COVER STORY

39 Things You Didn’t Know Your Hardware Could Do
By Zack Stern

Do you often wish that your hardware had superpowers or that you could transform ordinary gear into something really great — possibly for free? With our amazing instructions, you can! Many of the useful features we describe are undocumented; others you can simply enable with an extra tweak.

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Headliners
CommunicAsia2009′s Phone Ramp Up
HTC Magic
Lenovo IdeaPad S10-2
Lenovo IdeaCentre C300

Launch Pad
Asus Hypes Digital Home Entertainment

Consumer Watch
Smart Expands SmartMoney, Adds Security Feature

SPOTLIGHT

Round Up
Pocket HD Camcorders: Should You Skip the Flip?

Smartphones
Top 10 Smartphones

Gaming Accessory
Genius Wireless Trio Racer

Pen Tablet
Genius G-Pen M712X

Blu-ray Players
Panasonic DMP-BD60K
Philips BDP5010
Samsung BD-1600

Multimedia Player
Philips GoGear Aria

Notebook PCs
HP Pavilion DV2
HP Pavilion DV3
Asus Eee PC 1008HA

Projector
Acer K10

Bluetooth Headsets
Sony Ericsson HBH-IS800
LG Electronics HBS-250
Motorola Motorokr S9-HD
Altec Lansing BackBeat 908
Samsung Stereo Headset SBH700

Hardware Upgrade
Samsung SH-S223
AMD Athlon II X2 250
AMD Athlon II X2 550

REGULARS

GeekTech
By Danny Murphy

MixTape mixes it up; an interactive guide to building a PC; and in space no one knows how you smell.

Beta Watch
By Edward N. Albro

MixTape mixes it up; an interactive guide to building a PC; and in space no one knows how you smell.

Net Work
By David Storm

Protect your network with OpenDNS. Use the free service to strengthen your business network’s defenses against the Conficker worm and other threats.

Download This
By PCW US Staff

Everybody likes to save, and these three freebies can help; a data recovery utility, a tool to enhance mouse functionality and a Firefox add-on that shields you from Web advertising.

Privacy Watch

Scammers are breaking into e-mail accounts and are sending e-mail messages that either tout a Web site or outright ask for money. How do you keep your valuable Webmail account safe?

Bugs & Fixes
By Erik Larkin

Internet Explorer 8 proves to be a worthy download with its boatload of security features. Plus, we talk about fixes for Firefox and Opera and new risks from poisoned pictures.

Hassle-Free PC
By Rick Broida

Smoothen the move to Office 2007 with these annoyance busters

THE GAMING FRONT

StarCraft II: Blizzard explains axed LAN support
IAM launches Exteel, unveils Go Go Racer Beta

HOW TO

How To Live Your Entire Life Through Facebook
Buy Music Unfettered by Digital Rights Management
Make Photo Jump Off the Page with Drop Shadows

Answer Line
Making your PC Recognize An External Drive

Buying Guide
Make Movie with a Digital Camcorder