No matter how hard you try, BitLocker just won't work. The help is useless and Google doesn't help. For students, this is how to tighten up your laptop.

After months of silent deliberation, endless research, multiple considerations and more coffee than you can imagine, I have in my hand the ultimate device for students. Something for Christmas, maybe?

A quick close-up look at the Office Web Applications which are set to be released along with Office 14, extending the office suite into an advanced version of Office Live Workspaces.

A screenshot walkthrough of the powerful Enterprise 2.0 application, Egnyte, which enables more economical storage at a cheaper price to hardware on-site alternatives.

A quick look over the new features of a pre-release Windows Live Messenger 9, how students can use the features to their advantage, and how we'll benefit from it. Thanks for the support of LiveSide, the legends that they are.

These newly released applications will make journal authoring and article licensing easier for those who work or study in higher education. This gallery will show you the two new tools from Microsoft Research; what they do and what you can do with them.

The Fiji update to Windows Media Center, destined to be part of Windows 7 with a more than likely chance. These screenshots reveal very little about Fiji, because there's very little to report on. As far as I can see, it's exactly the same as it was in Vista.

A screenshot gallery of the better points of Vista. Not only features, but security implementation, computer management and all-round goodness the world seems to forget.

Showing you some of the gadgets college and university students really shouldn't live without.

Ordinarily I'd show this in expressive dance, however, as this is not the time nor the place, here is a selection of pictures of the lighter, more humourous side of Bill Gates.