tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015792121350321982Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:51:52 +0000SoftwareACT by SAGE 2009AdobeAdobe Premiere Elements 7Adobe SoftwareAppleApple iTunes 8Dragon Naturally SpeakingDragon SofwareNeroNero 9Network Magic Pro 5.0Norton Internet Security 2009Norton SoftwareOpenOffice.Org 3.0RoxioRoxio Creator 2009SageSage Softwareapple iTunesiTuneshttp://oursoftwareview.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Blogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015792121350321982.post-3452091906015344130Sun, 10 Jan 2010 06:53:00 +00002010-01-09T22:53:21.090-08:00There were times when your friend asks you about a problem on her computer, and when you ask her about the operating system she doesn't know. She doesn't know about the web browser she uses, she doesn't know about the screen resolution of her computer. And the problem continues when you guide her to look for her operating system, her IP address, etc. Thanks to Imulus, with their SupportDetails, http://oursoftwareview.blogspot.com/2010/01/supportdetails-by-imulus.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015792121350321982.post-5729801136110943435Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:42:00 +00002009-08-26T08:43:47.348-07:00PCMag-iPrintApp 1.0.3 from Celstream Technologies is a powerful, inexpensive printing app for the iPhone and iPod touch, but I found it to be quite buggy.I tested the app on an original iPhone connected to a Wi-Fi network. iPrintApp is supposed to print any photo stored on your iPhone either to PostScript printers directly connected to the same Wi-Fi network or to any printer connected to a Mac http://oursoftwareview.blogspot.com/2009/08/iprintapp-iphone-os-review.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015792121350321982.post-5613990369550256969Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:14:00 +00002009-07-28T06:16:39.634-07:00CNET-Owners of Time Machine-enabled Macs need not apply. But for the rest--especially small businesses that want a centralized backup solution EMC has something for you.The company announced Tuesday the availability of its Retrospect 8.1 backup software for the Mac platform, which, unlike the previous version 8.0, now also supports the the legacy PowerPC Macs. This is good news for businesses http://oursoftwareview.blogspot.com/2009/07/new-emc-retrospect-81-backup-software.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015792121350321982.post-1643661353748866329Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:00:00 +00002009-07-10T07:01:12.511-07:00Symantec has released live betas of Norton Internet Security 2010 and Norton AntiVirus 2010. The updates to Symantec's flagship antimalware products feature reputation-based security technologies as part of what the company is calling a new security model - codenamed "Quorum" - that Symantec says will 'tackle undiscovered malware and today's toughest threats head-on'. By Matt EganJuly 07, 2009 — http://oursoftwareview.blogspot.com/2009/07/symantecs-norton-2010-betas-go-live.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015792121350321982.post-7542696719194637546Sat, 23 May 2009 13:39:00 +00002009-05-23T06:44:15.233-07:00Basic definitions, single-word translations and a bit of tutoring in one package Lingvo started as a Russian endeavour, tranating European languages for Russian speakers. The x3 (13th) version is more suitable for European users, especially the multilingual package (Italian, Spanish, English, French and German) reviewed here. At its core, Lingvo r.3 contains a dedicated dictionary for each http://oursoftwareview.blogspot.com/2009/05/abbyy-lingvo-x3.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015792121350321982.post-2693339150548952470Fri, 22 May 2009 22:00:00 +00002009-05-22T15:02:36.461-07:00A streamlined interface makes this Mac and PC database easier to use There's no Mac version of /Microsoft's Access database, so Filemaker Pro has always had the Mac database market pretty much to itself. Its only real competition is Filemakers own low-cost Bento (www.pcw.co.uk/2233154) - a cut-down version of Filemaker. However, Filemaker Pro is also one of the few database prograrns that runs http://oursoftwareview.blogspot.com/2009/05/filemaker-pro-10_22.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015792121350321982.post-5795016034314793454Fri, 22 May 2009 13:32:00 +00002009-05-22T06:35:16.092-07:00A comprehensive protection package for Mac users Mac users have not needed to worry too much about security in recent years, but a few recent security alerts have convinced more of them to invest in some security software. Internet Security for Mac is pretty comprehensive; as well as anti-virus it includes Norton Firewall and Norton Confidential to offer protection against phishing and other http://oursoftwareview.blogspot.com/2009/05/norton-internet-security-4-for-mac.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015792121350321982.post-2247086200696551714Mon, 18 May 2009 01:00:00 +00002009-05-17T18:02:46.744-07:00Latest version of venerable database software is powerful, easy to useIF YOU'RE NEW to FileMaker Pro or databases in general—and don't know a record from a field or a schema—you'll have little to fear from FileMaker Pro 10. Though more suited to intensive tasks than its simplified (and Mac-only) consumer cousin Bento, FileMaker is now easier and more powerful than ever. FileMaker Pro 10 comes http://oursoftwareview.blogspot.com/2009/05/filemaker-pro-10.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015792121350321982.post-4923295752119225417Thu, 14 May 2009 11:38:00 +00002009-05-14T04:46:24.869-07:00Solid hard drive utilities paired with limited security AVANQUEST'S System Suite 9 Professional is improved from last year's version, with more configurability, but it still lacks the easy access to system information that many users will want. System Suite 9 Professional's disk utilities can help your computer recover from crashes, defragment both your hard drive and Registry, shred files, http://oursoftwareview.blogspot.com/2009/05/system-suite-9-professional.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015792121350321982.post-5455246839261168594Tue, 12 May 2009 01:04:00 +00002009-05-11T18:07:43.750-07:00One of the best security packages you can buy SINCE WE REVIEWED last year's version of its software, BitDefender has improved Total Security in ways both obvious and subtle. The 2009 edition is among the leading personal security packages on the market and one of the best we've tested. Although the program's main Security Center screen provides little useful information about your system's http://oursoftwareview.blogspot.com/2009/05/bitdefender-total-security-2009.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015792121350321982.post-5750584662694104654Thu, 16 Apr 2009 05:13:00 +00002009-04-15T22:16:58.297-07:00Picasa 3 Makes a Great ImpressionAfter your great vacation, your digital camera is no doubt chock-full of images (and maybe a few videos). So how do you view them, touch them up a bit, and share them IN ith friends and family? For Windows users, Picasa has been the best way to do this for a while. Google's online offering is a slickly integrated image organizer, editor, and enhancer, with http://oursoftwareview.blogspot.com/2009/04/picasa-3-beta.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015792121350321982.post-2041983581324464137Thu, 16 Apr 2009 03:45:00 +00002009-04-15T20:53:43.653-07:00Cheap Voice, Video Chat Gets BetterIn response to feedback from 50,000 testers of Skype 4.0 beta 1, the company has made interface changes and fixed some bugs in this Beta 2 version. When Beta 1 launched, many users objected to its much larger main window. This time around, Skype developers have attempted to address that with a compact option; they have also changed the way contacts are grouped http://oursoftwareview.blogspot.com/2009/04/skype-40-beta-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015792121350321982.post-1863468587306072273Thu, 09 Apr 2009 03:17:00 +00002009-04-08T20:22:27.460-07:00Photoshop CS4 AstoundsThe tent pole of Adobe's massive Creative Suite 4 is Photoshop, the legendary image-editing application known for its power and scope. Adobe could probably get away with resting on the heaps of laurels the app has earned over the years, but as Photoshop CS4 shows, that's not what it's doing. In both the Standard and Extended versions, everyone will enjoy the new modern, http://oursoftwareview.blogspot.com/2009/04/adobe-photoshop-cs4.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015792121350321982.post-690666902894872668Sat, 21 Mar 2009 16:28:00 +00002009-03-21T09:34:28.978-07:00A basic, but affordable, photo-retouching programSerif's new Digital Photo Suite 2009 doesn't have the powerful editing tools of more expensive rivals such as Photoshop Elements, but it provides a good basic set of photo-editing tools at a very affordable price.The suite consists of two programs, Album Plus and Panorama Plus, although it's the first of these two that provides the main organising http://oursoftwareview.blogspot.com/2009/03/serif-digital-photo-suite-2009.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015792121350321982.post-7264898138050138775Sat, 21 Mar 2009 15:53:00 +00002009-03-21T08:57:11.467-07:00Battle through 50 square kilometres of African warBrand power is the only reason Far Cry 2 is called what it is, since it has a different development team, a different environment, a completely different set of characters and a different storyline to the original game.Far Cry 2 does, however, build on the original Far Cry's lush graphics and large free-roam environment, for which the original http://oursoftwareview.blogspot.com/2009/03/far-cry-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015792121350321982.post-8293964551618743838Sat, 21 Mar 2009 13:42:00 +00002009-03-21T06:55:10.314-07:00A collection of tools to clean and optimise your PCThanks to the relatively high performance on offer from even basic PCs in the modern market, tuning and optimising a machine isn't nearly as essential as it used to be. But for those who do like to keep a clean house, Tune Up Utilities has been one of the most effective all-in-one solutions in the past and has recently been updated for 2009. In http://oursoftwareview.blogspot.com/2009/03/tune-up-utilities-2009.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015792121350321982.post-8087507959661454852Tue, 10 Mar 2009 08:11:00 +00002009-03-19T07:52:29.210-07:00These four accounting packages can help you keep a closer eye on your bottom line. By Gary Berline and Kathy YakalAnyone running a small business knows that new money is hard to come by these days. Chances are, your revenue stream is not going to see much growth, so you'll have to make do with what you've got for a while. That means keeping a very close eye on your accounts and cash flow. Whetherhttp://oursoftwareview.blogspot.com/2009/03/managing-money-in-troubled-times.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015792121350321982.post-1370989103982271134Mon, 09 Mar 2009 13:43:00 +00002009-03-19T07:52:37.266-07:00The latest version of Symantec's award-winning virus and spyware scannerIf you're happy using the Windows firewall or have another dedicated solution you're sticking to, anti-virus and anti-malware software is a must to shore up system security. Symantec has been at the forefront of this technology for some time and Norton Antivirus 2009 (NAV2009) adds a range of new features to address http://oursoftwareview.blogspot.com/2009/03/norton-antivirus-2009.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015792121350321982.post-3890393684453582003Sun, 08 Mar 2009 12:00:00 +00002009-03-19T07:52:44.809-07:00Create your own songs with this easy-to-use music programThe success of Apple's Garageband on the Mac has proved there's a demand for easy-to-use music software that will allow budding young musicians to create their own songs on their home computer. Musicmaker from Magix attempts to provide a similar set of music tools for the PC, and this latest version includes features aimed at beginners.The http://oursoftwareview.blogspot.com/2009/03/magix-musicmaker-15.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015792121350321982.post-7054418469211279482Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:42:00 +00002009-03-19T07:53:05.539-07:00NeroNero 9SoftwareGood (but Not Perfect) Media CreationEvery fall since 1995. Nero and archrival Roxio have come out with new versions of their media creation suites. Since these suites made their debuts, many of their functions have been incorporated into operating systems or are available as freeware. Nero 9 is the better of the two titans this year, but the question still remains: Is either of these http://oursoftwareview.blogspot.com/2009/02/nero-9.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015792121350321982.post-3705515863555597165Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:03:00 +00002009-03-19T07:56:06.967-07:00Network Magic Pro 5.0SoftwareNo-Sweat Home Network ManagementHome and small-office networks have spread like wildfire. But users attempting to configure, secure, and maintain those networks may too often feel as if they're battling a blaze in the Santa Ana wind. That's where Network Magic comes in. Though it doesn't yet succeed in its toughest challenge, making security effortless, it's still a valuable tool for the home or http://oursoftwareview.blogspot.com/2009/01/network-magic-pro-50.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015792121350321982.post-8332480576894937520Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:58:00 +00002009-03-19T07:56:37.727-07:00OpenOffice.Org 3.0A Serious Rival to Microsoft OfficeOpenOffice.org 3.0, is a free, open-source replacement for Microsoft Office. It is also the first and onlyapplication suite that can be seriously considered a substitute for the massive power and flexibility of Microsoft's suite. OpenOffice.org used to look clunky and work slowly, but V3.0 is sleek and fast, retaining the essential look and feel of Office 2003 http://oursoftwareview.blogspot.com/2009/01/openofficeorg-30.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015792121350321982.post-7824095107132549066Wed, 31 Dec 2008 08:24:00 +00002009-03-19T07:57:03.130-07:00RoxioRoxio Creator 2009Plentiful media-management features come at a high price IT CAN'T BE EASY for a mature software suite to remain relevant year after year, version after version, especially amid increasingly tough competition from commercial products and free tools. Such products must work ever harder to improve themselves, even when it seems like there's nothing left needing improvement. How has http://oursoftwareview.blogspot.com/2008/12/roxio-creator-2009.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015792121350321982.post-6244146211723590878Wed, 31 Dec 2008 08:21:00 +00002009-03-19T07:57:25.770-07:00AdobeAdobe Premiere Elements 7Adobe SoftwareSoftwareHD and SD video editing for novices and hobbyists alikeNO, YOU DIDN'T BLINK and miss versions 5 and 6 of Adobe Premiere Elements. Adobe skipped a few numbers to bring the version number in line with its Photoshop Elements sibling. And with Premiere Elements 7, Adobe has also brought the $99.99 program more in line with the features of midrange video-editor competitors like Sony Vegas Movie http://oursoftwareview.blogspot.com/2008/12/adobe-premiere-elements-7.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015792121350321982.post-7679222785355883812Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:30:00 +00002009-03-19T07:59:19.132-07:00ACT by SAGE 2009SageSage SoftwareComplex Contact ManagementACT! by Sage 2009 is the newest version of the widely used contact management software. This applet lets you bring together any different kinds of information about individual contacts, groups of contacts, and whole companies, so it's great for keeping tract of your calls, e-mails, and letters to business prospects and customers. ACT! excels at gathering dozens of http://oursoftwareview.blogspot.com/2008/11/act-by-sage-2009.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0