Monthly Archives: September 2009
PandaLabs Says The U.S. Is Not #1 – in PC Infections
The U.S. likes to be number one in everything – it’s just the American way. But, according to PandaLabs, the U.S. is going to have to settle for 9th place overall when it comes to malware infected computers. This is … Continue reading
Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – September 30, 2009
Can You Hear Me Now? iPod Volume Restrictions On The Way – iPods in Europe are about to get a lot more quiet? Regulators have released a new set of standards governing how loud portable music players can go, and … Continue reading
Filed under Internet Security Alerts, Tech Net News
Stay in Control With Free Auslogics Task Manager
Running on Windows 7 has loads of benefits over running on Windows XP Pro, including an improvement in the Windows Task Manager tool, which finally shows “running processes”. But Windows Task Manager still remains a bit of a tease. Sure … Continue reading
Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – September 29, 2009
Lifehacker: Turn Your Windows 7 PC Into a Wireless Hotspot – Everybody’s got a wireless network at home, but if you’ve ever wanted to get your iPod touch, iPhone, or other wireless device connected, but all you’ve got is a … Continue reading
Filed under Internet Security Alerts, Tech Net News
Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – September 28, 2009
Code breakthrough delivers safer computing – Computer researchers at UNSW and NICTA have achieved a breakthrough in software which will deliver significant increases in security and reliability and has the potential to be a major commercialisation success. Malware torrent delivered … Continue reading
Filed under Internet Security Alerts, Tech Net News
Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware – The Best Free Security Application?
When a free application is downloaded over 45,000 times from your site, like Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware has been at my site, you just have to know this application is a winner. The free version of this speed demon (it’s faster at … Continue reading
Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – September 27, 2009
AT&T calls Google a hypocrite on Net neutrality – AT&T is accusing Google of being a hypocrite when it comes to Net neutrality because it blocks certain phone calls on its Google Voice service. Ants vs. worms: New computer security … Continue reading
Filed under Internet Security Alerts, Tech Net News
Prey – A Free Stolen Laptop Recovery Solution
You’ll never lose your Laptop computer, and you take particular care to ensure it won’t be stolen, right? Of course you do. But does loss, or theft, of laptops happen? You bet. Recent survey results from the Ponemon Institute, indicate … Continue reading
Filed under downloads, Freeware, Interconnectivity, Laptop recovery, Open Source, Software, Windows Tips and Tools
Hard Drive Tools For Easy Diagnosing and Maintenance
Arguably, the Hard Drive is the most important element in a personal computer since it holds, in many cases, an accumulation of information that is of real and perhaps irreplaceable value: documents, digital photos, email messages, personal and business related … Continue reading
