• The PC World 100: Best Products of 2009

  
  A laptop that recharges wirelessly, a CPU that leaves the competition in the dust, and a top pick that's changing the face of computing--these are just three of the items in our PC World Top 100 list of the best products of the year.

• BlueBeat vs. Beatles: 3 Things We've Learned

  
  The Beatles are banned again from BlueBeat, which will take its tune to court this month.
• Baidu Deal May be First Step in Linking to Licensed Music
• Beatles Due Soon on USB -- But Not From Apple
• Beatles Ban Takes Effect at BlueBeat
• Photo Contest: Hot Pics for October
• Palm Lost the iTunes Sync Battle (Again)
• Beatles Tunes on Apple! Apple-Shaped USB, That Is
• BlueBeat Ignores EMI, Still Sells Beatles Catalog Online
• How to Buy an MP3 Player

Audio How-Tos

• How to Buy an MP3 Player Get the right device for your lifestyle and music collection.
• How to Buy a Bluetooth Headset or Car Speakerphone A Bluetooth headset or in-car speakerphone lets you talk on your cell phone hands-free. Here's our advice on selecting the most appropriate product for your needs.
• Play Music Off an External Drive Daniel Shaughnessy wants iTunes and WMP to see the music on his USB drive
• How to Sync iTunes with Your Non-iPod Player You don't have to lose your painstakingly crafted iTunes playlists if you move to a non-Apple player.
• MP3 DJ DJ Dan Shaughnessy asked for advice on switching from CDs to MP3s

Audio News

• BlueBeat vs. Beatles: 3 Things We've Learned The Beatles are banned again from BlueBeat, which will take its tune to court this month.
• Baidu Deal May be First Step in Linking to Licensed Music UPDATE: Baidu did not fully confirm a statement by music provider Qtrax that it will indeed start linking to licensed music downloads.
• Beatles Ban Takes Effect at BlueBeat The online retailer is complying with a court order to stop selling Beatles tunes online -- for now.
• Orb for Mac Lets You Stream Your Media Anywhere Mac users can finally join their Windows brethren in using Orb, the media-sharing software from the creatively-named Orb Networks.
• Novation Launchpad Debuts Novation has unveiled Launchpad, an easy-to-use audio controller that works with Ableton Live 8 performance software to let you create musical compositions.

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  Apple iPod Nano's Video Capabilities: A Closer Look Everyone raves about the addition of a video camera to the iPod Nano, but is it really that impressive?
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  Microsoft Zune HD Features Solid Improvements The Zune HD marks a huge improvement from last year's model in speed, usability, video quality, and design.

Audio Reviews

• Studio One Pro 1.0.1 Recording music is fun, rewarding, and highly creative. But the process of recording can be amazingly technical: you might have cables running everywhere...
• Logic Express 9 Reviewing Logic Express 9 after the latest version of Logic Studio ( Macworld rated 4.5 out of 5 mice ) has been reviewed is an interesting proposition. After...
• Apple iPod Nano's Video Capabilities: A Closer Look Everyone raves about the addition of a video camera to the iPod Nano, but is it really that impressive?
• Microsoft Zune HD Features Solid Improvements The Zune HD marks a huge improvement from last year's model in speed, usability, video quality, and design.
• ITunes 9 Last September, Apple debuted iTunes 8, which brought some major new features (Genius playlists, a new visualizer), a number of refinements for browsing and...