Adobe CS4 - sink your teeth into our massive review guide
Our massive guide to Adobe's huge overhaul of the Creative Suite, including reviews of Photoshop CS4, Illustrator, InDesign and Dreamweaver.
Adobe CS4 Design Standard / Premium
Adobe builds on its print strengths to take its rich design mission online. And it has made a success of it, too.
Adobe CS4 Web Standard / Premium
A period of transition as Adobe deals with its Macromedia inheritance and the changing nature of the web.
Adobe Dreamweaver CS4
A shift of focus to advanced CSS and JavaScript handling, but Dreamweaver is beginning to look old-fashioned
Adobe Fireworks CS4
The new interface plus PDF and AIR export sees Fireworks CS4 fully integrated into the Creative Suite.
Adobe Flash CS4 Professional
A new focus on animation, better video support and deeper integration, but not the core authoring package it once was.
Adobe Illustrator CS4
Still heavy going, but a raft of improvements means it’s the most comprehensive drawing package on the market.
Adobe InDesign CS4
Advanced long document functionality and screen-based publishing via Flash contribute to another Quark-bashing.
Adobe Master Collection
Adobe significantly strengthens its print, web and production workflows – and the integration between them
Adobe Photoshop CS4
An excellent release that reworks Photoshop’s core colour-correction capabilities, making them even more powerful
Billion BiPAC 7402NX, it's fast and there's no downtime
Fast, full of features and with mobile broadband support, but just a little too expensive
Buffalo Drive Station Combo 4
Quick, packed with interfaces, but just a little too expensive.
Buffalo Ministation Pro
Strong on data security measures, this drive is a stand-out.
Dell Precision Workstation M6400
If you don’t care about weight, this is what a laptop should be
External hard disks - 15 rated and reviewed
Is your PC’s hard disk getting cramped? Invest in an external hard disk and never again worry about running out of room.
Far Cry 2 the review - unflinchingly brutal
Far Cry 2 is an ugly game, simply because it all too accurately portrays a modern world conflict in a war-torn African nation.
Freecom Mobile Drive XXS
Light on features, but it’s tiny and ferociously quick.
Freecom Toughdrive
Rugged and durable, but overall it’s a bit pricey
Garmin Nuvi 265W, clean navigating
Garmin’s Nuvi 265W offers a clean navigating experience with a host of useful features and suffers only a handful of small issues.
Gorge yourself on 1TB of storage "Caviar"
A great desktop drive but you can get this capacity and similar performance for less
Intel Core i7
Intel’s new range of desktop processors has been a long time coming, but at last it’s arrived - and it leaves all others in the dust
Iomega eGo
Stylish, quick and cheap but not Particularly small.
Iomega Prestige Desktop Hard Drive
Thin, but short on features and not particularly cheap either.
LaCie Hard Disk
It may lack eSATA, but this is a fast and cheap terabyte drive.
LaCie Little Disk
Clean lines undermined by poor performance and a high price.
Maxtor OneTouch 4 Plus
Quick, cheap and light: the best 3.5in drive in the group.
Seagate FreeAgent Go
Great design, but average performance lets it down.
Seagate FreeAgent XTreme
Stylish and versatile, its only drawback is the mammoth price
Sony VAIO VGN - Z17GN/B, it's pure class
Sony’s Z-Series is an ultraportable to aspire to, even if there are a couple of areas where it could improve.
The Investigator: is your ISP ignoring you?
This Investigator reports how one man spent six weeks fighting "tooth and nail" with People Telecom over a contract he claimed was extended by 12 months without his permission.
Transcend StoreJet Portable
Tough, quick and a good choice if you need a little extra protection.
Trend Micro Internet Security 2009
A well-featured package with some unusual tricks that falls just short of a first-rate performance.
Verbatim External Hard Disk
Relatively quick and cheap, but not quite up there with the best
Western Digital My Book Home Edition
Western Digital MyBook Home Edition
Western Digital My Passport Elite
Fine performance and features make this a worthy winner.