The 20-30GB Nomad Jukebox Zen NX is Creative's latest hard disk-based MP3/WMA player; an evolution of predecessor, the Zen. The model we reviewed was a 20GB unit, which equates to around 667 hours of 64Kbps WMA encoding, or 333 hours of 128Kbps MP3 encoding.

Creative has raised the stakes again with the Audigy, this time from 16- to 24-bit sampling.

Creative’s Vado is brilliant value for money and a fine little friend to fans of web video

The Vision M is something of an iPod imitator, but it doesn’t quite match its inspiration

With solid-state media still expensive and offering limited capacity, MP3 players with hard disks seem like the perfect solution.

The SB Live! is one of the most commonly used cards, and as such, is a good yardstick for the performance of the new generation of sound cards.

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Whether you're after something small, portable and cheap - such as the Creative Zen Mozaic - or something more fully featured, we've got the latest and greatest in portable music on test. The benchmark they all try to meet is the iPod Classic, which at $300 for 80GB of storage and 45 hours of audio battery life is still the clear leader.

In many respects, sound hardware is a luxury. However, if we are to build a general-purpose multimedia system, then a sound card and speakers are essential. On the processing front, weve chosen

Toshiba’s resident portable computer visionary speaks about hardware design, Vista, and the future of notebook tech.

The Internet is booming again, but this time it’s very different. PC Authority brings you up to speed with the global Web 2.0 phenomenon.

Not all webcams will work in Vista, so we examined three Vista-ready models to find the best.

The name LiveMotion comes from its ability to bring compositions to life as animations; these are then output as QuickTime movies..

We've searched every corner of the web for the most useful (and useless) sites you've never seen. Download free movies and music, find the cheapest shopping sites, get a degree, make money, walk on Mars and much more.

This GeForce2 card has a lot to commend itself. It came in as the cheapest of the 32Mb GeForce2 cards by a long way...

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Using a Canon lens and sharing a chunky, rectangular design, the 5-megapixel QV-5700 bears more than a passing resemblance to the PowerShot G5. The G5 has a 4x optical zoom against Casio’s 3x, though, and several other features, such as time-lapse shooting, are missing.

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