Digital Identity Management review

Review Understanding the principles, business issues and technologies behind digital identities is important for everyone. This book provides a good overview and backgrounder.

Inside Firefox 3 Beta 1

Photos How is Firefox 3 shaping up? We take a look inside the Beta 1 release.

Firefox 3 Beta 1: a first look

Preview Beta 1 of Firefox 3 is finally available for download. Here are our first impressions.

The Design of Future Things review

Review This book won't tell you how to design a web page, but it will help you understand how to think about design in a broad sense.

CoPilot Live 7 for Windows Mobile review

Review ALK has managed to update its already impressive navigation software without simply adding unnecessary features, which is to be commended.

Office Communicator 2007 review

Review Office Communicator 2007 is Microsoft's latest desktop tool for instant messaging and internet voice and video calls. At a basic level it provides a viable alternative to Skype and its ilk. However, linked with Office Communications Server 2007 it offers a range of additional features that will be attractive to business users.

Nanoethics review

Review In the technology world, it's rare for people to predict the potential impact of their work in detail, as they do in this book. You may think the future projected here sounds more like science fiction than science fact. But if it happens, at least you were warned.

Inside Firefox 3 Alpha 8

Photos The latest build of Firefox 3, Alpha 8, makes bookmarking easier and boasts enhanced security features.

Buzzword: a first look at Adobe's new word processor

Preview Adobe looks set to enter the online office suite market, following the acquisition of a web-based Flash word processor.

Alternatives to Microsoft Office

Buyer's Guide In the world of productivity suites, you don't need to pay a lot to get the basic tools for reading, writing and arithmetic. Read our reviews and previews to discover what's in each bundle, from the freebies to the full-featured suites.

Lotus Symphony: a first look

Preview Although it's still in beta testing, IBM's Lotus Symphony offers strong alternatives to Word, PowerPoint and Excel with more features and nicer interfaces than most other free software.

Open-Xchange Express Edition review

Review Open-Xchange Express is an excellent substitute for Microsoft Exchange for small or medium-sized businesses that don't need a big-company feature set.

Inside iWork '08

Photos Apple's office productivity suite now handles spreadsheets in addition to word processing and presentations. Check out our screenshot gallery.

iWork '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.

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!