Monthly Archives: May 2008
Softpress – Freeway Pro 5
If you want to design a Web site using an Apple Mac, you’d probably consider iWeb if you’re working from home, or Dreamweaver if you’re in business. Perhaps you ought to think Freeway Pro, for both high-end home and simpler business sites. Freeway Pro, just out in version 5, majors on design and typography. It…
O2 – XDA Orbit 2
O2 has been building its XDA range of Windows Mobile devices for some years, and the original XDA Orbit has just been refreshed with advent of the rather uninspiringly-named XDA Orbit 2. Exclusive to O2 as the XDA Orbit 2, fans of other networks can go the SIM-free route and obtain this smartphone as the…
Apple – Safari for Windows
Most of the fuss made earlier this year, when Apple used its software update mechanism to download Safari to PC users without their specific consent, tended to overlook one fairly major problem: Safari is not a great Web browser. It’s certainly not a bad one, but compared to the problematic-yet-still-very-good Firefox, it still struggles to…
JoWood – Fate of Hellas
If at first glance you get a strange sense of déjà vu when you look at the box cover for this game, then don’t be spooked. Developers World Forge recently released Ancient Wars: Sparta, an RTS which featured Spartans, Persians and Egyptians fighting for supremacy. Fate of Hellas could almost be seen as Version Two,…
TomTom – 930T
When we heard that TomTom was updating its range with yet more enhanced navigation technology, we couldn’t wait to get our hands on one of its new satnavs to test it all out. The 930T we have here is the top-end model, featuring both the new IQRoutes functionality and Advanced Lane Guidance. Both features are…
OpenOffice.org – OpenOffice 2.4
The maturity of OpenOffice is fast winning over many of those still deep-rooted in a Microsoft Office way of working, and while this latest release isn’t likely to tip too many more over the edge, it’s a further move forward in the quest to be accepted as the legitimate alternative that it already is. OpenOffice…
Songbirdnest – Songbird 0.5
The continuing evolution of the media player shows little sign of slowdown, if Songbird is anything to go by. Granted, it seems impossible to go to a software download site in 2008 without having an assortment of tools foisted on you that promise to sort out all sorts of media related jobs, whether you want…
JoWood – Agatha Christie Mysteries
Murder most foul. Is there any other kind? If someone says “Sorry, old bean” while they stick a knife in your chest and twist it, does that make it murder most polite? And is that okay? Probably not, we would strongly suggest, and many of the characters in Agatha Christie’s novels would agree. This compilation…
Celtx – Celtx 0.9.9.7
Specialist software to format the likes of a screenplay or theatre script has for a long time been the kind of luxury few can afford. Granted, there are some cut-down, low cost packages available, but movie industry-standard tools such as Final Draft cost over £130, and story-plotting software such as Dramatica doesn’t come cheap either….
eJay – DJ Mixstation 4
Is your dance floor half empty… or is it half full? Either way, that’s no good: as a DJ you want it to be jam-packed, with elbow-manoeuvring room only. That’s mostly a matter of picking the right tunes and judging the mood, but your skill on the decks helps, especially as a dance DJ. With…