Sage One Payroll is the developer's first completely cloud-based service, rather than a traditional software package that you install locally.

Office 2013 goes Metro, syncs to the cloud and adds useful new features; will the Metrification of Office be as controversial as the ribbon?

Create attractive auction listings easily

A 'lite' version of the popular auction helping software

Mobile spreadsheets can be useful and pretty…

How can a piece of software be so powerful yet so limited?

Trading site eToro makes the money markets more fun

An inexpensive way to create professional-quality business cards at home

iFinance can do anything with money – except make it for you

This package attempts to cross the divide between online storage and collaboration

If you have multiple clients and projects, TimeCache can ensure your billing is accurate

The cost-effective way to manage your bulk email needs...

The software for small businesses that takes the pain out of accounting

Take the sting out of building a website with idiot-proof e-commerce creation tools

Consign paperwork to your hard drive with optical character recognition software

It's the main reason for buying iWork, but has it been resting on its laurels?

Work with others on your iWork documents, no matter what computer or software they own

iWork's youngest member looks good, but it has a little way to go before it matches Excel

A free office option with some high end features

Are the days of 'owning' software over? Microsoft launches a new way to use Microsoft Office

It's powerful, it's free, but is it as good as Microsoft Office?

It's almost as good as Office, but it's still not the best option

A financial application that saves time or just costs a pretty penny?

With PDF becoming near-ubiquitous, demand is steadily increasing for applications that can edit the format, rather than just read it. Adobe's heavyweight Acrobat is often the application of choice, but with even the cheapest version costing nearly £300, affordable alternatives are welcome.

The old adage that you get what you pay for doesn’t always apply to the software market, where the overpriced and the totally free often go head-to-head. OpenOffice.org won’t cost you a penny, yet it’s a full-featured office suite that aims to be taken seriously by big corporate users as much as by budget-conscious individuals.