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Yes, you read that correctly: DriveSentry is a firewall for your hard drive. Yet before we examine the inner workings of DriveSentry, we should point out that it isn't an anti-virus product, nor is it a standard firewall
We're already big fans of Acronis True Image, because the software has got us out of many a pickle in the past. Would the new version bring anything fresh to the mix?
Who said Microsoft was afraid of change? The two most disruptive things you can do to a successful software package are change the file format and change the interface. Office 2007 does both
With the dream of the paperless office remaining exactly that, you've got to wonder, what's the point? Of course, it's the same as ever. Even if the world as a whole is still stuck with modern-day papyrus, there's no reason you can't take advantage
iTools has become a paid-for service (priced at £68.99 a year, or £120 per year for a five-user family pack) called .Mac, and Apple hasrecently released its latest upgrade to the package, a revamp of .Mac's webmail services.
Almost everyone uses a spreadsheet and document editor at some point, but Microsoft's Office is often overkill for those who just want fast and simple access to some basic tools
Office Live isn't just an online variant of standard Microsoft tools like Word, Excel and PowerPoint used to take out Google's ever-increasing grip on the Internet market. It's an Office-themed spin on the Live tools themselves
Microsoft Groove 2007 is Office's new collaboration tool. It's taken Microsoft a while to integrate it with Office and Windows, but the result is worth the wait. Shared workspaces connect teams together, wherever they are
Will it ever end? Tesco's apparent march towards competing with everyone in the world continues unabated with a glut of timely budget software packages. Its latest offering is this office suite
Most of us have a lot of software installed, and staying up to date with the latest versions can be time-consuming. It's especially difficult when you realise that sometimes it's a good idea not to install new updates willy-nilly.
As we enter the first month of 2007, the Mac and OS X still rule, and Microsoft still cranks out ugly versions of Windows, years late and full of bugs. It's a source of endless amusement for Mac purists
Anyone who moved over to the Mac OS after years spent fighting off virus after virus on a Windows PC knows how lucky they are. Every time we turn on our Macs we can be sure of having folders and files exactly as we left them.
Permissions Fixer 3.0 is a tool for resolving issues arising from strict file permissions in OS X Server. If you manage users and groups where several people have access to a common file storage area...
Compared with the peripheral capabilities of a pair of standard human eyeballs, most digital cameras with even the widest angle lenses are sadly lacking.
Compared with the rest of Europe, Britain's foreign language skills aren't too hot. At worst we can be found abroad, sunburnt and confused, shouting in English in the hope that somehow the message will get through.
Keeping your PC safe from all the evils that the Internet can throw at it isn't easy. Threats are now so complex that even the casual PC user needs to have multiple levels of defence installed on their system...
When you want to know the time you can glance at your Windows Mobile Pocket PC's Today screen, where it will be quietly ticking away. But should you want more time-related functions, then Spb Time could be ideal
Conventional Internet security suites are great for standalone PCs, but try protecting a larger business network and you'll have to deal with real users who do unpredictable things, such as changing important settings.
Do you know anything at all about the Internet? If so, this disc makes for a fine impromptu coaster. But that's where its usefulness ends. Everything this software does, you can do in a few seconds with Google.
We first came across RouteBuddy at the Paris and then the London MacExpo. This is a native Mac GPRS tracking application that works with common GPRS boxes including Garmin USB and USGlobalSat devices.
Papyrus has been around for a while for Windows Mobile Smartphones, where it enhances the views available in that OS on small smartphone screens. It has now come to Symbian S60, bringing some excellent visual enhancements.
Opera is a slightly different breed of application from IE7 and Firefox in that it's not just a Web browser, it's an Internet suite. This means that you can have one tab for your email, and also use it for IRC and newsgroups.
The woeful state of Internet Explorer 6 might lead you to expect little from Internet Explorer 7, but Microsoft has actually done us proud this time. IE7 has a little catching up to do ....
Firefox has been on the scene for two years now, but despite being infinitely superior to the only real competition, IE6, incredibly it constitutes only about 10 per cent of the browser market. It's a sleek yet highly customisable interface...
Because a computer's hard drive is the component most likely to fail, disk repair and maintenance tools are very important. Drive Genius is a package of hard disk tools including defragmentation, cloning, and more.