PC software

How to upgrade to Windows 7

So, you want Windows 7. You've read our guide to Microsoft's latest OS, you've worked out the benefits of making the switch are the right one's for you, in fact you may already have chosen which version you want to install and have your Windows 7 disk in your hands, the...

Windows 7 Whopper celebrates bloatware

How do you celebrate the launch of Microsoft's Windows 7 in Japan? Team up with Burger King of course to offer the Windows 7 Whopper.

The burger of burgers, features not one burger, but of course seven burgers in a bun in what is no doubt a gut busting experience.

On...

Windows 7: Which version should you get?

With multiple versions of Windows 7 available to buy depending on your needs, which version should you be opting for when it comes to upgrading or starting afresh? Do you really need to opt for the Ultimate edition or will the Starter version do you? Let's try and navigate...

Adobe Lightroom 3 beta released

Adobe has announced the availability of Photoshop Lightroom 3 as a free download for photographers to try. 

The new application, which allows photographers to catalogue their photo collections as well as perform basic editing processes to their pictures will add...

Seven reasons to buy Windows 7

After all the hullabaloo, Windows 7, Microsoft's new operating system, is now here. Finally you can now officially ditch Windows Vista or Windows XP once and for all. But why should you spend £79.99 on getting it? Here are seven reasons why you should and one reason you...

Microsoft's free antivirus now available

Microsoft's free antivirus package, "Microsoft Security Essentials", is now available to anyone, just over three months after it went into a beta test period in June that was limited to US users.

But now everyone can grab the bare-bones security package from...

Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 is here

Adobe's Photoshop Elements for PC and Mac and Premiere Elements for PC software are due for their yearly update. Version 8 of both programs has been released, and contains a host of new functionality, mostly in the ease-of-use department.

These bits of software...

Microsoft's free antivirus software nears public release

Microsoft's free antivirus product, "Security Essentials", is leaving beta and a final version will be released "in the coming weeks", according to an email sent to participants in the beta test.

Although it's not been officially available in the UK, British...

Office 2010 Web Apps go live...

Microsoft has started opening up its Office 2010 Web Apps on Thursday with a select handful of Technical Preview invites via Windows Live SkyDrive.

"SkyDrive customers will be invited to try out a technical preview of the online versions of Microsoft Office...

Students get discount Windows 7

Microsoft has announced a deal for cash-strapped students ahead of the start of the University term across the country. Windows 7 will cost anyone with an .EDU email address (eg yourname@reading.ac.uk) just £30.

The offer is available from 1 October for those...

Ditch IE6 for IE8 else people go hungry

The "Say No to IE6" campaign has gained more ground this week with a move from Microsoft no less.

In an attempt to convince users of the eight year old browser to upgrade, it has said that it will double the donation it is currently making to US charity Feeding...

Google Earth finds Loch Ness monster

Just like it found the lost city of Atlantis, Google Earth has now supposedly found the Loch Ness monster according to a bored security guy looking through images of on mapping software.

According to British newspaper, The Sun, "Sun reader Jason Cooke spotted...

Windows 7 gets Family Pack

Apple seems to get a real kick out of announcing its products just an hour or so before rival Microsoft's. Today it's managed to gazump Microsoft's announcement of upgrade pricing for Windows 7, as well as the offering of a family pack.

The Family Pack will...

You rebel: Run Windows 7 without activating it for 120 days

Microsoft Windows 7 users wanting to avoid activating their copy of the software when it becomes available on 22 October will be able to do so for 120 days Microsoft has confirmed.

Although Microsoft will prompt users to activate their copy of the new OS a...

Last chance to grab Windows 7 RC1

Users who have yet to download Windows 7 have just hours left to do so before Microsoft pulls on the plug on the chance to trial the operating system before its official launch in October.

Although users will still be able to install the OS after Wednesday's...

Windows 7 will be considerably cheaper in UK than US

Here's a turn-up for the books. UK customers are used to being forced to pay considerably more than their Yankee counterparts for games, gadgets and software. With Windows 7, however, Brits will be paying nearly half as much as the US.

Full editions of Windows...

Apple Safari 4.0.3 update released

Apple has updated its Safari web browser bringing with it a number of security and bug fixes.

Version 4.0.3 (for those keeping count) promises to also include "Stability improvements for webpages that use the HTML 5 video tag".

HTML 5 is a new...

Windows 7 on-sale for £4

Can't wait till 22 October for Windows 7? It seems the Chinese can't either, as reports coming in suggest Windows 7 has already gone on sale in the Far East.

"Pirated copies of Windows 7 have hit the shelves at China's electronics bazaars, months before the...

Apple developing social network aggregator?

On top of the Blu-ray support rumour the other day, for iTunes 9, there's more whispering that the forthcoming update for Apple's music software will feature integration with Twitter, Facebook and other social networking sites.

But it doesn't stop there. A tipster...

iTunes to get Blu-ray support

Apple is expected to add Blu-ray support to the next version of its iTunes software sources say. iTunes 9 is expected out in September, and according to rumours adds a number of new features on top of what is currently already available.

Historically the company...

Microsoft Windows 7 green for go

Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 7 has gone RTM on Wednesday meaning the 22 October launch date is "Green for go".

The news, which has virtually no relevance to consumers, only confirms that the company's latest operating system has had sign off to be published...

DSGi: Windows 7 fastest selling OS in store's history

Amazon has already reported that pre-orders for Windows 7 were flying off the virtual shelf, but now DSGi, the company behind the PC World, Curry's and Dixons stores in the UK, has confirmed that it's been selling hotter than hot cakes.

"Windows 7 has become...

Microsoft Office 2010: What you need to know

Wondering what the new Microsoft Office 2010 will bring? Well Microsoft has released a host of screen shots from the new Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel to give us an understanding of what to expect as well as detailing a bit more information as to what the new products...

Apple Safari 4.0.2 update released

It seems like only last week that Apple launched a new version of Safari, however that hasn't stopped the laptop, software, phone and iPod maker releasing what it claims is a must download update for the browser.

The new 4.0.2 version is "recommended for all...

Internet Explorer 8 growing strongly

According to metrics company StatCounter, Internet Explorer 8 is going rather well for Microsoft, having grown from 1.55% to 11.09% market share, globally, since its launch in March.

Usage of Firefox 3 has remained steady at around 34%, and use of IE7 has plummeted...