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Pinnacle Studio 11

Pinnacle's Studio Ultimate offers a nice bridging gap product for those with low or high end video shooting equipment but little knowledge in video editing. Its Activation process is a royal pain, and set-up is likewise fiddly, but it ranks amongst the best in its class for ease-of-use video editing.

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Toshiba M40

The M40 boasts an impressive array of the latest notebook technologies, especially for those with a multimedia bent, although it could do with running a little quieter and cooler.

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Spybot Search and Destroy

Spybot is both free and adaptable for both beginning and power users, but it left behind several known spyware apps.

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Creative Live Cam Optia AF

If remote video surveillance or time-lapse photography is something you want to do with a Webcam, the Creative Live Cam Optia AF is a good pick. For all others, Logitech has a better (and slightly cheaper) Webcam.

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Lavasoft Ad-aware SE Personal Edition 1.06

Lavasoft's free version of Ad-aware is an industrial-strength antispyware program that is simple to use and now sports a sleek new interface.

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Unlocked iPhone works with 3

While 3 Mobile begs for the iPhone 3G, tech-savvy Aussies are unlocking their iPhones and taking them to the iPhone-less telco.

Windows Vista: One year on

Craig Simms wades through the mess that is still Windows Vista.

iPhone Trojan discovered in the wild

The first iPhone Trojan has been seen in the wild, according to security vendors.

Mac freezes blamed on graphics woes

Apple's recently updated iMacs seem to be having issues with their graphic interface.

PC buyers aim to cut the 'crapware'

When large businesses buy new PCs, they often wipe the hard drives clean and install a fresh copy of Windows, along with the other software they want workers to have.

Beat back that Trojan horse

Accidents happen. Somewhere, somehow you've clicked the wrong link and a Trojan horse has piled your PC with adware and spyware. Learn some basic techniques for beating back the assailants.

Water-cool your PC

Two parts water, one part coolant, and one part guts are all it takes to water-cool your PC.

Ten things you should do to a new PC before surfing the Web

A Microsoft Windows PC that has not been updated for security vulnerabilities will be compromised by some from of malware within minutes of connecting to the Internet. Take steps to protect yourself before you start Web surfing.

Google tracks searches?

I was a very early user of Google and loved the search engine from the start. Now, however, I do simple searches that return useless information. Today, I noted that information returned by one search seemed to relate more to an earlier search I had done.

Is Google tracking my searching and making judgments about the advertisements that might be most effective? If I delete the Google taskbar and its "advanced features," will I get more productive searches?

DIY: Transfer data from Palm to Pocket PC

If you've decided to jump the Palm PDA ship in favour of a Windows Mobile Pocket PC, our step-by-step guide will help you migrate the data from your old handheld to the new one.

Adobe's Lightroom 2 beta broadens editing horizons

New version of Adobe software, going into public beta testing Wednesday, significantly expands editing possibilities — and brings it closer to regular Photoshop.

Gaming mouse roundup

We check out three of the latest and greatest gaming mice -- the Razer Lachesis, Microsoft SideWinder and the Logitech G9.

Ditch the disc: A guide to online music in Australia

CDs are like so 1990s, man. If you're ready to ditch the disc, check out CNET.com.au's list of on-line music stores in Australia.

Optimise your spyware scans for faster, more effective results

Make your spyware scans run faster so you can get back to work sooner.

Cover your assets: software firewalls that work

We review three software firewall applications to see which one is easiest to install and offers the best protection and value.

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Registry Easy 4.22

Scan your PC and repair registry problems to speedup your computer performance.

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Driver Magician Lite 3.41

Back up associated drivers of all the hardware in your PC.

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Mail-Cure for Outlook Express

Recover emails from damaged dbx file or drive.

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Almeza MultiSet Enterprise 6.1 build 510

Reinstall Windows on your computer.

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DriverMax 4.4

Extract and back up your Windows drivers and reinstall them easily after a new Windows setup.