About a decade or so ago, youngsters thrilled to a TV cartoon series called ‘Transformers’, in which the Autobots, led by Optimus Prime, fought against the evil forces of the Decepticons, led by Megatron. The stories had a new lease of life earlier this year with the release of a ‘Transformers’ feature film.

Now comes ‘Personal Computing Tutor’ (PCT) (£24.99) – a CD-ROM-based e-learning programme which follows the ECDL syllabus – from Megatron Corporation Ltd.

Comment:  Unfortunately, there is no connection between Megatron the Transformer and the Megatron Corporation. Apparently, according to Megatron Corporation’s director, Amitabh Natekar, that was the name of the company when he and his colleagues bought it – and they haven’t thought to change it. But the thought of e-learning becoming a powerful weapon in the eternal fight between evil and good is appealing. It might even be quite near the truth sometimes…