The agile, powerful, and easy-to-use Ulead PhotoImpact 11 application for basic image editing and Web-graphics creation suffers from performance issues and poor organisational tools.
Roxio Popcorn 2

Roxio Popcorn 2 is a simple and excellent solution for copying and backing up files.
Lexmark P450

The CD burning capability aside, Lexmark's P450 is just another home photo printer with average printing features and performance.

CNET.com.au's digital SLR superguide

Digital SLR cameras have opened up a world of new opportunities in photography. This guide will walk you through the choices and let you take your images to the next level.
Digital cameras and imaging myths busted

CNET.com.au paparazzi hunts down the common folklore about digital imaging and bring them to light.
Top free CD/DVD burning apps

Want a quick and dirty app for burning CDs on the cheap? Here are three free options for your music and data desires.
Newbie's guide to Facebook

What is Facebook and why should you use it?

New Nikon Coolpix range: Projectors and touchscreens

Nikon has revealed its latest line of Coolpix compact cameras, featuring a number of quirky functionalities like an in-built projector, OLED technology and touchscreens.
SLRs erode medium-format lead in sensor quality

It looks like Canon and Nikon weren't blowing smoke when they said their high-end SLR cameras will compete with medium-format digital cameras used almost exclusively by professionals.
Memeo launches Share for sending photos to grandma

Share your shots without a host using Memeo.
New geotagging method draws on Flickr photos

Adding location information to photos is hard. Carnegie Mellon has found an easier way: compare your photo with similar ones on Flickr that already are geotagged.

DIY home surveillance with a webcam

Too cheap to buy a real home security system? A webcam gets you part of the way there. We examine a few inexpensive ways to do it with an old computer and some home security software.
Print, save and organise your digital photos

Learn how to organise your images so that they're easy to find, safely backed up, optimised for printing and much more. Once your digital photographs are transferred to your PC, learn how to "process" them for the best possible results.
Scanning photo basics

Learn the best methods for scanning a photo into your PC. This guide will get you up and running with your scanner and show you how to get the best-quality results for scanning and sharing your photos online.
Print labels for CDs and DVDs

Spruce up those boring white labels on the CD/DVD you burn for fun or profit, with easy to use CD labelling software.

Disk Archive Maker

Manage any kind of disks you have.
HP Pavilion Recovery CD Patch

Resolve an issue found on systems once a Recovery CD without "a" in its version number is used to restore the disk.
Turtle Beach CD Master Studio Edition (TBS2050) Install

Get the install disk for the TBS2050 kit for DOS/Windows 3.x/95/NT 3.51.
Turtle Beach CD Master II (TBS2040) Install

Get the install disk for the TBS2040 kit for Windows 3.x/95.

Get (laptop) smart before you buy

Win the numbers game and get the laptop that's perfect your needs as well as your budget!
Microsoft Windows® 7. Your PC, simplified.

Windows® 7 has been designed to be more reliable, more responsive, and to make the things you do every day easier.