One of the few mainstream software markets with several applications of roughly equal weight is home-video editing. There's Adobe Premiere Elements and Corel's Ulead VideoStudio 10 Plus, as well as Pinnacle Studio Plus 11...more

Space seems to have gotten bigger in recent years. Literally - because current theory suggests it's eternally expanding - and, figuratively, as more of the world becomes enamoured with the great beyond....more

Easy Media Creator is a suite of programs aimed at those wanting to create various types of CD and DVD media. This includes videos and slideshows, as well as data, audio and back-up discs....more

There are hundreds of maintenance suites on the market, but more often than not the end result is a system that fares no better. Thankfully, Fix-It Utilities 7 is easy to use, doesn't drain system resources and even makes notable improvements to your PC....more

Ulead, now owned by image-editing behemoth Corel, has enjoyed a fair degree of success with its VideoStudio editing programs. The straightforward yet flexible suite has always been a great place to graduate to after exhausting Windows Media Player...more

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...more

The essentials of anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-spam and firewall are in place, as are content filtering, privacy tools and restore programs thrown in to boost the Total Security package. In theory, Quick Heal provides excellent value for money, but we found the program has several gripes....more

Recent statistics show that around 80 percent of all email sent is spam. Among cheap mortgages and discount drugs, there's a dangerous element in bank detail phishing and malicious code....more

Traditionally requiring a steep learning curve and an awful lot of spare time, 3D animation isn't something to be undertaken lightly. The original version of iClone, like its rival package Poser, aimed to cut out all the boring and time-consuming elements...more

Unlike conventional photography, where you'd be thinking about how many frames you had left and how much it was going to cost you in processing, "free" digital photos tend to multiply exponentially each time your camera comes out....more