Updated Windows 8 represents a fundamental shift in the way Windows works, but is getting better with each update.

Updated Office 2013 gets the Modern UI, syncs to the cloud and adds useful new features.

Windows RT furthers the gap between tablet and PC computing. Made for mobile processors, how does it stack up?

It's an unfortunate truth, but Hotmail isn't so hot any more. Can the rebranded Outlook.com challenge the likes of Gmail and retake top spot?

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.

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

Microsoft Office 365 goes head to head with Google Apps

Microsoft Office Web Apps lacks many of its offline counterpart's most useful features

Internet Explorer 9 arrives to challenge Firefox, Chrome and Opera

The latest version of Microsoft's Office suite arrives on the Mac

Windows Live Messenger just got more social

Windows Live Mail lets you leave the web behind

Could Windows Live Photo Gallery be the world's free Photoshop?

Access your files anywhere with Windows Live Sync

Docs.com sees Office linking up with Facebook

The new version of Office is here at last, but was it worth the wait?

The first must-have version of Microsoft Windows for a decade

Is Microsoft's free anti-virus package really essential software for your PC?

Updated Windows 7 is set to be the biggest and best Windows OS yet

How does the Microsoft's new media hub cope with broadcast TV?

Is Service Pack 2 enough to stop everyone abandoning Vista for Windows 7?

Microsoft's goal with Windows Live OneCare was to create a one-stop maintenance application that applied software updates, performed drive checking, and offered firewall and malware protection. The aim was good, the execution less so, with some common infections falling through the net. Now that it's reached version 2.0 has there been any improvement?

So, just how special is this Special Media Edition of Office? Let's find out. First, we have to understand a little background. Two years ago, Microsoft bought iView Multimedia, which made digital asset management software (used for tracking photos, PDFs, text files, etc.).

Windows Movie Maker first saw light of day in 2000 when it was introduced along with Windows Me. Both the mother OS and the application itself were not well received, the former blighted by technical glitches and the latter by a woeful lack of features