I have mentioned before that the coolest game I saw at E3 2007 was Burnout Paradise from EA for the PS3 and Xbox 360. Finally the game is available to purchase and today we are going to check out Burnout Paradise and see if the really game is as cool as the demo and what I saw at E3....more

Elements 4 puts a barrage of new, high-quality special effects at your disposal. For the best in home video editing, look no further. The new edition of Premiere Elements packs a punch with high-end features like picture-in-picture, chromakey and compatibility with Premiere Pro plug-ins, it aims to be simple to use. ...more

PhotoPlus is a very capable editor that's never quite escaped the shadow of Paint Shop Pro. Will version 11 be any different from its predecessors? Certainly not with regard to the interface: it's more cluttered, and not as straightforward for beginners....more

Just in case you were wondering, you haven't accidentally slept through iLife '07. Apple has decided that since 2007 is closer to its end than its start, it would skip ahead to iLife '08. With so much development time going into Leopard, the iPhone and iPods, updates to iLife will probably become a little further apart....more

We admit that we had high expectations for the latest release of Spyware Doctor, version 5.0. Our expectations were tempered prior to testing, however, by the fact that things change quickly in the anti-spyware sector...more

Considering that many of these threats are designed to hamper the functions of core Windows components, we expected a better showing. In total, Windows Defender detected and removed less than a quarter of the threats on our test system, a sorry showing indeed. At best, Windows Defender should be limited to providing real-time spyware protection, and only then if backed up by regular scans using a strong spyware scanner such as Spybot S&D. If your goal is to rid a badly infected system of malware we offer only two words of advice: look elsewhere....more

For those looking for some useful extra bits, the main program interface is worth browsing through. It's strictly business here, with analysis tools included to monitor active connections, processes, browser plugins, autostart entries and layered service providers. If you're the type who likes to see what's going on behind the scenes, AVG Anti-Spyware 7.5 has you covered....more

They might have tiny screens, but 5G iPods and Sony PSPs are commonly used for watching video. Even mobile phones can be used to watch video on the go. With so many formats around, getting videos to work on your portable device can be tricky. That's why X-OOM has released the Internet Movies 3 to convert any video file into something suitable for portable media. ...more

You may have come across Serif's PagePlus if you've ever needed to create a poster, flyer, calendar or small booklet on your laptop. It's one of the oldest and most widely used home-based DTP (desktop publishing) packages...more

The amount of media we now consume is on the increase. Also, the number of formats you can convert your digital media into is steadily on the increase, so it makes sense to have a software tool that can handle them without fuss...more