New Windows Vista-compatible software is said to extend the capabilities of viscometers and rheometers. Haake RheoWin 4 from Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., Waltham, Mass., has an improved operator interface that offers easy-to-use standard settings for beginning users. Typical measuring and evaluation routines can be chosen from a job library. A comprehensive list of predefined measuring and evaluation elements can be combined by “drag-and-drop” application to individual jobs. In addition, new measuring and evaluation functions in the software reportedly simplify existing routines and offer new experimental possibilities.