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The Memorex TravelDrive Portable is an 80GB USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 external hard drive.

Here's how to copy your home movies from videotapes to DVD. It doesn't have to be difficult or time-consuming.

Move over VHS. The time has well and truly arrived for hard disk drive recorders.

Copying your home movies from videotapes to more durable DVD doesn't have to be difficult or time-consuming. Here's how we did it.

Don't panic - your valuable data is safe on CD after all, according to recordable disk manufacturers.

Don't burn your favourite picture memories, movies and music to CD and expect it to last forever. It would be lucky to last five years, say the experts. The key to long-term data security is to burn - and burn often.

The big talk of last week's Consumer Electronics Show was all about blue: blue-laser DVD, or more precisely, the battle between HD-DVD and Blu-ray Disc to be the next-generation optical disc format. Watching the posturing and positioning for the upcoming smackdown was both entertaining and frustrating. But, as I learned from roaming the show floor, today's DVD format has plenty of life still left in it.

It's the ultimate convenience for travellers without their own computer - a new USB drive lets you run apps on any PC without leaving your data on the host machine.The applications (which must be U3-compliant) all reside on the portable drive, along with your data and personal settings. This permits you to temporarily turn any Windows 2000 or XP system into a personal workstation without risking your privacy.

In the January 2006 issue of PC World, available now:
Extreme PCs - the super systems of today that you'll be using tomorrow; Hottest camcorders - the top 10 camcorders in real-world testing; Christmas tech gift guide - what the experts want under the Christmas tree; Big drive backups - securing your data easily and effectively.
Best Buys charts - head-to-head comparisons at a glance detailing the latest and best PCs, notebooks, TV tuners, DVD burners, wireless routers, 19in LCD monitors, inkjet multi-function devices and motherboards.
Buys report cards: APUS Universe Pro 3500A9-64, Apus Universe 3200 A64-939 R3, TI Computers AMD VALUE 1000, Hello Computers Mercury, Pioneer Dreambook Slim 800, Modtech Civic Z7100, BenQ Joybook R53 V14, Samsung Writemaster SH-W162C/RSWN, LG GSA-4167B, ASUS DRW-1608p2s

PLUS, on the cover DVD: FULL report cards from all Best Buys categories; Four free full versions of LP Recorder, OpenOffice 2.0, Surf Trail Washer and TweakMaster; Free - 10 high-res photo images, worth $250; Exclusive test footage from our 10-camcorder comparison; Giant game demo: Peter Jackson's King Kong; Free: over 80 Windows add-ons; Free full distro: Breezy Badger - Ubuntu Linux 5.10; Cinema and DVD film trailers.

Storage product maker Memorex Products Inc. announced its line of USB ThumbDrive peripherals, USB-based flash storage in capacities of 64MB and 128MB.