Thanks to Windows Mobile, Pocket PCs can have good quality games that you don't necessarily find on mobile phones or Palm, some of them almost equal to the desktop PC version. Furthermore you'll find games developers have produced a good deal of games over the years.

Keeping the new Pocket PC user in mind, I decided to draw up a list of what seems to me to be the top ten games you should have on your Pocket PC:

• Worms World Party - Because nothing beats a good game of Worms.
• Age of Empires Gold - 16 civilizations, 8 campaigns and 24 scenarios, for those of you thirsty for world domination.
• Lemmings - Bring the little creatures to safety in all sorts of wacky levels.
• Valentin Iliescu Chess - An advanced chess game with six difficulty levels.
• Pool Rebel - Realistic pool with five different game modes and loads of players.
• PocketMan - The classic Pac Man in a modern interface.
• Bejeweled - Great game play and impressive graphics.
• Dig Dug - Dig tunnels to find your enemies, then inflate and pop them.
• Myst - An immersive logic and mystery filled game.
• Master Kick - Because you need a good football game, try out this foosball version.

The demos of both Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 and FIFA 11 are both released today. This means we get to fight all over again over which is the best soccer sim on the planet. Last year's match-up proved to be a bit of a non-event given that the improvements made to FIFA 10 pushed it so clearly ahead of the floundering PES 2010.

Thankfully, console football's biggest rivalry has just got interesting again. The new version of Pro Evolution Soccer is a marked improvement over the last attempt. EA has a few tricks of its own though, and FIFA 11 is more polished than it’s ever been. Here are my thoughts so far, having played both demos.

Gameplay

Pro Evolution Soccer 2011

I’d have to say that the gameplay refinements are much more noticeable in the leap from PES 2010 to PES 2011 than they are between FIFAs 10 and 11. This is almost certainly because Pro Evolution had way more to fix, of course.Pro Evo 2011 feels almost like an entirely new game, when compared with the last version. The sluggishness, over-automation, and general lack of control that blighted the last version have been more or less eradicated by the overhauled game engine in PES 2011.

Passing has been tweaked to allow you to measure balls more precisely. A power meter now appears when passing that lets you move the ball around with pinpoint accuracy, rather than the old way where the ball seemed to get magnetized to the nearest player’s foot.

PES 2011 now gives you more control over your defense. Gone is the horrible AI whereby defenders would all automatically hone in on an attacker (even the ones you weren’t controlling). The intelligent new system now allows you to decide exactly when to bring the defense up, when to apply pressure and when to hang back.

Pulling off tricks is now a much finer art in Pro Evolution 2011. There are lots of new flicks, tricks and special moves to try out. The best thing is, you can assign these yourself to certain button combos, so you’ve got your favorite ones ready at any time.

The gameplay in Pro Evo could still be better. For example, the AI of the computer opponent is still frustratingly predictable. This means that it becomes very easy to beat once you’ve played a few games.

FIFA 11

The new gameplay features in FIFA are more subtle than they are in Pro Evo, but they really help to add polish and class to the game.

Perhaps the two biggest innovations are Personality+ and 360-degree jostling. Personality+ is a system whereby players move and behave as they do in real life. This means, for example, that the ball will stick to Lionel Messi’s foot like glue, Wayne Rooney will run around like a chicken after loose balls, and Didier Drogba will score lots and lots of goals.

The new 360-degree jostling makes defending more realistic. A player is now able to hold off an opposing player by backing into him and swivelling around to try to gain space to move away with the ball or pick out a pass.

Handballs can be switched on in FIFA 11, adding a new element of excitement to the game. It seems that you can’t handle the ball on purpose, but occasionally a defender will automatically stick out his hand to stop a shot or a pass. This can be frustrating at times, but, of course, it could sometimes save your skin.Another interesting innovation in FIFA 11 is the ability to control the goalkeeper, which adds a new dimension into the gameplay. In general, keeper AI has been improved to make them more fallible and to give them characteristics of their real life equivalents.

One of the changes we didn’t like is the new penalty kick system, which is based around a power-bar. This feels very clunky and unresponsive and spoils what was a perfectly good system before.

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BlackBerry: If you ever wished you were around when the industrial revolution kicked off, then Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon will give you the chance to revisit history. This BlackBerry version of the popular PC-based Railroad Tycoon game allows you to build your very own transportation empire. Your aim is to master supply and demand and use your tactical know-how to expand your rail network.

Mac: There aren't half as many video conversion tools available for Mac as there are for Windows, so when one comes along which is quick, easy to use and most importantly, completely free, you take note. Evom ticks all of the above boxes and will even upload your conversions directly to YouTube. Everything is clearly presented, it handles all major formats and using Evom is a breeze.

I've never been a dab hand with a paintbrush - I had more fun flicking paint at kids in my class than being the next Picasso. For people like me, there's only one thing for it and that's to either kick me out of the classroom or give me a sketching application on the PC. There are so many sketch applications nowadays that it's hard to know where to start, especially with an increasing number of online applications on offer. However, there are definite differences in the amount of options and control that some offline apps give you over others. One very common use for sketch apps is to turn your photos into sketches which you can then modify as Elena illustrates here. Your choice of sketch app will be largely influenced by how experienced you are with sketch applications because while some are designed for professionals, others are designed for those that don't know their palette from their paintbrush. Here's a selection of five of the best downloadable options:

Artweaver - Use this excellent program to create sketch versions of your photos

FotoSketcher - Fool your friends into thinking you've sketched paintings and photos

Sketch Master - Use effects ranging from crayon and pen to charcoal and airbrush Intocartoon Professional - Convert photos into sketch style cartoon style drawing in seconds

AKVIS Sketch Plugin - Professional plugin for Photoshop to produce stunning sketch effects