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A Guide To Professional Video Editing Software
By Dave Brody published
You've read through our analysis of free and low-cost video editing suites. Now it's time to take a look at the industry's heavy-hitters: Avid, Adobe, Apple, EditShare, Sony and Grass Valley. Is there a best? That all depends on what you're trying to do.

Three-Way X99 LGA 2011-v3 ATX Motherboard Shootout
By Thomas Soderstrom published
Buyers of Intel's X99 platform, which supports Intel's Haswell-E and new DDR4 memory, were probably prepared to pay a premium for mid-market boards. Are any of these $240 to $300 models worthy of Intel’s latest CPUs?

Can You Play 3D Blu-ray Discs on the Xbox One? Yes!
By Kevin Parrish published
Support for 3D Blu-ray discs is part of Xbox One's August update.

Sapphire Write-Protect Drive Reader Protects HDDs, SSDs
By Kevin Parrish published
This device allows the OS to treat your drive like a read-only CD or DVD.

Samsung's New External DVD Drives are Thin
By Niels Broekhuijsen published
Samsung's new external DVD drives are very thin.

Three AMD AM1 Motherboards For The Kabini APU, Reviewed
By Thomas Soderstrom published
Targeting power-misers, AMD’s low-energy Kabini-based APUs could easily find their way into entertainment PCs, office machines, and PoS terminals. Of course, you need a motherboard to make it a “platform” and we found three companies willing to help.

101: How to Burn a CD or DVD on Windows 8
By Marcus Yam published
Learn how to burn a CD or DVD without any third-party application on Windows 8.

Want The Witcher 3 to Be Good? Then Wait Until 2015
By Kevin Parrish published
The studio wants extra time to polish the game.

Sony & Panasonic Optical Archival Disc Stores 300GB to 1TB
By Kevin Parrish published
Sony and Panasonic talk more about their 300 GB optical disc.

What Does It Take To Turn The PC Into A Hi-Fi Audio Platform?
By Filippo L. Scognamiglio Pasini published
Most hi-fi audio is stored in digital form. With advancements in lossless compression, bit-perfect ripping/streaming, HD audio formats, multi-terabyte storage, and PC-friendly DACs, has the PC earned a place among high-end audio gear? At what price point?
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