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Live streaming: is it for you?

Readers of this column are obviously interested in working with video on the PC; however, if you take a straw poll of your friends with video cameras, you may be surprised at how little footage actually gets onto the hard drive. This is a travesty, a...

EMusic posts 1,000 MP3 albums

Universal Music Group, the music arm of struggling media conglomerate Vivendi Universal SA, has made a major commitment to digital-music distribution, releasing 1,000 albums for download through EMusic.com Inc.

Apple acquires Emagic

Apple Computer Inc. has acquired Emagic Inc., professional software solutions provider for computer-based music production.

Sorry Miss, the dog ate my laptop

Back in our day, when we told the teacher the dog ate our homework, we meant it had chewed up a few sheets of paper. But now canines have to take more radical action if they are going to destroy your prized essay, as one schoolchild found out when th...

Free Opera hits right note

Opera Software ASA has unveiled its Global Donations Program, giving away registered versions of its Web browser for free to organizations for people with disabilities, elementary schools, and Web-design schools and programs.

PC WORLD JUNE 2002

Best Free Stuff on the Web -- Sites, services and downloads for work and play; Fee vs. Free Software -- The leading free apps vs. paid alternatives; Web and You -- Sites for small businesses; Unpacking the new Linux distributions -- A look at the maj...

Apps support lags, users say

Pressure on IT shops to get a 'bang for your buck' has accelerated growing resentment about the spiralling cost of technology support coupled with plummeting vendor help desk support

Pinnacle Studio Version 7

Studio Version 7, the latest consumer video-editing package from Pinnacle, now supports virtually any OHCI-compatible 1394/FireWire card on the market. All you need is a PC capable of taking in digital video (DV) through a standard FireWire port.

MacExpo UK: iPod launched

Apple Computer Inc. is launching iPod, its digital-music player, today at MacExpo 2001 at Islington's Business Design Centre.

Opera: Microsoft sees our browser as a 'threat'

In a statement today, Opera Software ASA welcomed Microsoft Corp.'s "quick backtracking on denying millions of Opera users access to their main Web portal, MSN." Microsoft's abrupt change of mind came after hostile reactions were reported in the medi...

Desktop darkroom

You've taken a tonne of pictures with your digital camera. Now what? Here's a "step-by-step guide to transferring, enhancing, and sharing your photos.

Toshiba unveils Windows-based PDA

Toshiba Corp. entered the competitive market for PDAs (personal digital assistants) on Monday, unveiling what it claims to be the world's smallest and lightest Pocket PC device that will go on sale in Japan on Aug. 20 and is expected to hit U.S. shor...

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