As a component of the Creative Suite 4, Adobe's Contribute CS4 has had little in the way of an overhaul. We take a look at what it has to offer for the new user.

In-browser editing, Flash and Dreamweaver CS4 compatibility, guided workflow for different user levels, expiry notices, Autosave documents, inline spell checker, commenting features

Browser plug-in not available for Safari, application runs slowly in places, prone to crashes during this review

Contribute CS4 lets you edit and update blogs and websites with no need for any experience in HTML or web design. Users can add or update text, images, tables, links, as well as insert Word and Excel documents. There's even dedicated functions for ...

Just as InDesign allows designers to make the most of the printed page; InCopy allows writers to perfect their words in tandem with the designer. With InCopy CS4, the program has gained table-editing support amongst other features. We take a look.

Ability to edit, track changes and add notes in Story and Galley views ; create hyperlinks and dynamic cross-references ; create multiple versions of a document via conditional text ; share screens with remote collaborators via the web ; tabbed ...

Notes feature still limited in Layout view ; no way to globally accept/reject changes in documents

Adobe's latest version of InCopy, the companion program to InDesign that lets writers and editors work on a document concurrently with the designer, offers a host of significant new features and enhancements. Chief among them are expanded support for ...

eBay is enormous. There are many thousands of products on offer to the bid-hungry public, but without help it can be difficult to find what you're after. Enter Auction Sieve, a free tool that promises to help you search eBay effectively. We take a look.

Filter searches like a pro with advanced search tools, save multiple configurations

No direct purchasing or auction publishing tools

Most importantly for eBay power-users - those who trawl the site day and night for bargains - you can save your 'Sieves' and reuse them, so you don't need to enter preferences twice. Alternatively, use a saved search as the template for future queries ...

When it comes to vector-based graphic design, there are no products for the Mac offering as admirable performance as Adobe Illustrator. With Creative Suite 4, Adobe have further increased the feature set. We show you what it has to offer.

Multiple artboards for content creation and output, enhanced interface, new panels, improved gradient tools, smarter Appearances, blob brush, enhanced isolation mode, separations preview

Expensive as a stand alone product

With the release of Creative Suite 4, Illustrator has benefited from a number of the tools developed by Adobe Labs, such as the community-based swatches utility Kuler. Kuler is now integrated into the application and works in conjunction with Live ...

Use Windows applications on your Mac; without installing Windows

Easy to use, no need to buy Windows OS

Few supported apps, poor performance for Office 2007 and games, no standard for testing application compatibility, no alert warning when a program isn't supported

Virtualisation software such as Parallels Desktop and VMware Fusion let Mac users run the Windows operating system and Windows-only programs on a Mac, but the install process is complex and time-consuming, and the programs can slow down even a speedy ...

Design Premium CS4 is the suite most Macworld readers will be waiting for, comprising new versions of InDesign, Photoshop Extended, Illustrator, Flash Professional, Dreamweaver, and Acrobat 9 Pro. Also included for the first time is Fireworks, perhaps ...

Great new features including live pre- ighting, rotate spread view, re-ned Flash animation tools, speech search in SoundBooth

It's likely there will be the usual massive discrepancy between UK and US pricing

We were impressed by this beta version of CS4 and have very high hopes for the new suite of applications. Adobe has found many ways to enhance productivity. We particularly liked the Pre- ight panel that follows your progress in real time, rather than ...

Run Windows applications with ease on an Intel Mac.

Run Windows applications without Windows or dual booting

Tweaking required to get more advanced applications to work

Wine, the open-source tool that enables you to run Windows programs in UNIX-based environments, has reached 1.0 status. That's great for Linux users, folks running BSD and other UNIX derivatives. What about humble Mac owners? There are a couple of Mac ...

Keep your iTunes library safe by backing it up - the DriveStation Combo 4 is an effective solution for backup that will not break the bank.

Good connectivity options, easy setup

Supplied TurboUSB software offered little speed increase over standard USB 2.0 speeds, needs reformatting before use on a Mac

There's no doubt that the markets for external storage devices - like the capacities of the drives themselves - are expanding. It's almost debatable whether consumer demand is driving technological development or vice versa, but each month seems to ...

If you've got a special DVD you want to add to your iPod, you may find Popcorn valuable. We take a closer look at Roxio's DVD recording program.

TiVo support, wide range of supported video input and output formats, can merge multiple DVD video folders automatically

Very basic features, no editing, slightly overpriced, encoding needs a fast processor and runs slowly on pre-Intel hardware

Popcorn is good value if you want a quick and simple DVD authoring tool or a speedy way to compress your videos for iPod viewing. Ignore the DVD copying - it's best used for your own video creations.

Google Desktop takes on Spotlight at its own game. But is it worth replacing your built-in search system with one built by the search kings? We discover what Google Desktop has to offer.

Fast desktop search with Google features, integration with Gmail

Does little Spotlight can't do, slow indexing on first pass, needs Google Updater to install

Google Desktop is as fast as Spotlight, with a couple of features that trump it. Is it necessary though? Gmail users will benefit from integration, but otherwise, Spotlight does the same job.