It may be costly, but if you need accurate OCR for mass document digitisation, this package fits the bill admirably.

A simple package whose two detection engines ensure great malware detection, but it fails to inspire in other areas.

Ableton’s flair for innovation shows no sign of diminishing. This is the best version of Live yet.

A powerful and capable suite with some excellent features, although it isn’t the easiest to use, nor the cheapest around.

A convenient all-in-one media package, but many of the applications can be had for nothing elsewhere

An improvement on last year’s package, but sadly still flawed.

Breathtakingly lightweight, but detection rates could be better.

A suite with some nice features but slow startup times made us disappointed with ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite 2009

Excellent business features, let down by poor performance.

The new interface plus PDF and AIR export sees Fireworks CS4 fully integrated into the Creative Suite.

A shift of focus to advanced CSS and JavaScript handling, but Dreamweaver is beginning to look old-fashioned

Advanced long document functionality and screen-based publishing via Flash contribute to another Quark-bashing.

Still heavy going, but a raft of improvements means it’s the most comprehensive drawing package on the market.

An excellent release that reworks Photoshop’s core colour-correction capabilities, making them even more powerful

It’s easy to believe that registry cleaners fall into the category of “computer voodoo”. You expect to perform a few ritualistic gestures and gain a faster, less problematic computer.

With Flash media handling and integration with Acrobat.com the Acrobat platform embraces the Internet – at last

Clean, clear and light on its feet, but with few extras.

Improved handling of templates, tracing, text and layers along with new table support, but ultimately X4 disappoints

A quantum leap in usability over the previous version, although malware protection could still be better

Is it worth paying for the full version of AVG Internet Security?