Reviews

Kinect Star Wars review

The exercise strikes back

06/04/2012

£30 inc VAT

Microsoft Security Essentials 2.1 review

We liked Microsoft Security Essentials 2.1's interface, but other free antivirus software does a better job at blocking malware. Read our Microsoft Security…

01/05/2012

Free

Word 2013 review - much-loved productivity tool gets an overhaul

Microsoft Word is the most used word processor around. Microsoft has given it a visual update for the 2013 flavour - just avoid using the Styles. Here's our Word 2013…

12/03/2013

£109 inc VAT

Publisher 2013 review - page-design program enjoys marginal improvements

Publisher is Microsoft's page-design application. Here's our Publisher 2013 review.

14/03/2013

£109 inc VAT

Onenote 2013 review - serious note-taking on tablet

The newest member of the Office family is OneNote 2013 - a note-taking app. Here's our OneNote 2013 review.

14/03/2013

£109 inc VAT

Microsoft Surface RT review

The Surface RT is Microsoft's first own-brand tablet running on its Windows RT operating system. Find out what we think of the Surface RT in our review.

09/11/2012

£399 inc VAT

Microsoft Excel 2008 review

Despite the long wait for a new version, when you launch Excel 2008, you’ll see what appears to be a slightly re-skinned version of Excel 2004 - or even of Excel v.X.

19/02/2008

£350 inc VAT

Microsoft Works 9.0 productivity suite

Microsoft Works 9.0, best described as the ‘lite’ version of the industry standard Microsoft Office suite of software, has had a recent refresh for 2008. It offers…

06/01/2008

£40 inc VAT

Microsoft Office Live Workspaces

After an excruciatingly drawn-out development process, Microsoft's Office Live Workspaces - the company's attempt to marry Microsoft Office to the emerging web…

11/12/2007

Free

Windows Defender 1.1

Microsoft's free Windows Defender anti-spyware and -adware ships as standard with Windows Vista and is available as a free download for Windows XP SP2.

27/08/2007

Free

Microsoft Messenger and Communicator 2011 review

As part of Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac, Microsoft has released new versions of its home and corporate instant messaging (IM) applications: Microsoft Messenger and…

01/10/2010

£89 inc VAT

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 Kinect for Xbox 360 review

The Microsoft Kinect for Xbox 360 banishes the controller, but at the expense of precision. Updated 4 November 2010

04/11/2010

£129 inc VAT

Microsoft Windows Vista Computer Management review

If you're not familiar with Microsoft Windows Vista's own disk management tools, don't beat yourself up over it. They're not exactly lying around the desktop in plain…

08/05/2009

£99 inc VAT

Microsoft Office Mobile 7 review

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

25/10/2010

Free

Windows Server 2008 review

Microsoft's long-awaited Windows Server 2008 delivers advancements in speed, security and management, but its virtualisation and network-access control features come…

22/02/2008

£500 inc VAT

Microsoft Streets and Trips 2011 Edition review

Microsoft Streets and Trips 2011 Edition extends the company's long tradition as a software navigation provider. Since the 2010 edition was released in September…

21/04/2011

£33 inc VAT

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 Flight review

A great-looking flight simulator, Microsoft Flight fails to truly take off when you take to the air. Here's our Microsoft Flight review.

21/05/2013

Free

Microsoft Zune HD review

The Microsoft Zune HD is finally here. Well, there. Microsoft's next-generation media player has been launched in the US.

16/09/2009

£133 inc VAT