Microsoft pulls off an extraordinary feat reinventing desktop application design, but it's only the taste of things to come regarding the web.

For years now there has been talk of Microsoft’s determination to move into the design software territory normally associated with Adobe. Now, with the launch of the Expression Studio suite, the talk is over – so how does it shape up?

VERDICT: Bizarrely antiquated and underpowered creative asset management.

To give a general boost to its professional design credentials and in particular to its Expression Studio suite, Microsoft decided that it needed an application for managing media assets and so bought up iView MediaPro 3...

Tom Arah weighs up whether Microsoft’s new HD Photo format is good news or bad.

You might think that Microsoft’s recent announcement of its new continuous tone bitmap format, Windows Media Photo – since renamed HD Photo - would be greeted with universal acclaim...

Tom Arah investigates the use of the web as a free online photo source.

It's a common question : how do you find images for your creative projects – for free. And at first sight the answer might seem obvious...