Do silicon chips make us dumber or smarter? Is the calculator robbing the next generation of the ability to do basic maths in their head? Are video games rotting the nation's collective brain? That's certainly an ...

Avanquest has a growing list of music software from eMedia in its catalogue which appeals to all ages and skill levels, including tuition courses in rock, bass and blues guitar. This latest package is designed to ...

We've all been there. It's late evening and you're out at a twenty-four hour supermarket, having just remembered that your mum's birthday is tomorrow. Scanning the racks of cards, there are sickly sweet ones with teddy ...

The GSP label is currently bustling with licensed titles from the BBC. That means its range features several pieces of software that boast characters from TV shows that pint-size computer users are, in principle, going to ...

What's so easy about food? We're talking about those famous sayings such as "easy as pie" or "a piece of cake." Have the engineers of these foolish utterances ever tried to produce a delicate short-crust pastry, ...

Cataloguing your DVD collection with the aid of All My Movies isn't a fast process. It's quite feasible that if you have a collection of, say, 200 movies, there's a few hours' work required to get ...

If you wanted to observe an extensive array of aquatic creatures, you would probably visit the local Sea World. And even though it's pretty impressive to witness Flipper's ball-balancing antics, you won't see anything quite as ...

I can't sing. It's something my closest friends, family and drinking partners have known for some time, so it was little surprise to find a piece of software confirming it. But that's exactly what Singing Coach ...

Among the latest raft of releases from budget software specialists GSP come these three applications, courtesy of a team-up with Ulead Software. First, there's Burn.Now 1.5 SE. The clue here is in that 'SE' suffix, as ...

Jazz guitarist Pat Metheny didn't compose his latest album 'The Way Up' using paper and pen but instead, like so many composers, he did the job with Sibelius 3 on his Apple Mac. Sibelius is chuffed ...

Sometimes a software company comes up with an excellent idea and then does something irritating that shoots itself in the foot. That's what's happened here with Magix's Ringtone Maker, a package that theoretically allows you to ...

Given that plenty of companies will happily relieve you of a couple of quid for a new mobile phone ringtone, a simple software application that can help you make your own could have substantial appeal. It's ...

Calling MP3 Music Suite a suite is, to be blunt, a bit of a deception. Calling it four programs bunged onto a CD is far closer to the mark. For a suite, by its very nature, ...

Navigation software has been around for PDAs for a while now, as an add on, as part of a hardware and software bundle, and even in a couple of cases involving PDAs with a GPS antenna ...

Though the debate over the value of inkjet ink cartridges will run and run, there's little doubt that they're pricey. Typical costs for the four coloured inks in a general-purpose inkjet printer is £40 to £60; ...

With the plethora of media available to record sound and vision, there's a real need for software that is especially friendly to the first-timer wanting to capture their favourite tunes, videos and presentations on disc. To ...

Anyone used to the plethora of ZX Spectrum emulators on the market will get an immediate culture shock should they choose to buy a copy of Amiga Forever. Whereas programs emulating the former platform are generally ...

Music production software often abandons conventional notation, but to share your music with others, such notation is still the most universally acceptable form. Conventional notation is by no means simple and a program designed as a ...

Ever had the joy of an interior design company coming and planning some home improvement for you? Noticed the way they bring along a laptop laden with some clever program that churns out a design you ...

Music can make your heart sing, it's the food of love, it lightens the very soul. But not if your poor old scratched and battered vinyl has more snap, crackle and pop than the Rice Krispie ...