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HardwareCentral's Top 10 Software Downloads

A software article on HardwareCentral? It's a bit out of the ordinary, but these are no ordinary applications. Check out our 10 favorite -- and free -- utilities for inspecting, protecting, benchmarking, and keeping a PC running smoothly.

Top 10 Products: First Half 2010

It's been a busy six months for PCs, peripherals, and processors. Take a look at the best products and technologies HardwareCentral's seen to date in 2010 (and bookmark the page to see how many of them make the cut when we honor the full year's worth in December).

Top 10 PC Form Factors

Computer systems come in all shapes and sizes, but which are the smartest? HardwareCentral editor Eric considers everything from expandability to sex appeal to name the five best portable and five best desktop PC categories -- and the most common laptop and minitower models don't make the cut.

Top 10 Computer Upgrade Ideas

Want to make employees feel appreciated while postponing the expense of buying new PCs? Check out these hardware and software improvement ideas, ranging from a nifty new office suite to surprisingly affordable storage and display enhancements.

Netbooks: Better Than Anything

When introducing the iPad last week, Apple CEO Steve Jobs made some pointed remarks about netbooks failing to fill the space between smartphones and laptops. HardwareCentral editor Eric begs to differ.

Top 10 Reasons To Deploy New PCs

If being five years old is like being thirty-five in dog years, it's got to be at least double that in computer years. From energy savings and employee morale to Windows 7's deliverance from Vista, here are ten reasons to quit postponing that PC refresh.

Tech Products We Should Have Had By Now

Yeah, Windows 7 is here -- but a lot of technologies and products promised earlier this year are not. From desktop 3D to the Bigfoot of Cupertino (the famed Apple tablet), Eric Grevstad looks at some of IT's most notable absentees.

Must Everything Be Web-Connected?

Do you want the Web in every room of your house? HP thinks you do, or at least it thinks you'll pay a premium for Web-enabled versions of everyday items like printers and picture frames.

Why the iPod Is Boring

The iPod, when it comes to consumer attention, has finally run its course. There are more exciting products, especially the iPhone, that people care about. Is a comeback ahead?

Why Desktops Kick Notebooks Butt

For power users like our columnist, a notebook or a netbook don't quite cut it.

Why Are Next-Gen Smartphones Flawed?


Reisinger: Everybody Loves Apple


Can Dell Ever Be Dell Again?


Mac -- the Computer for Everyone Else


The Best, the Worst, and the Ugliest: 2008


Save Us, Windows 7!


Mini Mobile PCs: Now Comes the Hard Part


Falling Off the Catwalk


The Best, the Worst, and the Ugliest: 2007


The Tick-Tock of Doom, or For Whom Intel Tolls


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