Adobe Illustrator has long been the choice for illustration professionals, designers and anyone who wants to work with infinitely scalable vector graphics.

The new features InDesign CS6 boasts are intended to make life easier for busy layout production work and also for anyone making page designs for more than one final format.

Norton Internet Security 2012 acknowledges past mistakes, with what is easily Symantec's lightest Norton antivirus program ever.

Can firewall, anti-rootkit and identity protection features convince us to pay for this antivirus software instead of using AVG Free?

One of PC Tools Spyware Doctor with Antivirus 2012's best features is a slider to choose how often you want it to show pop-ups.

Webroot SecureAnywhere Complete 2012 sends data to a remote server, so scanning your PC is strain-free. The results are impressive.

McAfee has acknowledged changes in internet use with Internet Security 2012, with child protection to block explicit content on iTunes.

The latest edition of Adobe's world-beating image-editor boasts some impressive new features - and a new user interface to boot.

Is the totally redesigned version of Adobe's Premiere Pro enough to convince you to upgrade… or migrate?

All the key reviews from Adobe's latest design, video and web offering including Photoshop, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, Flash, After Effects, Premiere Pro and Flash Pro.

The way we connect to the internet has changed dramatically, and Symantec Norton One has been created to tackle this.

Adobe Lightroom is an attempt to bring the two functions of Adobe Bridge and Photoshop Elements together, so that you can both organise your photos and edit them within a single application.

Stitch panoramas with ease and output in multiple web-friendly formats - is Easypano's program the best panorama-making software?

Every picture needs a focus, and FocalPoint 2 can really make your subjects stand out, but is it the best.

This tablet app version of Adobe's market leading photo editing software, Photoshop Elements, is now available for Android tablets and iPads.

Have Apple included enough of the professional tools they took away with FCP X to stop pro editors turning to the competition?

iBooks Author's aim is to revolutionise modern textbooks by bringing interactivity to the learning experience.

Replacing PaintShop Photo Pro X3, PaintShop Pro X4 is overflowing with both new and enhanced features and seeks to address the stability and performance issues of the earlier software.

Updated A more detailed look at the new Start Screen menu and running you through the headline features of Microsoft's new OS.

Free malware protection tool Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) has become the world's second most popular security package – a big change for a company regularly criticised for how it managed Windows' security.

Would you pay $5.99 (about £3.80) per month to access your photos across all your devices?

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Plug-in software publisher Alien Skin made its name long ago with its striking Eye Candy effects for illustrators and designers, but the company also publishes a range of photo enhancement tools, and Bokeh 2 is just one of those programs.

Nik Software's giant, all-in-one filter collection gets a major upgrade, but what's changed and is it worth it?

500 new features add up to a fully refreshed mobile phone operating system