Eighteen months after the release of Panther, Apple's Mac OS X 10.4, codenamed Tiger, is finally here, and it has been well worth the wait.

The iPod Nano has been refined, and its larger capacity and sleek styling makes it more appealing than ever.

Behind-the-scenes changes make a huge difference, even if the interface is inconsistent.

The ability to build a fully updatable, portable and offline personal web makes this a useful tool For home and Business users

ViaVoice Web is a voice recognition package designed especially for Internet users. It links into email programs, both Netscape and Microsoft Web browsers, chat programs and includes special Web oriented jargon to make it much easier to take voice recognition onto the Internet.

The world's most amazing multi-room audio system just got better with the addition of internet radio streaming and an iPhone app for controlling your music from anywhere in the house.

A fine, fully-featured, high-end desktop set which is decent value at $130.

The Ultimate Reference Suite is the latest digital edition of the Britannica. Consisting of three encyclopaedias, numerous dictionaries, thesauri, timelines and even an atlas, it's just as exhaustive as its predecessors, covering mountains of topics in impressive detail.

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

Modern photo management software that offers surprising power, especially considering it’s free.

The only problem with email is that it is difficult to sort through them or track down any important attachments. Creo believes it has the solution in Six Degrees which can track down attachments and emails quickly by building relationships.

WinFM is a neat little package dedicated to Internet radio, although that term is a little abstract, because theres no radio waves involved.

New effects enable richer design results, while a host of other improvements boost productivity.

At its very reasonable price, the Excalibur 9200 is ideal for anyone on a budget or in search of an upgrade.

With Internet Explorer’s security flaws and no way of securely erasing footprint files, the boost to privacy is minimal.

We've had a quick play with the new version - and we like what we see. Definitely one to stick in your PC toolkit for 2008.

The perfect blend of price and performance for the average home or small business user.

The book is entertaining. The game is not.

This is as bare as it gets with BitTorrent.

Encarta Premium Suite claims a base of 130,000+ articles, along with 25,300+ photos and illustrations and 1.8 million map locations. That's more than a bit of bedtime reading, although of course there are really only two reasons why people buy digital encyclopedias these days -- either they've got kids to educate, or they're after some verifiable and quotable facts for a research project. For almost anyone else, of course, there's Google.