Software

This PC Tutor package comes on four CD’s and takes you from the absolute beginning along a journey to understanding Microsoft Vista as well a Microsoft Office.

While the majority of computer protection software products rely on signature files, a new company offers an alternative method.

Forget tanks, aerial attacks and modern day weapons as you step back in time to take part in the close combat of ancient warfare

Taking photographs is fun but then there comes the problem of how best to organise these images and make creative use of them.

They say that good things are worth waiting for. Well I certainly had to wait for this with a © of 2006 (technically launched in November) and the retail launch in January I received it in May.

As regular readers will know I am not a huge game player. I do however – when time allows – enjoy a puzzle or three. Here there are no less than eight programs in the one DVD case.

A change of ownership for Ulead brings a new version of its video editing and slideshow creating software

This product sold by Avanquest in the UK is version seven and looking at the things it does for your PC’s health they are divided into seven main sections. Use the various preventative modules and with luck you will keep your PC in good health.

Time for a journey around the Mediterranean of old as we set out to restore Atlantis to its original glory.

Keeping Windows running smoothly is made easier by using the appropriate tools designed specifically for the purpose.

I do not get to see that many games but now and again it is nice to regress and see just what originally tempted me to a life in computers. I think my first foray was with a Commodore Pet, however a Tandy model 1 was my own first PC.

We have all seen enhanced photographic images of celebrities; maybe FaceFilter was involved in the process.

It shook up the early desktop publishing market and still has the capability to impress as we discovered when looking at the latest version of PagePlus from Serif.

With children learning to type at school I fear the market for typing tutors have reduced greatly and perhaps only those 30 plus today still have need of this tool.

While fish exist in a chip environment, they are for an entertainment and not sustenance role.

I reviewed another product in the same series from Focus five weeks ago ‘Secrets of the Mind’. That I seem to remember came of two CD’s this comes on one, does this mean we know more about the mind than the universe?

When working at its optimum capacity, a Windows computer is fine but it does need regular maintenance such as that provided from iolo technologies.

Fancy having your own web site? Then this is one of many products that say they will make it easy to do. Is it just as easy as they say?

Returning to the puzzle-solving genre, Enkord’s latest game has our reviewer improving his living conditions.

While this is a standalone product it works with Photoshop to help you manipulate RAW images. In fact during the beta stage I am told 500,000 photographers took part.

Normally a game has a shelf-life of months or maybe a year in exceptional cases but Another World tries to buck the trend with a 15th anniversary re-appearance.

This product has the kiss of death attached to it by being called Educational. A few years ago there was a movement to call such things Edutainment, that, also seems to be no more.

Strap yourself in as we take off in our spaceship to protect the planet from waves of alien attacks in a new game from Enkord.

Certainly the most talked about new operating system I can remember. I have been using it on a PC for a few weeks now and the learning curve seems to be decreasing.

Have you lots of LP’s and cassettes you no longer play but still love the music they contain? Then one solution could be Music Clean 4 that allows you to transfer it to CD or MP3 amongst other formats.

Enhancing your home videos requires specialist software such as that on offer from Adobe for the budget-conscious discerner user.

Like a blast from the past, aliens are on the menu for this mission-based shooter game.

Look back via the search button on the site front page and enter Family Tree or Build a Model Railway to find earlier versions of both these products, in both cases Focus has added even more value.

Corel expands its product portfolio as it takes on board the latest version of WinZip’s compression software.

This product has been a niche offering for quite a while, however the new version could well make it a mainstream product that gives people like me with no artistic talent a chance, of course should you have talent you will already know that.