While Windows Live Messenger offers better file sharing and video chatting, Yahoo Messenger with Voice 8 stands out for its Net telephone service, photo sharing, novelty plug-ins, and embedded search.
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If you own a Bravia and movies are your main criteria, the Sony DAV-F500 makes a lot of sense. Its video upscaling produces quality images, but music lovers will be disappointed.
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Apple iTunes 8 is the industry standard for multimedia jukebox software and despite the need for a UI overhaul and some liposuction to remove the bloat, iTunes is a solid choice that most users will enjoy.
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Google has rethought the Internet browser — some of its basic underpinnings are quite novel — but users will recognise some features as they exist in other, open-source browsers on the market today.
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Have you tried squeezing blood out of a stone? How about music out of a pebble? The Samsung S2 Pebble is a screenless MP3 player with an LED just under the surface that blinks different colours as you listen to music.
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Google has released a plug-in for Gmail which prevents you from sending drunken emails, but without the need for a breathalyser.
Mozilla has revealed plans to announce a plug-in called Geode that would give the Firefox web browser a better ability to understand and use geographic information on the web.
After much badgering by DIYers and energy activists in the US, Toyota relented and built a plug-in version of its Prius hybrid, showing it off at the 2008 Paris Motor Show today.
Last week Chrysler surprised everyone with the announcement of not one but three electric vehicle concepts, although two are technically hybrids and one is an electrified version of a Lotus sports car.
In the lead up to the 2008 Paris Motor Show, Toyota has announced that it's testing a plug-in version of its Prius hatchback in the UK.
In this quick guide we'll show you how to transfer your files and settings from an aging Windows XP computer to a new Vista machine.
Been doing a bit of renovating? Before you install the plasterboard and start painting, consider spending an afternoon to run a local area network (LAN) through your house.
Move beyond the basic functionality of iPhoto 08 with these 10 advanced tips.
TuneUp Companion is an iTunes plug-in that helps you analyse and clean up a messy library in a fraction of the time it would take to do manually.
The free spyware-removal program from Lavasoft is currently one of the most popular on CNET.com.au's Downloads, but after downloading it, many users can be confused by the process of getting started. This guide will walk you through the normal installation, set-up and use of Ad-Aware.
Apple's improvements to iTunes have garnered the music and video jukebox a full-point jump, although long-time users will only find one major new feature and a few interesting smaller ones.
Want to know whether HD is worth it yet? Here is our look at what's changed in the world of high-def lately — and what's on the horizon.
Sick of Windows Media Player? Over iTunes? Here are three free alternatives for your music management needs.
New version of Adobe software, going into public beta testing Wednesday, significantly expands editing possibilities — and brings it closer to regular Photoshop.
Here's a list of 10 must-have Web TV bookmarks that are guaranteed to help you find something online worth seeing.
Manage extensive digital music collections.
Create and alter photos and graphics manually or via scripting.
Launch your favorite programs with this sidebar, toolbar, and rotating carousel.
Record various television shows in HD quality.
Create HTML scripts for code coloring.