Digiarty is currently running a ‘Spring’ promotion which includes a giveaway of its very good WinX DVD Copy Pro software. WinX DVD Copy Pro would normally sell for $49.95us but is available free for everyone right now… offer expires after 50,000 copies or 10th April, […]
Among the many bulletins, RSS feeds, and newsletters I regularly peruse to help keep up with all things internet, is a newsletter called ‘Naked Security’ which is produced by the Sophos Security Company. The Naked Security newsletter recently featured an article which includes “10 top
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Digiarty is currently running a Spring Break promotion which includes a giveaway of its MacX Mobile Video Converter (for Mac). This software would normally sell for $49.95us but is available free for everyone right now. **NOTE: This giveaway is limited to 40,000 copies or until
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Google’s “Newspaper Archive” is the result of an ambitious yet ultimately incomplete project which kicked off in 2008 following Google’s acquisition of PaperRecord.com – the project was abandoned several years ago. However, with more than 2000 newspapers already archived from all over the World, there
Remote access software allows users to work on another computer from a remote location and can be a real boon for those of us who are locked into helping out friends and family with their computer problems. I am a long time TeamViewer fan but,
For those who may be unaware; Google Glass is a wearable computer with an optical head mounted display. As the name suggests, worn just like a pair of glasses… Google Glass is still very much in the development stage so has not yet been made
I’ve recently installed three new add-ons (new to me anyway) in my Firefox browser which are specifically designed to help with security and or privacy. I haven’t been using these add-ons long enough to form a definitive opinion yet, but I thought many of you
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As promised in an earlier article: here is our list of the best free portable applications. I have sorted them into categories for your convenience, although, not in any order of preference. Considering our main emphasis here is on avoiding crapware, these are all reputable
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I am not a huge fan of joke emails, those supposedly humorous anecdotes which are interminably doing the rounds. However, I received a couple just recently which really tickled my fancy, I actually chuckled… which is a pretty rare event indeed for this cranky old
Intrepid security investigator Brian Krebs has reported that sources close to the Target investigation have discovered… “exposed credit card and personal data on more than 110 million consumers appears to have begun with a malware-laced email phishing attack sent to employees at an HVAC firm
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Last week we published several articles dealing with the additional crapware which so often accompanies software installations, including a review of the freeware Unchecky. Following a couple of comments from our readers, I thought this was a topic which could certainly be expanded upon. DCT
Do you utilize ad blocking software? What follows is my take on the possible consequences of this expanding practice and how it might all eventually impact on the web’s fundamental infrastructure. Agree or disagree? Either way, have your say via the comments. The internet is
Microsoft is offering a free ebook available to download via its MSDN blog. The ebook, called “Security and Privacy for Microsoft Office 2010 Users”, is a comprehensive guide to all security related aspects of the Office suite and can be downloaded in PDF, Mobi, and
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