It is not especially difficult to find good software resources for reference. Either on-line, or through magazines, with the available media coverage on software you should be able to find something helpful.
First stop, PC Magazine. This is an up-to-date magazine and web-site, which as the name suggests covers PC issues. Software is included, with the latest news and reviews on the most recent software. Visit the site: http://www.pcmag.co.uk/ and you will see a good resource.
Cnet is a very good web-site with a range of the latest free software to download. As well as hardware coverage, the site gives a good amount of attention to software news and reviews. The software reviews are very good, with software divided into price range and manufacturer in addition to useful ratings.
Computer Active is a beginner orientated computer magazine. It seeks to break through the jargon and gives many glossaries behind technical terms. The magazine gives good attention to software, and especially making use of it with a number of software tutorials from spreadsheets to photo editors. A very practical software guide it is. It does have a web-site, but this is limited with no software coverage.
PC Pro is one of the big daddy computer magazines. It might be a little more daunting to the novice, but it is bigger than Computer Active and provides a greater amount of software coverage. It focuses more on reviewing software titles, and its web-site has a most useful database of the magazine reviews, which can be viewed for free! Visit http://www.pcpro.co.uk/html/su bscriptions/index.html to view the site.
If you are just looking for software reviews, then Top Ten Reviews might just be for you. This site is more unique from the aforementioned, because it seeks to not only review the software but also rank the software categories into top ten lists for each. And thus, actually telling you which is the best reviewed on the site. The reviews are comprehensive and there are gold, silver and bronze awards for the top 3 reviewed products in each category. Visit http://www.toptenreviews.com/ for more.
The other tip, you could just pay a visit to software company web-sites to find out their latest offerings. Of course, these will be biased but I have no doubt that a few computer users will find http://www.microsoft.com/en/us /default.aspx a useful OS software resource for the latest news on their products as well as software updates.
So really, finding the latest on software is not too difficult. Using the Web over magazines will save you a few pounds, and can be at least is just as good. Still, if you do not possess a connection then take a look for PC Magazine, PC Pro and Computer Active magazines for the latest on software and software developments.
