Software
Review: Webroot SecureAnywhere Essentials
Security software
Wednesday, 22 February, 2012 This package is fast, and it's good at catching malware before the invader reaches your PC, but a higher-than-average false-positive rate and disappointing system-cleanup results hold it behind its competitors.Editor's rating: 
IObit Advanced SystemCare 5
PC performance-tuning software
Thursday, 16 February, 2012 | 1 comment IObit Advanced SystemCare 5 is a free system optimisation tool, with a Pro version offering more tools for US$20.Editor's rating:
Walking Access Mapping System
Website
Wednesday, 25 January, 2012 | 1 comment WAMS provides a single point of access for outdoor enthusiasts to a diverse range of public land, boundary and walking-track information. Access requires no signup or login, and is completely free.Editor's rating: 
Preview: Norton Internet Security 2012
Security software
Tuesday, 24 January, 2012 Norton Internet Security (NIS) 2012 adds new features to the suite's toolkit, including those to enhance PC performance and make some basic use of the cloud; it also adds some tweaks to the interface. This is not a major overhaul, but the addition of new tools makes a useful piece of protection software even more valuable.
RunKeeper
Exercise tracking app & website
Monday, 5 December, 2011 | 1 comment RunKeeper is, in many ways, an enormous sprawling mass of a site. You can add data from a huge range of plugins, and events such as marathons. For most of us though, the appeal is in the combination of the app and the website, which synchronise seamlessly.Editor's rating: 
SoundSaver
Audio recording software
Monday, 5 December, 2011 Audio restoration is a signature skill of Bias Inc. The company’s SoundSoap and SoundSoap Pro have been music industry staples for a long time, but those products are expensive. Enter SoundSaver, which not only implements noise reduction, but records, splits and saves multi-song recordings as well.Editor's rating: 
UltraEdit 16
Text Editor
Monday, 5 December, 2011 Nothing is perfect, so we try to avoid giving any software a perfect score. However, not giving full marks to UltraEdit would mean basically making up flaws.Editor's rating:
Preview: Windows Phone 7 Mango edition
Smartphone OS
Monday, 31 October, 2011 Microsoft’s new Mango version of Windows Phone 7 (which is actually version 7.5) helps fulfil that platform’s promise of helping people focus on the tasks they want to accomplish and the information they want to receive, rather than the apps they run.
TurboFloorPlan 3D Pro v16
3D home design software
Wednesday, 26 October, 2011 | 2 comments TurboFloorPlan does exactly what you would think it does: lets you quickly create floor plans.Editor's rating:
Firefox for Android
Web browser
Monday, 10 October, 2011 As a browser, Firefox needs no introduction. It has gained a loyal following on the desktop, and the mobile version has already amassed millions of downloads on the Android Market. But can Firefox for Android live up to its desktop counterpart?Editor's rating:
FileMaker Bento for iPad
Personal database software
Thursday, 4 August, 2011 Bento is a powerful tool that you can use to create lists on your Mac, iPad or iPhone. We tested the iPad version over a month in the PC World offices.Editor's rating:
Parallels Desktop 6
Virtualisation software for Mac
Thursday, 16 June, 2011 | 3 comments Parallels allows you to run other operating systems on your Mac – whether it be Windows 7, Windows XP, Ubuntu or even ChromeOS.Editor's rating:
Google Chrome OS
Operating system
Friday, 27 May, 2011 Google’s cloud-centric operating system has had a revamp and is now available on Chromebooks, through a subscription service in the US for students and others... but is it any good?Editor's rating: 
Review: Internet Explorer 9
Web browser
Tuesday, 17 May, 2011 | 18 comments Internet Explorer is considered a bit of a dinosaur: big, slow, and a bit clunky. If that’s the case, then IE9 is more like a velociraptor.Editor's rating:
Review: Firefox 4
Internet browser
Wednesday, 11 May, 2011 | 6 comments Mozilla has released Firefox 4 and in my bid to sample all the new browsers, I’ve dutifully downloaded it.Editor's rating:
Review: Norton Internet Security 2011
Security software
Tuesday, 1 March, 2011 No longer the bloated, slow, and crash-prone monstrosity of yore, Symantec’s security suite is now a streamlined and extremely effective antimalware application that continues to update and advance its interface and its detection rates incrementally.Editor's rating:
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