865953 roxio creator nxt A Creator NXT Bundle

Published in Software by mfereday on 31 Dec 2015
Corel has a number of products for the creation and editing of graphics including one that is perhaps not as high-profile as some others

865863 avg performance tune up softwarAVG Performance

Published in Software by mfereday on 24 Dec 2015
Along with the recently purchased PC Tuneup software, AVG has added software for the Mac and Android devices to offer an all-round performance boost.

865614 Kaspersky Internet Security 2016 Multi DevicMulti-Device Total Security

Published in Software by mfereday on 19 Dec 2015
As users now own different devices capable of Internet access with its associated dangers, companies are now offering protection covering a range of devices.

865518 Kaspersky Internet Security 2016 Multi DevicKaspersky Internet Security

Published in Software by mfereday on 12 Dec 2015
Ensuring your computer is protected from outside attacks is your responsibility. This next product provides one way of adding this protection.

865816 ABBYY FineReader 12 Professional EnglisAbbyy's effective OCR

Published in Software by adrianmorant on 7 Dec 2015
ABBYY FineReader 12 Professional is an extremely accurate and versatile optical character recognition (OCR) package. It is easy to use for run-of-the-mill jobs with good, clean text but can also deal with less than perfect text as well as complex documents which include tables and images.

865418 avg protection anti virus softwarIt’s Protection Time

Published in Software by mfereday on 3 Dec 2015
It is up to you to make sure your computer is protected from malicious threats with appropriate software.

865412 corel pinnacle studio 19 ultimatPinnacle Studio 19

Published in Software by mfereday on 1 Dec 2015
While not as high profile as some of the other products from the Corel stable, Pinnacle Studio is well established and comes with numerous bonus offerings.

865104 nedro platinum 201Nero Media Suite

Published in Software by mfereday on 14 Nov 2015
Since its first appearance, many years ago, as the software of choice for many users when it came to burning content to disc, Nero has developed into a HD Multimedia Software Suite of tools. Nero is now available in its 2016 version with Classic and Platinum flavours depending upon your needs. I have been looking at the Premium product which comes with a Content Pack that is made up of video effects and themes for use to enhance your own project

865103 magix movie edit pro 201Movie Edit Pro 2016

Published in Software by mfereday on 12 Nov 2015
New from MAGIX is the latest version of the company’s video editing software. This 2016 version of MAGIX Movie Edit Pro is available in Standard, Plus and Premium editions. My review is based on the basic Standard offering.

865058 nuance dragon professional individuaDragon Professional Individual

Published in Software by paul_smart on 4 Nov 2015
This is another very mature product. When it first came out it was a new way of working by speaking to your computer, now many imitators are available, even Microsoft spawn Cortana. Here however is a product that requires almost no correction.

864852 nuance dragon professional speech recognitioA New Version of Dragon

Published in Software by mfereday on 27 Oct 2015
While computers have recently been given the ability to talk to use through the use of applications such as Siri and Cortana, we have been able to talk to our computers for a number of years and have our spoken words transformed into editable text using specialist software. A leading product in this particular area is Dragon Naturally Speaking with the latest version of this speech recognition software package being available in Professional Individual and

864783 nero platinum 201NERO 2016 Platinum

Published in Software by paul_smart on 25 Oct 2015
I have used Nero for many years it is something that gets added very quickly to any new PC. This started as a CD burning program but now although that can still be done very efficiently it is now so much more as for this feature to not even merit a mention.

864545 acronis true image 2016 backup softwarAcronis True Image 2016

Published in Software by mfereday on 17 Oct 2015
As another year passes by, so the latest version of a popular backup package makes an appearance.

864597 paintshop pro x8 ultimatPaint Shop Pro Ultimate X8

Published in Software by mfereday on 15 Oct 2015
Originally developed as a kitchen-table product by a jet plane enthusiast, this next title is a popular member of the Corel family and a long term favourite of mine.

864777 spotifSpotify Premium

Published in Software by paul_smart on 11 Oct 2015
Most people will have heard of Spotify, the majority of them will have tried Spotify, the reason I am looking at the Premium version of Spotify is because I have recently reviewed another streaming product and it’s been a while since I last tested what Spotify has to offer.

864556 acronis true image 2016 backup softwarAcronis 2016

Published in Software by paul_smart on 7 Oct 2015
Everyone needs backups, no ifs no buts no maybes, backups are essential. If you have gone through life without needing one so far you are lucky, very lucky. In fact maybe you would like to go halves on a lottery ticket, but one day you will need a backup.
In a previous life this was one of the first really useful products. Corel came out with their excellent CorelDRAW product and made the purchase of PaintShop Pro an early capture and now this is a very mature product at version 18 (X8).

864561 panda global protection 201Panda Global Protection 2016

Published in Software by paul_smart on 30 Sep 2015
The days of this being just an Anti-Virus product are long gone. In fact the only products that seem to have only Anti-Virus are the free ones and even then when you update them you have to be careful to click the correct box or you get the whole package and then you will start paying.

864278 Nero TuneItUNero TuneIt Up

Published in Software by paul_smart on 9 Sep 2015
This is a piece of software that in its basic form anyone can download for FREE. I tend to be rather suspicious of any software that claims to speed up your PC, in fact hardly a month goes by without me being offered such items, normally from an unknown source.

863929 Xara photo and graphic designer 1Photo & Graphics Designer 11

Published in Software by mfereday on 5 Sep 2015
Not to be confused with a similarly entitled graphics product from the same company, Xara Photo & Graphics Designer 11 combines elements of creative design and photo editing software within a single package.

Upgrading to Windows 10

Published in Software by paul_smart on 29 Jul 2015
A few days before the 29th July I was send a USB with a ‘late build’ of Windows 10. As with all major alterations I approached this with more than a little trepidation, below is the story of what happened on Monday 27th July 2015.

842115 ABBYY PDF Transformer pluA PDF Solution

Published in Software by mfereday on 24 June 2015
The de facto standard for electronic documents is PDF. Software for the creation and working with such files can cost from £400 downwards. This review is based on a product costing under £60.

842031 filemaker pro 1FileMaker Pro 14

Published in Software by mfereday on 23 June 2015
Computer databases have come a long way since those of early days of the D-Base products developed by Aston Tate with libraries of instructional books written on the subject. While the ability to store and correlate different types of data might not be the sexiest task, it still serves an important role for both the home and office user.

841891 cyberlink power DVD 1Cyberlink PowerDVD Ultra 15

Published in Software by paul_smart on 15 June 2015
Like several Cyberlink products this is very mature and so you should not expect mind blowing new features, however you do get increased speed and slicker functionality with tweaks and improvements to what was already a powerful product.

841492 cyberlink powerdvd 15 video editing softwarPowerDVD 15

Published in Software by mfereday on 23 May 2015
Ever since it was founded in 1996, CyberLink Corp has built up a reputation as a world leading consumer multimedia software company. A recent release from the company is its PowerDVD product which is now at version 15.

841218 avg tune up utilities 201AVG PC TuneUp 2015

Published in Software by mfereday on 7 May 2015
It is good bye and hello to a software application that has formed a regular part of my computer system for a number of years now.

840789 cyberlink power2go 1Power2Go 10 Platinum

Published in Software by paul_smart on 5 Apr 2015
This is the latest version of a product from Cyberlink it is called Power2Go and it burns and backs up, yes I know the latter is a bore but if you have not got a current working backup and the worst happens then your digital life ends.

839066 nero 2015 platinuNero 2015 Platinum

Published in Software by paul_smart on 25 Jan 2015
I first came across a crippled version of Nero tied to a CD-Writer. I have used various versions ever since and I still do to write CD’s, I know how it works and it has one very useful function that other writing software does not have.

838953 bullguaard internet securitBullGuard Protection

Published in Software by mfereday on 10 Jan 2015
Whatever the type of threat, it is up to you to ensure your computer is protected with a product such as developed by BullGuard.

838710 corel winzip 19 prWinZip 19 Pro

Published in Software by mfereday on 6 Jan 2015
Now firmly entrenched as part of the Corel family of products, the latest version of WinZip is now available.