Reviews

Microsoft Network Monitor 3.4 review

Microsoft Network Monitor 3.4 is a free utility that let's you monitor data traffic across your network.

29/03/2011

Free

Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 review

Throw away what you think you know about Internet Explorer - because the Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) will turn it all on its ear. Updated, 23 March 2011.

23/03/2011

Free

Windows Live Writer 11 review

Windows Live Writer 11 (free) is software that fills a product niche we didn't know existed: offline blog post production tool.

26/11/2010

Free

Microsoft System Center Essentials 2010 review

Microsoft System Center Essentials 2010 is a systems management suite for midsize businesses that comprises part of Micosoft System Center 2010.

24/05/2010

Free

Microsoft Photo Story 3 review

The free Microsoft Photo Story lets you create multimedia "stories" from your photographs that you can play back and narrate.

24/02/2009

Free

Internet Explorer 8.0 review

Some of the features of Internet Explorer 8.0 Release Candidate 1, Microsoft's next-generation web browser now available to the public, are similar to functionality…

27/01/2009

Free

Microsoft Exchange 2010 beta review

Microsoft Exchange 2010 is light on wholesale changes and heavy on refinements.

16/04/2009

Free

Microsoft Office Mobile 7 review

Microsoft Office Mobile 7 includes touchscreen, mobile formatted versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote.

25/10/2010

Free

Mars Rover Landing review

NASA and Microsoft team up to offer a free game that simulates the decent and landing of the Mars rover, "Curiosity."

30/07/2012

Free

Windows To Go review

Windows To Go is a sand-boxed bootable version of Windows 8 that runs direct from a USB stick. Here's our Windows To Go review.

10/08/2012

Free

Microsoft Security Essentials 4 review

Free Anti-Malware software from Microsoft, here's our Microsoft Security Essentials 4 review.

20/08/2012

Free

Outlook.com review

Microsoft replaces Hotmail with Outlook.com - but is it any good? Read our full review to find out.

21/08/2012

Free

Microsoft Windows Phone 7 review

Windows Phone 7 is a mobile phone operating system that Microsoft hopes will lead the fight back against Google Android and the Apple iOs. But is Microsoft's mobile…

21/10/2010

Free

Microsoft Windows Phone 7 'Mango' review

Mango is the next update to Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 smartphone platform. Updated, 22 June 2011

22/06/2011

Free

Windows Phone 7.5 Mango: hands on

We get our hands on Microsoft's latest smartphone operating system, officially titled Windows Phone 7.5

29/09/2011

Free

Microsoft Outlook Social Connector review

Integrate Facebook and LinkedIn into Outlook with Microsoft Outlook Social Connector - a free add-on from Microsoft.

24/10/2011

Free

Photosynth for iPhone and iPad review

Photosynth for iPhone is an interactive panorama capture and stitching tool that facilitates easy sharing. Read our review to find out more.

10/09/2012

Free

Microsoft Zune review

The timing of the Zune's appearance in the UK remains shrouded in mystery. Are European consumers missing out on a gadget that's, well, unmissable? Not exactly.

15/12/2006

Microsoft Windows Live Messenger 2011 review

Remember when an instant messaging client was simply a way to chat with your IM contacts? If Microsoft Windows Live Messenger 2011 (free) is any indication, those…

02/11/2010

Free

Microsoft Windows Server 8 review

Here's a hands-on review of build 8250 of Windows Server 8.

05/03/2012

Free