Software

While route planning software is ideal for vehicles, walkers and ramblers require a different category of software.

As a leading UK developer of graphics software, Xara continues to impress with its latest graphics package.

No matter how careful you are problems can occur and a back-up program can come to your rescue.

These two groups of products have had millions of words written about them, yesterday in London they were finally launched as retail products and Bill Gates and I were among those there.

Along with taking over a couple of software developers, Corel has recently released a new title.

I must admit that my mouse and hand/eye coordination has been put under considerable pressure recently. The cause of all this activity is a new game.

One reason for an underperforming system could be the result of file fragmentation. The solution is to “defrag”.

I doubt whether they will feature as a “buy one, get one free” offer but software titles are being stocked by Tesco and include a personal finance manager.

When using your computer to watch DVD movies, the experience can benefit from specialised software.

As yet I do not think Tesco do funerals – except perhaps for their competitors – this is an ‘Office’ suite of software that originally appeared on the Ability label.

Sometimes software code gets a packaging make-over and reappears under a different branding as has happened with burning software available from Tesco.

Apples much maligned music management system...worth a look?

A time consuming installation produced a comprehensive set of tools for burning media with the latest offering from Roxio.

A graphics package costing under £10 sounds like an ideal stocking filler.

While Microsoft Office is the Markey leader, there are more budget priced offerings for the discerning supermarket shopper.

Fed up with terrestrial landscapes then venture further afield with Distant Landscape

Described as the “easy way to create video and slideshow disks” sounds just like DVD MovieFactory 5 Plus is the type of software we need to check out.

Most people think that PDF is the sole property of Adobe, however other companies make packages that can create and convert PDF files, here I am looking at packages from Abbyy and Nuance (ScanSoft), both cost a fraction of the Adobe product.

Once again the yearly round of new product updates has started and the first of the 2007 crop to come my way is Microsoft Encarta 2007 Reference Suite and Encyclopedia Britannica 2007 Ultimate Reference Suite.

Paint Shop Pro has undergone a slight name change with the latest version of the software.

Fancy a special Genre of music then RadioTracker 2 can help you to find your choice and automatically record tracks in MP3 mode onto your hard disc.

Not every digital photograph turns out as you expect. Often software can help correct matters.

Completing our look at SOFTWIN’s family of protection products, it is the turn of the top of the range BitDefender Internet Security v10.

Given the opportunity to play a new slant on an old classic genre was too good a chance to miss and so …..

Keeping your system safe and privacy intact from malicious software is the designated task of the Privacy Expert Suite.

Until now this has been sold in modules – just like the test itself – now Focus have offered the whole package on two DVD’s and amazingly it is all sold for £9.99

The popularity of digital images has seen an increase in image editing options such as working with multiple images at the same time.

The blurb says works without any training, well always the one to take people at their word I installed it on a notebook that had no files of mine, installed it and then started the program.

For those looking for software to help copy digital movie content to DVD and various handheld devices, InterVideo believes it has a possible solution.

Keeping your computer safe from attacks now involves different types of protection. A BitDefender product offers four different kinds to keep you safe.