The V Cast Music with Rhapsody experience is easy to use and understand, and, by combining both the mobile download and the Rhapsody subscription service in one monthly plan, delivers considerable bang for the buck .
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We like the cohesive look and feel as well as useful functionality offered by the free Windows Live apps.
Drag-and-drop message organization and a built-in MP3 player are among the notable new features to this radical overhaul of Hotmail.
Amazon Unbox has taken its knocks, but it's a strong choice if you own a Windows PMC, or if you don't mind watching movies on your monitor.
This free Firefox extension, currently in alpha testing, blocks malicious sites at the browser.
Windows Live OneCare doesn't provide as many unique features and often repackages tools already available for free within the Windows operating system. For $30 more, it's well worth investing in the solutions from McAfee or Symantec, and we give the final nod to Norton 360 which ensures the best protection and performance tools for your money.
If you have CDs that you don't want anymore, you can trade them on Lala.com, a very cool online swap meet that also offers Internet radio stations and compelling community features.
The intuitive and aesthetically pleasing Zune Marketplace works well as an audio jukebox and Zune companion, but it's missing some key ingredients that would make it a one-stop shop.
The Zoho Office Suite beta has strong potential, but it's not yet a final product.
Google Book Search gets you inside plenty of books, but Project Gutenberg still offers more classics.
Google Docs & Spreadsheets beta gracefully merges word processing, spreadsheets and basic presentations within an online service that lets you collaborate with other users.
While Vmoblogger may seem like a pretty good service for audio blogging, we've encountered better options elsewhere.
Rhapsody may not act as an all-encompassing media jukebox, but it does do music, and it does it extremely well. Prospective and seasoned users alike will dig on version 4.
Google Home is a breezy service that lets you create a custom sign-in page chock-full of news and widgets.
You can set up a personal page with your favorite news without much effort on My Yahoo, but it's short on gadgets and it's difficult to move content around.
If you want to fill a personal home page with dozens of individualized newsfeeds and tools, Netvibes does a cleaner job than rival services from bigger brand names.
AOL Video aims to be a one-stop shop for video, but it needs more compelling content and reliable playback.
Diigo lets you save, import, tag, highlight, mark up and share Web pages--offering more advanced research tools than Del.icio.us.
Firefox 2 RC1 isn't meant for public consumption, but this early look demonstrates some cool new features in the next release of Firefox.
If you are concerned about Internet tracking, Torpark should put your mind at ease, but expect a performance hit when making your IP address anonymous.
