Reviews

Surface Pro review

The Surface Pro is both a tiny Ultrabook and a bulky Windows 8 tablet. Is the Surface Pro the one device to rule them all? Here's our Surface Pro UK review. Updated…

16/05/2013

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Microsoft Wireless Mobile Mouse 4000 review

Designed for laptops and computing on the go, Microsoft’s Wireless Mobile Mouse 4000 is small and comfortable to use.

28/10/2009

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Microsoft Entourage 2008 review

How does Entourage 2008 stand up to Apple’s triumvirate? Pretty well, especially for users working in a corporate environment who use an Exchange server for their…

19/02/2008

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Microsoft Word 2008

Word gets several major enhancements in Office 2008, the first version of Microsoft’s productivity suite to run natively on both PowerPC- and Intel-based Macs.

19/02/2008

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Windows XP SP3 review

Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3), just out from Microsoft as Release Candidate 2 (RC2), may not necessarily be worth the download now, but when it's finally released,…

27/02/2008

Free

Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise review

Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise is a fun game for Xbox that retains the charm of the first Viva Pinata.

04/09/2008

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Microsoft Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse 3000 Special Edition review

Road warriors who pack a mouse into a laptop bag want something small and durable, like Microsoft's Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse 3000 Special Edition. Despite its…

23/09/2008

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8GB second-generation Microsoft Zune

The first-generation Zune media player that Microsoft released last year was a so-so product with a few nice touches. So the question with the new, second-generation…

07/12/2007

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Windows Vista Business Edition review

With the Business Edition of Windows Vista, you lose the natty multimedia tools of Home Premium but gain solid business-oriented capabilities such as some better…

14/02/2007

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Microsoft Office Live Workspace file-storage service

The free Microsoft Office Live file-storage and -sharing service adds extremely useful online features to Microsoft Office.

19/12/2007

Microsoft Office Accounting Professional 2008

Better integration with the web and easier setup add to value of Microsoft Office Accounting Professional 2008, despite a price hike from last year's version.

09/01/2008

£149 inc VAT

Microsoft Soapbox video-sharing site

When we first tried a closed beta version of Microsoft Soapbox in September 2006, we felt that its ease of use and clean interface would help it challenge the…

26/08/2007

Free

Microsoft Arc Wireless Mouse review

The Microsoft Arc is an ergonomic wireless mouse from Microsoft. The Arc benefits from a unusual design that folds to 60 percent of its original size for travelling.

18/11/2008

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Microsoft Excel 2007

The ribbon is the most obvious innovation in Office 2007, but Excel has some major changes under the hood as well.

01/02/2007

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Microsoft PowerPoint 2007

PowerPoint 2007 benefits hugely from Office 2007's highly visual ribbon interface and new design tools.

30/01/2007

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Encyclopedia face-off: Britannica vs Encarta

We tested Encyclopædia Britannica 2007 Ultimate Reference Suite and Encarta Reference Library 2007 to find the best DVD-based encyclopedia.

09/11/2006

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Microsoft Digital Imaging Suite 2006

Organising and editing your ever-growing collection of digital photos can be a daunting prospect. Microsoft's Digital Image Suite 2006 aims to make the process…

14/10/2005

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Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends

Fans of Rise of Nations will find plenty to sink their teeth into here. But if you're new to the series, or to the real-time strategy genre, getting acquainted with…

28/07/2006

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Microsoft Expression Studio - the definitive review

Microsoft's new Expression Studio suite brings together four programs that stake out some new territories for Microsoft and strengthen the company's presence in…

14/06/2007

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Microsoft Expression Media

Microsoft Expression Media (derived from the iView Media product acquired by Microsoft in July 2006 and available for the Mac as well) is the Expression suite's…

14/06/2007

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