DOES your desk look like it's made of sticky notes? If so, you may well find a friend in StickySorter.

Will stop your desk getting covered in sticky notes

Nothing of note

StickySorter is a boon for any regular user of sticky notes.

NEW additions in Adobe InDesign CS4 make it worth the upgrade , but current users will miss out on the Smart Guides and Live Preflighting.

Smart Guides make layout faster, Live Preflight offers easier production, working with hyperlinks and buttons is now much simpler

SWF output limited, Kuler colour-scheme creator can't compare to Illustrator's Live Colour

Current InDesign users will want the CS4 version for Smart Guides and Live Preflighting; other new additions make it worth the upgrade price, too.

IF you're interested in sharing your PowerPoint presentations as DVDs to be played on a DVD player, Wondershare PPT2DVD gives you a simple, no-fuss way to do it.

Exceptionally easy to use

Won't be useful for most people

Most people won't likely need to share presentations via DVD, so won't want this program. But for anyone who wants to do this, Wondershare PPT2DVD makes it easy.

OUTPOST Pro Security Suite 2009 offers faster "SmartScans", and greater user control.

Good range of options for expert users

May be hard for novice users to get the most out of it, spam protection is a mixed bag

The improved Agnitum Outpost Pro Security Suite 2009 offers good but not the best of breed security - and as with Avira, the bar for ease-of-use has been raised by the likes of Norton Internet Security 2009. OPSS' lack of smartness and relatively high ...

IF you need a break from your keyboard, give Dragon a try and get work done using your voice.

Impressive accuracy out of the box, voice commands are more natural than in the past

Pricey, correction mechanism can become tedious

If you need a break from your keyboard, give Dragon a try. As in the past, it's sometimes quicker to accomplish a task by poking at the keyboard or by clicking the mouse, but version 10 gives you the best software yet for getting work done using your ...

SPEED Meter Pro focuses on network slowdowns and ignores other issues such as IP woes.

Automatic network mapping, suggests solutions to network issues

Isn't fully featured

The bottom line? Speed Meter Pro does a very good job of tracking and analysing network performance issues, but by itself it simply doesn't do enough. If you want a full-blown network troubleshooting tool, you'll have to buy the combo.

THERE'S little this program can't do in terms of capturing your screen and creating slick movies.

Idiot-proof, can record cursor movement

Hardware acceleration may interfere with video capture (but this isn't really ALLCapture's fault as such)

There's little ALLCapture 3.0 can't do in terms of capturing your screen and creating slick movies. But the price will tend to deter personal users and make ALLCapture a program suitable only for business use.

WHITESMOKE'S 2008+ Executive has plenty of features, is easy to use and picks up basic mistakes.

Pretty good at picking out definitive errors

Unforgiving of any deviation from absolute best practice, even in creative writing mode

As a comfort blanket for checking documents before you send them on, WhiteSmoke 2008+ Executive offers more than MS Word. It's full-featured, easy to use and picks up basic mistakes. However WhiteSmoke suffers from problems intrinsic to all automatic ...

FORCEFIELD is an inexpensive online safety net for those who want an extra layer of protection.

Works fine with other security software

Can slow down browsing, occasional IE freezes

Check Point has promised updates that will, we hope, fine-tune the program's balance between protection and irritation. Meanwhile, at $29.95, ZoneAlarm ForceField is an inexpensive online safety net for those who want an extra layer of protection.