Software

Organising your digital photos need not cause too much trouble. One method could be to use Corel Photo Album 6.

This is probably the most mature mapping package for the PC, now it even allows you to link yourself via GPS, just one of the new features for 2006.

Digital photos can easily take over your hard disk unless you take precautions by using software designed for the purpose.

A product that came out of Corel’s purchase of Paint Shop Pro around a year ago. Corel have enhanced it and - being Corel - have added extra value.

Assuming you cannot afford PhotoShop then your choice is possibly Paint Shop Pro or perhaps Adobe PhotoShop Elements will do all you require.

Fancy your own virtual pet? Your computer could act as an on-screen aquarium.

The latest version of an old favourite returns under new management. This should please the many Paint Shop Pro fans.

I know I have looked at one or more previous versions of this product and this seems to have a lot more than earlier versions.

With its latest digital image offering, Microsoft provides management, editing and creative tools within a single product.

What Windows product is owned by Apple Computer? The answer is a top selling database that I have been using for many years.

You do not need to cause serious damage to your budget to get an office suite from Microsoft. Just check out its Works offering.

You know autumn can’t be far away when various companies start releasing 2006 products. Here I am looking at two from the McAfee Consumer Range.

I have for many years written articles for education – not to be confused with edutainment – and this offering from Microsoft could well be a big assistant to the student.

Digital photographs were made for optical media. Bringing the two elements together is now within everybody’s reach.

Transferring documents from paper to electronic format has never been easier when using a scanner and the appropriate software.

It is not an exaggeration to say correct assessment and intervention using this package could save a life in an emergency.

Sometimes a title comes along that changes the general conception of a particular genre. Many would agree that Myst falls into this category.

High-end graphics applications are generally expensive. Adobe offers you the opportunity to purchase three of its titles for around the price of one with its Creative Suite title.

WordPerfect a name that anyone of a certain age will immediately recognise as the only word processor worth knowing about, nowadays it currently seems to play second fiddle to Microsoft Word.

Three different packages all from Encyclopedia Britannica and all republished by Focus. All of these are aimed at the 3-6 age group.

Something a lot of small – and some not so small – boys want to do, however this would normally need a great deal of space and a fair amount of money.

Your life is important. Why not keep a record of it for prosperity.

PDF documents are everywhere. ScanSoft offers a means of working with these files.

Worried about you’re the security and privacy aspect of your computer activity? Acronis offers to help.

Yes this is the puzzle game that is sweeping the country faster than the Rubik Cube. So play all the games you could ever want or just feed in the information to solve that fiendish puzzle no one else can.

If I say WordPerfect, anyone over the age of 30 will probably immediately say Word Processor, this package is that but it is also a great deal more all in a DVD case.

Assuming you are not ashamed of your handwriting then this simple product from Data Becker may well let you add that something to your letters and emails.

Corel are a graphics company, here they bring out a product that comes from their purchase of Micrografx another graphics company.

A month ago (6/5/05) I told you about my first successful foray into Linux with Linspire 5, at that time I used to get a single error message when I booted up. This is now resolved by spending £4 at a local computer fair.

Over the years I have tried – without success – several shades of Linux all asked me questions I did not know the answers to, here the only questions it asked I could answer.