Stories by: Richard Baguley

iRiver’s iHP-120 packs a lot into a small space. About the size of a deck of cards, the 20GB hard drive–based MP3 player is the most feature-rich I’ve ever seen.

Dedicated digital video recorder (DVR) boxes that let you auto­matically record, watch and pause live TV programs without using VHS tapes are all the rage in the US, though they have yet to arrive in Australia. It is possible, however, to achieve something similar using SnapStream Personal Video Station 3 and your PC.

Adobe Systems is expanding its line of multimedia management products to include Encore DVD, a Windows tool for high-end DVD authoring.

DVDs are everywhere at this year's Consumer Electronics Show, even on camcorders. Sony Corp. is launching a new series of models here that record video to rewriteable DVD discs.

Want to make professional-looking videos for a fraction of what you'd pay a production company? Take a look at NewTek's Video Toaster 2, billed as a TV studio in a box. In my tests, the system managed to make good on that ambitious claim, although it does demand significant PC processing power.

To celebrate Paint Shop Pro's 10th anniversary, Jasc Software has released a new edition of its popular image editing software - version 7. Not a must-have upgrade to this Adobe Photoshop alternative but comes with many extras.

Using a wireless network has obvious benefits: you can browse the Web and send e-mail without worrying about cables. Now PDA users can enjoy such advantages, thanks to new adapters for Palm, Handspring and Pocket PC PDAs that use the 802.11b wireless Ethernet protocol.

Using a wireless network has obvious benefits: you can browse the Web and send e-mail without worrying about cables. Now PDA users can enjoy such advantages, thanks to new adapters for Palm, Handspring and Pocket PC PDAs that use the 802.11b wireless Ethernet protocol.

The PCsync file transfer software moves files from one machine to another via cables or over the Internet.