Oakley's Thump 2 glasses merge a portable MP3 player with fashion sun glasses. But is the chic geek factor worth $449 for 1 GB of music storage capacity? Read more

How often have you read an MP3 player review that suggested ditching the earbuds that came with the player? We tested eight earphones suitable for portable use and came up with four recommendations that can definitely provide some higher quality listening. Read more

Creative's answer to the video iPod is on shelves, but is it worth the asking price? We take a look to see if it passes muster in a range of areas, from screen quality to battery life. Read more

MP3 players have gotten lighter, their sound-quality is better and they have capacities of 20 GB and more. We look at five high-end players from Apple, Archos, Creative, Philips, Samsung and Sony in the $250 and $400 price range to see which ones come out on top. Read more

In this excerpt from his electronic book, Take Control of Your iPod: Beyond the Music, Steven Sande shows you how to use your iPod as a disk drive and backup device for your Windows PC. The book includes some exciting adventures in iPod modding such as installing dual booting iPod Linux on Apple's best selling product ever. Read more

Archos' latest AV 500 Mobile PVR allows you to record video from your TV, display images and listen to music - which certainly doesn't represent anything new compared to its predecessors. Instead, Archos attempts to bear down on the device's technical specs for improved video play and display capabilities. Read more

The H140 personal digital recorder from Mustek is relatively inexpensive, but in this case, low cost goes hand-in-hand with fair to middling features and performance. There are better though more costly options out there, such as the Archos AV 500 that we'll review next week. Read more

The M-Play 202 represents an easy-to-set-up way to enhance your multimedia PC experience, especially with Media Center Edition. Comprising a remote control and a display panel to manage your Windows-based music, video and photo applications, the system quickly becomes something you can't live without. Read more

Hype aside, is it really possible to build a PC that is quiet and does everything that a high-end remote-controlled set-top box can do? And don't forget it's got to look good in your living room, too. Read more

Toshiba's beautiful monster, the Qosmio G25-AV513 notebook, can be used as a Windows Media Center Edition PC, a standard Windows XP PC and, without even booting into Windows XP, a stand-alone audio/video component. We look at how the G25 fairs in each of these roles. Read more