Everyone's talking about it, but is Firefox 3 worthy of the hype? We put the question to you, our...
Antivirus software has evolved rapidly, but do more knowledgeable users still require a software ...
Stage6 - DivX's advanced rival to video-sharing sites such as YouTube - is now in its beta develo...
Freeware Kindle app for Windows 7, Vista and XP promises to deliver the best reading experience available on your PC.
Apple has revealed what's in store for the 2009 versions of iLife and iWork, including cloud functionality that'll put it head-to-head with Google.
Windows Vista's built-in task manager is useful at monitoring system resources, but did you know it can be squeezed into gadget form?
As expected, a U.S. Judge has ruled that RealNetworks' supposedly-legal DVD-copying software is to be indefinitely suspended.
Microsoft's Brian Hall has confirmed that Windows 7 will be stripped of basic applications in favour of the far-superior Windows Live.
There's no denying that millions of users are already ripping DVDs, but we could soon be doing it legally.
It's all happening on the Live Mesh front. The invitation-only tech preview has recently been made open to all, and now it's available on mobile.
Hot on the heels of iTunes 7.7, Apple's App Store is now live and boasting 500 applications.
It’s still a work in progress, but Skype is giving Windows users the opportunity to try out a beta version of Skype v4.0.
June 17th will see the long-awaited arrival of Firefox 3, and Mozilla has plans to set a Guinness world record.
Ever wanted to scan your over-sized MP3 collection for missing metadata or insufficient bit rates? Well, now you can.
Enjoy a bit of star-gazing do you? Well, now you can find out exactly what it is you've been gazing at.
Ever wanted to mount your entire Flickr account into your desktop file system? Well, now you can. If you're using Linux that is.
BBC's iPlayer is a pretty useful program but it hasn't been made available in the best possible method. Initially, Windows Vista users were left waiting and today, Apple Mac use...
Following its announcement last October, the MySpace Developer Platform will open its doors on Tuesday February 5th, allowing users to build components for the site.
Xobni, a free add-on for Microsoft Outlook, provides blazing fast email search, automatic phone number discovery, threaded conversations, and much more. Currently only available...
V8 of the Nero media-burning suite is due October 1. We go hands on to check out the improved usability and to try to figure out if its backup is to be trusted.
40M and counting - Vista license sales
Danielle Libine has come up with a well-reasoned analysis of the impact - on customers, company and resellers - of the excessive prices of Adobe software in the EU
Version 2 of Elgato's rather wonderful TV-tuner program for Macs, EyeTV, has been updated to add support for the Apple TV network media player
Apple used the NAB broadcast show in Las Vegas to announce on Sunday its latest suite of video-editing apps - the Final Cut Studio 2 bundle
A beta release of Opera Mini 5 is now available with new features including tabbed browsing and speed dial.
The online-extension to Microsoft's Windows operating systems has been packaged into near-final form and is now available to download.
It was only a matter of time until we saw applications offering Windows 7 features in Vista, and here's one of them.
With six days to go until the launch of OpenOffice.org 3.0, the fourth-and-possibly-final release candidate is available to download.
Adobe has today announced its biggest-ever software release, including new versions of Photoshop, Dreamweaver and more.
CyberLink has announced an updated version of BD Advisor, a self-diagnostic tool that identifies if your system is able to play Blu-ray content.
Microsoft has announced that its Live Mesh tech preview is no longer invitation only. However, users outside of the US will require a little workaround to get involved.
Picking up an iPhone 3G tomorrow? You'll need iTunes 7.7 to take advantage of Apple's App Store.
Everyone's talking about it, but is Firefox 3 worthy of the hype? We put the question to you, our readers.
Antivirus software has evolved rapidly, but do more knowledgeable users still require a software solution to keep them safe?
A pre-release version of Adobe Flash Player 10 is now available from Adobe Labs.
The Outlook plug-in that helps organise your inbox is now available for all to download.
CyberLink has launched PowerDVD 8, the latest version of its award-winning DVD playback software, and introduced arguably its most evolutionary feature to date; MoovieLive.com.
People still hold their old Xbox consoles dear to their heart and the main reason for that is XBMC, a media centre application which turns a modded Xbox console into a full blow...
Spam e-mail, we all hate it, and we all probably get it. Out to save the day is BullGuard who today announced the availability of its free Spamfilter.
The best online photo management system continues to improve as it implements a new stats system for its pro customers as well as launching a new version of its Flickr Uploadr s...
VoIP provider Skype suffered a loss of service last week that lasted two days, leaving end users - including businesses - without VoIP services. Skype's come forward with a reas...
Stage6 - DivX's advanced rival to video-sharing sites such as YouTube - is now in its beta development phase. Bob Crabtree checks out quality and usability and assesses its pros...
PKWare, the company credited with the creation of the Zip file-compression format, is offering free licenses for its latest program, SecureZip Standard V11, for a limited period...
Owners of Nokia's N800 phone can use it to access the media on their broadband-connected home computers by installing Orb Networks' MyCasting media-streaming software on their PCs
Adobe is set to launch new-generation, dual-platform versions of most of its key creative applications. But all these CS3-family Mac and Windows products cost massively more in ...
New features include iTunes LP, Home Sharing, Genius Mixes & Improved Syncing.
DivX has released the seventh iteration of its popular video software package, and launched its DivX Plus certification program.
You’d be right to think that it’s possible to carry out basic video editing on any modern PC running Windows XP - straight out of the box. XP includes the Windows Movie Make...
Vista Ultimate users should pay attention as these things don't happen often - there are three new Ultimate Extras now available.
It isn't yet official, but the beta release of Microsoft's Windows Live Wave 3 is available for download.
My pick of 10 freeware applications to help make Microsoft's flagship operating system, Windows Vista, a whole lot better.
Microsoft has rolled out an update for its Live Mesh Tech Preview, and there's a selection of useful new features.
Does it annoy you when copying and pasting text into Microsoft Word brings with it all sorts of formatting? Here's some quick workarounds.
Mozilla will launch Firefox 3 at 6pm today and with all the hype, anybody would think this is more than just a browser.
Elevator, a freeware Windows application, allows specified applications to bypass UAC.
Yahoo has finally released a beta version of its Del.icio.us plug-in for Internet Explorer.
Here's an interesting point of discussion; which applications would you recommend Windows users stay well clear of?
A slimmed-down version of Adobe's Photoshop is now available for free online usage in the form of Photoshop Express.
Windows XP system running low on RAM? In need of Windows Vista's Readyboost technology? No problem, eBoostr is the answer.
You may have been using the beta of BBC's iPlayer for a while now, but having come out of beta on Christmas Day, over 3.5 million programmes were streamed or downloaded within a...
There may be trouble ahead... For either Vivendi or Apple, or even both as Vivendi fail to reach an agreement on contract terms for selling their music through Apple's iTunes cl...
The latest beta of Apple's Safari 3.0 web browser is available now - and in a version for Windows, as well as for Macs!
There's bad news, good news and a good bit more bad news for anyone still using a pre-release version of Windows Vista
Version 2 of Thunderbird - the Mozilla Foundation's free email program - is now available for download in versions for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux, each in 38 languages
Apple quietly let slip the news last week that OS X Leopard is to be delayed four months although claiming that the iPhone combined phone and media player will ship on schedule
Bob Crabtree's goes off on one again - and the result is a list of the 10 things he reckons that software writers and makers shouldn't and should do
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