Adobe Creative Suite 4 (CS4) review

Among the highlights of Adobe Creative Suite 4 are a simplified workflow system, new tools for integrating Flash animations into projects. CS4 also enjoys expanded…

23/09/2008

£1,249 inc VAT
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
Apple MobileMe 1.1 review

Overhauled .Mac service gets pushy and cross-platform, but problems continue.

24/07/2008

£60 inc VAT
Homepage Maker 6 review

Homepage Maker 6 is a worthy web editor that's designed for novice users, although its developer claims professionals also have much to gain from using it.

21/07/2008

£70 inc VAT
Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 beta review

The public beta of Dreamweaver CS4 released by Adobe this week delivers significant changes to the 10-year old web-design and -development tool.

29/05/2008

Free
Xara Xtreme Pro 4.0 review

Xara Xtreme Pro is a graphics program with something to prove. This latest release – faster and more powerful than its predecessor – deserves more of the spotlight.

27/05/2008

£150 inc VAT
Antics 3.1 ProPack review

Antics 3.1 ProPack offers a simple way to prepare storyboards created with 3D characters and scenes.

21/05/2008

£346 inc VAT
Actinic Catalog 9.0 review

Actinic is one of the longest-standing e-commerce packages around, and its maturity means that Actinic Catalog 9.0 is a program that can do just about anything your…

20/05/2008

£469 inc VAT
Google App Engine beta review

With Google's App Engine, you write a bit of code in Python, customise some HTML, and bingo, you've got your database-backed dynamic website up and running in a few…

13/05/2008

Free
Serif WebPlus X2 review

Serif WebPlus X2 is a feature-packed website-authoring tool that won't break your budget - but does it come up to scratch?

27/03/2008

£59 inc VAT
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
Easy WebContent web-page editing service review

The Easy WebContent website-editing service more than lives up to its name. And it's inexpensive.

05/02/2008

£5 inc VAT
Mr Site Takeaway Website Pro website-creation tool

Mr Site Takeaway Website Pro is the expanded, 'professional' version of Mr Site's successful and ultra-simple website-creation tool.

24/12/2007

£100 inc VAT
Apple iLife 08 review

Apple's iLife software is bundled free with every Apple Mac PC. This update sees impressive upgrades for iWeb, iPhoto and GarageBand, but iMovie is less than impressive.

07/12/2007

£55 inc VAT
Boris FX Boris Blue 2.0 graphics design package

Boris FX Boris Blue 2.0 is aimed at artists creating high-end motion graphics. It has strong competition from recently released new versions of Adobe's After Effects,…

09/11/2007

£485 inc VAT
Adobe After Effects CS3 Professional

Adobe has raised the bar for motion-graphics and animation production software with its release of After Effects CS3 Professional.

30/07/2007

£245 inc VAT
Movable Type 4.0 blogging tool

Six Apart's Movable Type is widely recognised as the powerhouse of blogging tools because of its extensive management features and customisability.

24/07/2007

Free
FileMaker Pro 9.0

Serious FileMaker developers, database and network admins, and managers who worry about tying different piles of company data together are going to be the big…

13/07/2007

£219 inc VAT
Crafty Syntax Live Help 2.14

How do you convert that first-time visitor to your e-commerce website into a customer? A tool such as the free, open-source Crafty Syntax Live Help 2.14 may help, by…

09/07/2007

Free
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

£450 inc VAT