Reviews

First Look: BlackBerry Storm

RIM's first touch-phone is impressive, but will traditional BlackBerry users take to an on-screen keyboard? 08 Oct 2008Price: Our rating:

First Look: BT I-Plate

Is BT's I-Plate all spin or could it boost your broadband speeds? 06 Oct 2008Price: Our rating:

First Look: Sage ACT! 2009

Sage smartens up its ACT and adds a host of new features to the popular CRM package 03 Oct 2008Price: £180. Premium version £295 + VATOur rating:

Review: Mindjet MindManager Pro 7.2

Freeform planning and project management in a neat and simple-to-use package 26 Sep 2008Price: £199 for both electronic download and boxed copy. Upgrade from MindManager Lite is £149Our rating:

First Look: Google Android G1 phone

Can T-Mobile's Android-based phone measure up against rivals such as the iPhone? 23 Sep 2008Price: Our rating:

Review: WinZip 12.0 Professional

WinZip targets digital content through new compression algorithms 18 Sep 2008

First Look: Seagate FreeAgent XTreme

eSATA tones up Seagate hard drive 19 Sep 2008

First Look: Samsung Omnia

Samsung's touch-screen smartphone is no rival for the iPhone 18 Sep 2008

First Look: Microsoft Small Business Server 2008

Microsoft's one-box solution does it all, but there is fearsome complexity underneath 12 Sep 2008

First Look: Palm Treo Pro

New business-focused Treo has HSDPA and GPS support 12 Sep 2008

First Look: VMware ThinApp 4.0

ThinApp delivers secure applications through sandboxing 10 Sep 2008

First Look: Google Chrome

The new browser impresses, but not for business use 03 Sep 2008

Hands-on: Hypertec encrypted USB Flash drive

Device encrypts data to protect against unauthorised access 03 Sep 2008

First Look: IE8 beta 2

There's plenty to like in Microsoft's new browser, but is it enough to stem the Firefox tide? 01 Sep 2008

First Look: Asus Eee PC 901

The 901 is great when things are working, but Linux users may be in trouble when things go wrong 15 Aug 2008

First look: BlackBerry Bold - iPhone killer?

"Aspirational" device will suit those impressed by the iPhone's look but wanting core business features 08 Aug 2008

Review: HP moves to rival BlackBerry

The iPaq 914c is a mobile messaging device designed to work with the latest communciation and management tools 01 Aug 2008

Review: iPhone 3G boosts web experience

Apple's 3G iPhone has faster web access, but lags behind other mobiles in corporate features 30 Jul 2008

Review: Has the BlackBerry met its match?

Nokia’s corporate messaging phone boasts a sleek design, an impressive range of features and good battery life 11 Jul 2008

Review: NEC's Versa is business alternative to mini-laptops

The Versa S9100’s decent battery life and low weight make it a good choice for road warriors 20 Jun 2008

Review : Monitor brings large WANs under control

Network Instruments’ Link Analyst breaks down large WANs into more manageable chunks 12 Jun 2008

Review : Update aids creative process

CorelDraw X4 gets Vista support and online collaboration, but seems less compelling than the earlier X3 version 06 Jun 2008

Review: Dell convertible offers a touch more usability

The first Tablet PC from Dell supports touch activation as well as stylus-based input 23 May 2008

Labs report : Office rival raises its game

OpenOffice.org 3.0 beta has better Mac and Microsoft Office support 22 May 2008

Review: desktop security on a stick

BeCrypt’s Trusted Client is a complete user environment on a USB memory stick 16 May 2008

Review: smartphone points users in right direction

HP’s latest smartphone boasts satellite navigation capabilities, but battery life is limited 02 May 2008

Review: hard-working laptop puts strain on battery

The Precision M2300 has plenty of punch but users should not stray too far from the mains 25 Apr 2008

Review: Parallels simplifies datacentre virtualisation

Parallels’ Virtuozzo 4.0 virtualisation suite boasts an improved user interface and better tools for configuring and moving workloads 11 Apr 2008

Review: miniature laptop is hampered by Vista

While the Shift has some obvious strengths, it is poorly suited to Vista and has a low battery life 07 Apr 2008

Review: mobile thin client promises data protection

Laptop-format thin client keeps data off the hard drive and safely in the datacentre 03 Apr 2008