Monthly Archives: July 1998
Seagate – Backup Exec Desktop 98
Backing up is hard to do, to coin a phrase. And it’s true; taking time out from a busy life to mess around with backup tapes or other media is a pain in the proverbial. After all, data stored on a PC’s hard drive is as safe as houses, isn’t it? Well, yes it is,…
Adobe – PhotoDeluxe Business Edition 1.0
To say that Adobe knows a thing or two about image editing is like saying that Michael Schumacher knows how to drive a car. Both are masterpieces of understatement, as this year’s British Grand Prix proved. Now Adobe’s PhotoDeluxe package, which has probably been used to erase more ex-lovers / ex-wives / ex-husbands / ex-friends…
Activision – Nightmare Creatures
If HP Lovecraft, the master of implied horror, had been alive in recent years, Nightmare Creatures would probably have had his blessing. Based on mythology and stories of witchcraft, this game is set in Victorian England, where there’s much more to fear than muggers and pick-pockets. An unpleasant character by the name of Adam Crowley…
GT Interactive – Unreal
Epic Megagames built up quite a reputation earlier this decade for creating some of the most polished shareware games around, usually in the shape of arcade platformers or vertically-scrolling shoot-’em-ups. Then they went quiet for a while until, very recently, Unreal emerged as the latest candidate for ‘Best 3D action game ever’ title. Sometimes it…
Devcom – Black Widow 4830 Pro
A flatbed scanner for fifty notes? Seems rather unlikely, despite the recent drop in the price of these devices, from several hundred quid a couple of years ago to sub-£100 now. But fifty pounds for a scanner? Surely it would have to be made out of cardboard for that price. So we thought when we…
Best!Ware – MYOB 7.5
One of the most daunting aspects of starting a new business is sorting out the accounts. Neither the tax man nor the VAT inspectors are known for their leniency, so all transactions must be painstakingly recorded. Since most businesses are started by normal human beings, rather than accountants, this can often cause problems. Accounting usually…