With Microsoft Outlook 2010, the mail client has caught up with the rest of the Office suite. eWEEK Labs' tests show some significant improvements, but also some room for confusion.

The Office 2010 beta includes extended web and mobile reach and a number of useful app enhancements. The next challenge is persuading organisations and individuals to upgrade

VMware Workstation 7 effectively virtualises Windows 7, Windows XP Mode and enterprise VMware platforms.

Novell's OpenSUSE 11.2 comes packaged with some of the best open-source software, while setting itself apart from Linux rivals with its focus on power users

Competition is hotting up in the Windows-on-Mac market with the the release of Parallels Desktop 5, which also now ships with tools for managing VM creation

For users wanting the Windows 7 experience on their Mac, VMware has released the third major revision of its Fusion virtual machine software

Not only does it virtualise Windows, and move all your software and files with the bundled cable and migration tools included, it teaches you Mac too

Among a number of feature upgrades, content producers will enjoy the ability to serve up podcasts and Wikis more easily with the server version of Apple's latest OS.

Acronis Backup and Recovery 10 is an inexpensive, robust backup solution, especially for disk to disk backup situations and bare metal recovery tasks

There are glitches, but we found the preview of Microsoft's Web version of Office works pretty well - and we went all-out to test it on non-Microsoft operating systems and browsers!