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A while ago I received this email from a regular visitor: Question which should be of concern to many of your readers. As you know, Microsoft dumped support on w98 and others…which then caused ZoneAlarm to dump their support. Therefore, which free (preferable) firewall do you guys recommend for w98? Any thoughts?
RSS or blog feeds are becoming increasingly popular. Almost all of the major online email providers also have online feed readers. However, if you already use an email client (like Outlook Express), then you may not want to install more software in order to read the feeds. There are several services that will send the …
I’ve reviewed several Software602 software packages in the past, but nothing recently. They keep churning out new updates, and they have released a new version of Print2PDF: Print2PDF 6.0 was introduced on September 14, 2006. This new version features a completely redesigned conversion engine for increased performance, Microsoft Office 2007 file support, AutoCAD DWF file …
I received an email this week from Uniblue about their recent release of SpeedUpMyPC v3.0: You might want to tell your audience about the release of SpeedUpMyPC v3.0 which dramatically increases system efficiency and boosts launch applications. Version 3.0 is easy to use with single-click navigation and has several new clean-up features. You can take …
From NewsFactor: According to Spamhaus, more than 650 million Internet users — including those at the White House, the U.S. Army and the European Parliament — benefit from Spamhaus’ “blacklist” of spammers that helps identify which messages to block, send to a “junk” folder or accept. Losing the domain name would make it more difficult …
From BusinessWeek: Comparisons of Google to a freight train that defies the laws of physics are looking apt right about now. By all rights, such forces as a slowing economy and increased competition from new search engines and social networks should be dragging on the company’s growth. That’s what they’re doing to rival Yahoo!. But …
From Reuters: Soaring demand for games, video and music will stretch the Internet to its limits, Canada’s Nortel Networks Corp. says, and it expects service providers will make big investments in its technology to avoid a crunch. But the telecom equipment giant, still struggling to turn its fortunes round after the tech bubble burst, is …
From TechRepublic: The Macintosh may be the soul of Apple Computer, but the iPod is its wallet. Five years ago, the Silicon Valley icon reported quarterly revenues of $1.45 billion, down 22 percent. Profits were cut in half, and some wondered if Apple would forever suffer at the hands of low-cost PC competitors like Dell. …
From MSNBC: One in three people write down computer passwords, undermining their security, and companies should look to more advanced methods, including biometrics, to ensure their systems are safe, a new study shows. A study released Tuesday by global research firms Nucleus Research and KnowledgeStorm found companies’ attempts to tighten IT security by regularly changing …
From the BBC: More than one in eight adults in the US show signs of being addicted to the internet, a study has shown. “Addicts” showed signs of compulsive internet use, habitually checking e-mail, websites and chat rooms. More than 8% of the 2,513 respondents to the Stanford University phone survey said they hid their …