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Archive for December, 2007
CD/DVD/Blu-Ray Disc Burners
Dec 28th
As the name suggests, CD/DVD burning software are required to write (or burn) any type of data into recordable CDs and DVDs. Some of the burners mentioned here also provide support for Blu-Ray discs (marked as *). CDBurnerXP ~ Stephen Haglund****Available for: Windows Vista/2003 Server/XP/2000Home | Download.comStarBurn* ~ Rocket Division Software****Available for: Windows Vista/2003 Server/XP/2000/ME/98Home
Has Your Computer Got HIPS?
Dec 26th
Unless you have a humanoid robot running around your house, you will say a big NO to the above question, isn’t it? But I asked about “HIPS”, not “hips”!HIPS is a relatively new security concept that aims to provide you better protection than conventional security tools like antivirus and antispyware. HIPS – Host Intrusion Prevention
Parental Control Tools
Dec 26th
A parental control software is primarily used to block the access of harmful and unwanted websites on a computer. Such tools usually work under Stealth Mode in the background, and prevent the opening of unwanted websites. Newer operating systems like Windows Vista and Mac OSX Leopard (and Tiger) come inbuilt with their own parental controls,
Firefox Campus Edition
Dec 22nd
You may have heard that Mozilla has rolled out a new fork of it’s vastly popular Firefox browser – the Firefox Campus Edition – for quite sometime. Well, it is just Firefox with three inbuilt add-ons – FoxyTunes, StumbleUpon and Zotero.FoxyTunes*****A small and handy add-on to listen to your favorite music while surfing the web.
Firewall* FAQ
Dec 19th
If I ask you about the security tools that you use on your computer,>almost all of you will name some antivirus>most of you will name an antispyware>a very few will add a firewall to the list Firewalls, for long, have stayed very unpopular with most of the Internet users because they either supposedly ‘block everything’
Pop out the pop-ups
Dec 18th
Hmmm..what is a pop-up exactly?Pop-ups, or rather bad pop-ups, are easily one of the most annoying things that you can relate with computers. A pop-up is any small window that opens on your desktop, though the term mostly refers to the malicious and advertising pop-ups now-a-days. In fact you create pop-ups very often, i.e., when
Online Virus/Malware Scanners for Windows
Dec 17th
Online virus / malware scanners do a very good job of keeping your computer clean and safe for free, and with minimum download. Occasional online scanning can get rid of those malware that might have given your security a slip. All the free scanners mentioned below will scan and remove the infections from your computer.
PDF Tools
Dec 16th
PDF File ReadersAdobe Reader ~ Adobe Systems Inc.*****Available for: Windows Vista/2003 Server/XP/2000, Mac OSX, LinuxDownload: home page | FileHippo | Download.com FoxIt Reader ~ FoxIt Software****Available for: Windows Vista/2003 Server/XP/2000Download: home page | FileHippo | Download.com PDF-XChange Viewer ~ Tracker Software*****Available for: Windows Vista/2003 Server/XP/2000Download: home page PDF File CreatorsPrimoPDF ~ ActivePDF*****Available for: Windows Vista/2003
Web Browsers
Dec 15th
Firefox ~ Mozilla Foundation*****Available for: Windows Vista/2003 Server/XP/2000/ME/98, Mac OSX, LinuxDownload: home page Opera Browser ~ Opera*****Available for: Windows Vista/2003 Server/XP/2000/ME/98, Mac OSX, LinuxDownload: home page Internet Explorer 7* ~ Microsoft Corporation*****Available for: Windows Vista/2003 Server/XPDownload: home page Netscape Navigator ~ AOL-Netscape*****Available for: Windows Vista/2003 Server/XP/2000/ME/98, Mac OSX, LinuxDownload: home page Safari** ~ Apple Inc.****Available
Safe Web Surfing Tools
Dec 11th
SiteAdvisor ~ McAfee Group*****Available for: Internet Explorer 6 or higher, Mozilla Firefox 1.5 or higher, Netscape 9Supported OS: Windows Vista/XP SP1/XP SP2/2000 SP4, Linux, Mac OSXDownload: home page TrendProtect – TrendSecure****Available for: Internet Explorer 6 or higherSupported OS: Windows XP Home SP2/2000 SP 4/VistaDownload: home page Web Security Guard – Crawler***Available for: Internet Explorer 5.5
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