Software

Computer protection should be automatic and should not be intrusive. Symantec believes its Ghost product fits the bill.

This software is designed to work out if your PC (or stick drive) is under threat. It’s job is to stop malicious software from getting to anything that your stick or drive is trying to protect.

Storing your digital images in a box could save you a great deal of disk space.

Bringing back memories of the games played in my younger days, a new offering from URSE Games contains plenty of high speed action.

PowerPoint is not the only method of delivering a message. Software from Reallusion allows you to put words into the mouth of an animated head.

Role playing takes centre stage as you enter a star system with three worlds and an invading alien force.

Let your computer take the strain as it monitors Internet radio stations for your favourite music tracks.

Mix together a combination of canvas, sawdust, clowns and speciality acts under the control of a ringmaster means the subject must be a circus.

While Adobe Photoshop is the popular choice for professional users, it can prove rather expensive for the home or enthusiastic amateur. Fortunately there is an alternative from Adobe.

Forget about Sir Richard Branson and Sir Alan Sugar, you could be the next rising star in the UK business firmament. Offering to help you hone your skills in this respect is Industry Giant II.

Having entertained children for 85 years, Nutwood’s oldest resident has gone digital with his latest version.

Suites continue to be a popular flavour with utility developers as can be seen with an offering from Avanquest.

Time to splice the main brace, raise the Jolly Roger and live the life of a pirate if you dare.

If you have trouble sleeping or if you simply wnat to master the powernap, Pzizz might be just what you are looking for

A visit to a location near London’s Regent Part Zoo brought news of the latest version of Adobe Acrobat PDF creation product as Michael Fereday reports.

World War II has proved to be a fertile period of history for the developers of RTS (Real Time Strategy) games with numerous offerings being available for would-be military commanders.

As a fan of puzzle games I am always on the lookout for new titles such as this next offering from Urse Games.

No matter how careful you are, your computer could benefit from an encounter with software designed to provide spring cleaning facilities.

If you thought life was hard then maybe you should consider the role of a character from a Russian science-fiction novel.

Time to step back into history and join in the Napoleonic Wars for this game from AGE Studio.

Where Adobe led the way with the PDF standard, other companies have produced more economical ways to create documents in this format.

Having taken back the Ashes, Australia sends us one of their animals to help us get over the loss

Health checks, while not compulsory, can solve and prolong active life. Does your computer need such a check up?

Completing our look at BitDefender’s three-pronged protection approach brings us to a total security solution.

Forget modern weapons, especially of the mass destruction type, and don your armour as you prepare for battle in a land of fantasy.

Continuing my look at the new BitDefender range of products, it is the Turn of BitDefender Internet Security 2008.

OmniPage is not the only OCR package available. ABBYY has its own product ready to challenge for the role of optical character recognition solution.

When an old friend is also a utility that you find extremely useful to help the smooth running of your computer, you tend to look forward to the arrival of the latest version.

Happy with your local environment? Maybe you could try out some improvements by designing and managing your own virtual community.

Programs can come to your attention through different routes. I came across this one purely by accident when working on another project.