PreviousiWork '08 review
Review Although Microsoft Office 2007 offers deeper features, particularly for number-crunchers, Apple's iWork '08 is a strong Mac productivity package and a pleasure to use.
7.3 Editors' Rating
Vizioncore esxEssentials review
Review Vizioncore esxEssentials is a software bundle for companies using VMware’s Virtual Infrastructure 3 server virtualisation tools. It comes with excellent backup/restore, resource utilisation and VM replication tools.
7.5 Editors' Rating
10 ways to increase Vista's performance
Tech Guide Windows Vista has some great new security and functionality features, as well as a host of graphical tricks. However, if you find Vista's performance lagging, take heart: here's how to make Vista run faster.
Final Cut Studio 2 review
Review Final Cut Studio 2 gives solid value for money and is a worthy upgrade for serious film editors who work on Macs. However, non-professionals should consider simpler software.
8.0 Editors' Rating
Ten Top Tech Tomes
Buyer's Guide Looking for an alternative kind of holiday reading? Why not brave the bafflement of fellow beach denizens and pack a tech tome in your luggage? At least you'll guarantee some space around you on the sand!
Send review
Review A book on the style and etiquette of writing email sounds as though it should be soundly mocked. In fact, it's well worth reading as it might steer you around a number of online pitfalls.
8.0 Editors' Rating
Ten free security utilities you should be using
Photos Here's a list of ten free security tools you can, and should, use to help protect, disinfect and manage your Windows computer.
Configuring and using Windows Meeting Space
Photos Windows Vista includes a useful collaborative application for setting up impromptu meetings with other Vista users. Here's how to set it up.
Adobe Creative Suite 3 Production Premium review
Review Adobe CS3 Production Premium is ideal if you handle a mix of design, animation and editing tasks for video, the web and mobile devices. However, beginners should think twice about taking the plunge, and film professionals without deep animation needs should probably stick to Apple Final Cut Studio 2 or AVID.
8.0 Editors' Rating
Sex.com review
Review Who would have thought that a tale of the legal shenanigans surrounding the theft of a domain name could be entertaining? But when the domain in question is sex.com it can be, as Kieren McCarthy demonstrates in this book.
8.0 Editors' Rating
Can GIMP replace Photoshop?
Buyer's Guide If you just want to do basic image editing, the free GIMP is a viable alternative to Adobe's expensive Photoshop. But professionals will find a number of key features absent from the open-source application, for the moment at least.
Windows Server 2008: preview, part 2
Preview In the second part of our preview of Windows Server 2008, we examine its new virtualisation functionality, take a look at the enhancements to Terminal Services, and more.
Ubuntu 7.04 review
Review Ubuntu is very user-friendly but not right for everyone. Oddly, both casual and advanced users will find this operating system wonderful, while day-to-day users may rail against Ubuntu's incompatibility with certain popular software applications. Still, this is a great leap forward for Linux with the mass audience.
7.3 Editors' Rating
Privacy on the Line review
Review The second edition of this book, first published in the late '90s, details the changes in the world of electronic snooping, cryptography and privacy in recent years.
8.0 Editors' Rating
Vista in the enterprise
Tech Guide Things move slowly in the enterprise market, so Windows Vista is currently a rare sight on the corporate desktop. But will Vista's undoubted benefits eventually unblock the upgrade path?
