Software reviews

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 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 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 Windows Live OneCare 2.0 suite

Microsoft's Windows Live OneCare 2.0 suite is a solid, easy-to-use security product for PC users who don't want to mess too much with software settings.

23/01/2008

£37 inc VAT

Windows Vista SP1 review

The final version of Vista SP1 focuses on under-the-hood improvements to reliability, security, and performance, with very few changes made to the interface or…

15/02/2008

Free

Microsoft Office Live Small Business (MOLSB) review

Microsoft's Office Live Web service was designed for small businesses that needed an easy solution for creating websites and business emails. Microsoft Office Live…

19/02/2008

Free

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

£350 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 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

£350 inc VAT

Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac review

Instead of drastically rethinking its Office suite, Microsoft has focused - mostly successfully - on making what's already there more accessible and easier to use. If…

19/02/2008

£100 inc VAT

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

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

Internet Explorer 8.0 beta: first review

Microsoft has released Internet Explorer 8.0 beta 1, and encourages anyone to try it out.

06/03/2008

Free

Outlook 2007 with Microsoft Business Contact Manager review

Microsoft's Business Contact Manager (BCM) add-on enhances Outlook's value for business users by contributing CRM and financial functions to Outlook's bag of tricks.

21/04/2008

£120 inc VAT

Windows Search 4.0 review

Windows Search 4.0 is finally here, and it's ready to enter the workplace as a well-mannered IT citizen.

10/07/2008

Free

Microsoft Live Mesh beta review

Microsoft has sacrificed usability to provide a pretty interface in Microsoft Live Mesh - a powerful but unnecessarily clumsy file-sync service.

01/08/2008

Free

Microsoft Photosynth review: in pictures

Microsoft Photosynth is a technology that automatically stitches together digital photos. The company recently made Photosynth easier to use and open to all.

22/08/2008

Free

Visual Studio 2008 SP1 review

Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 (VS08) Service Pack 1 (SP1) took eight months to arrive. Considering the capabilities that have been added, eight months might not seem…

26/08/2008

£199 inc VAT

Internet Explorer 8.0 Beta 2 review

Those who expect Internet Explorer 8.0 to be a warmed-over version of IE7, or a me-too response to Firefox 3.0, will be surprised by the just-released Beta 2 of IE8.

28/08/2008

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

£39 inc VAT