Sequel to 'The Longest Journey' takes adventure gaming into the new frontier.

If you are serious about converting paper documents to editable text then this is the way to go. A decade ago it would have cost close to $50,000 for a system that allowed you to rapidly scan multiple paper documents into editable, searchable and archivable electronic documents. Today it can be done for less than $1300 and the cost of a scanner with an automatic document feeder.

Creative has enjoyed a long reign as the driving force in consumer-grade PC audio for the better part of a decade.

The Creative Sound Blaster Live! Platinum 5.1 is the latest sound card from Creative Labs, the company that has dominated the consumer-level computer audio card market for most of the last decade.

For the best part of a decade PC sound boffins have been trying to convince us that we need to hook our desktops up to surround speakers to make the most of games and PC video.

Surround-sound support and mastering-quality plug-ins mean Sound Forge is better than ever.

Surround-sound support and mastering-quality plug-ins mean Sound Forge is better than ever.

An impressive paperback replacement with a remarkable display: it’s only let down by the unintuitive software.

Excellent features and performance, but it’s pricey and you need a suitably powerful PC to make the most of it.

Turn based strategy gaming for the thinker, with long term playability.

A classy compact, but with a high price and some image problems

The best compact Sony yet, with bags of features squeezed into a very stylish package.

With its improved interface, colour handling, image adjustments and brush-based artistic creativity, DrawPlus moves onto a new level.

We road tested the futuristic Azentek SmartMirror and got the feeling that it could be the next big GPS must-have or the next big safety hazard.

The original performance laptops now come with enough graphical might to challenge current performance desktops.

Sometimes it’s best to deliver bad news straight up – Pariah is a really mediocre first person shooter.

Valve may have missed the point of episodic gaming, but this is one of the best value gaming packs ever released

Simple classic fun with a healthy dose of nostalgia for good measure.

Is the mighty Quake franchise becoming tired and repetitive? Or is this the best one yet?