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The newest generation netbooks sport a strong enough CPU/GPU combo to handle HD content, but millions of netbooks have a much lighter pairing that needs a little help. This guide will help get you stutter-free HD content on your netbook.Image from Big Buck Bunny, an open-source HD movie.

Charged and synced portable devices keep us connected and get us through the day, so it's extremely annoying when you need to connect but don't have the right cord nearby. FlipSync puts one on your keychain for iPhones and generic USB devices.

Last week we asked you to share your favorite podcast manager and then we rounded up the top five contenders for a vote. Now we're back to crown the winner and highlight the runners up.

When you bop between your work and home computers all the time, it's tough keeping your favorite music at your fingertips ("Which computer has my Once More, With Feeling soundtrack on it?") AudioBox lets you listen to your music from anywhere.(Click the image above for a closer look.)

Podcasts offer a fantastic way to catch up news, listen to radio shows, and get great media delivered right to your computer (they're like newsreaders for media). Check out these five popular podcast managers and let the entertainment come to you.

Listening to podcasts is a great way to consume information, including everything from physics lectures to current events to old-time radio rebroadcasts. This week we want to hear about your favorite tool for managing your podcast subscriptions.

VLC Media Player does a fairly great job playing any media file on nearly any system. Now it's slowly being opened up to extensions that can enrich and expand your music and movies, which you can jump ahead and grab.

Windows/Mac/Linux: The new version of Amarok may not be life-changing, but it could certainly make your music life easier. BPM filtering, font changing, podcast importing, and reorganization join the regular bug fixes to make Amarok a more stable and streamlined media player.

Windows/Mac/Linux: Previously mentioned Songbird, the open source, Mozilla-powered, supposedly iTunes-killing media player has updated to 1.4.2, bringing a host of new features, including AAC metadata support, a new feather (skin), CD ripping, and support for many mass storage devices.

You've seen what Boxee's beta media center software will look like. Now you can peek at pictures and specifications for D-Link's official Boxee Box, a small computer with HDMI outputs made specifically to run the open-source media center.