The latest version of Photoshop has more new features than ever before

After months of public beta testing the new version of Lightroom is here and it's well worth the wait.

If you sit at your desk for hours on end every day, you need to take a few precautions to stay healthy.

What are we up against? It is always best to know thy enemy, and sitting for long periods of time causes a multitude of problems. It can increase pressure on the intervertebral discs, the spongy bits between your spine. Contrary to what you might think, s...

Adobe has released a public beta of Lightroom 2. We put it through its paces to see if it tops version 1.

This is by no means a full and finished product, but it's coming along nicely thank you very much. Adobe has listened to users and by letting them continue to try the beta is sure to provide a very useful and elegant imaging solution on final release. I...

As HD DVD falls by the wayside, Riyad looks back at the relatively short format war that got us here.

Of course Sony always had a few tricks up its sleeve in this particular format war that it didn't have back in the days of VHS versus Betamax. First up was the clout of Sony Pictures - when you consider that Sony owns one of the largest movie studios in t...

It's an age old question - Nero or Roxio? We compare the latest versions of these venerable media creation suites.

Nero 8 and Roxio Easy Media Creator 10 both contain all the applications required to create, convert, rip and burn every type of media imaginable. However Roxio has missed a trick by neglecting to provide support for emerging High-Def formats, like Blu-Ra...

The world we live in is becoming ever more sophisticated. Why is it then, that the simplest things can be so hard?

Of course you could put your SIM in someone else's phone and make your call that way, or if you remember the number (who does nowadays?), just borrow a land line. Alternatively, if you carry your phone's data cable with you, you could plug your phone into...

Paint Shop Pro remains the leading home photo editing software. Take a look at the new version, launched this month.

Corel Paint Shop Pro keeps getting better and better, and with the launch of Photo X2 it is now a very close second to the vastly more expensive Adobe Photoshop. It has a large range of advanced features, an attractive and easy-to-follow interface and ins...

Looking for a use for that ExpressCard slot? Then AVerMedia has the answer with this ExpressCard digital TV tuner.

Aside from some software issues this is an excellent ExpressCard based TV Tuner, which fully supports XP Media Center Edition and Vista. Installation is quick and easy, and if ExpressCard is definitely what you're after then there aren't too many other pl...

In the third part of our real time, video editing roundup, James looks at Canopus EDIUS Pro 4.

On first loading, EDIUS Pro 4 doesn't look that different from its predecessor. The most major (and very welcome) addition with this version is a traditional menu system, which helps you find a lot of features which were hidden behind icons before. Despit...