Monthly Archives: September 2010

MagicJack – Is It Worth The Money?

Popular guest writer Rick Robinette loves to fiddle with the latest technology gadgets. In this guest post, Rick gives you his take on MagicJack – the good, and the bad. See what you think. MagicJack – A device that you … Continue reading

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Filed under Interconnectivity, Software, Telephone, USB, VOIP

Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – September 18, 2010

HDClone Free Edition -The Free Edition of HDClone is the ideal tool for moving or cloning contents of entire hard disks, and can be used with any operating system and any filesystem. Since HDClone has its own OS and is … Continue reading

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Software License Giveaways – Go Big Or Go Home

If you get the impression that this article is a bit of a rant – you’d be right. As a popular Blogger, I receive giveaway offers from software developers virtually everyday. You know the type – “Contest: We have 5/10 … Continue reading

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Filed under Bill's Rants, Contests, Giveaways, Personal Perspective, Point of View, Software Giveaways

Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – September 17, 2010

Top 10 Free Software Packages for Windows 7 – Looking to upgrade to Windows 7, but still trying to keep costs down? We’ve compiled the best free software packages you can use to make your users more productive while at … Continue reading

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Special: Download 5 Terrific Ashampoo Apps – No Charge

Ashampoo, a German software company noted for developing top quality, easy to use applications, periodically makes available free, current versions of their retail products. The last time I recall a similar offer from Ashampoo was a couple of years ago, … Continue reading

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Filed under 64 Bit Software, CD/DVD Tools, downloads, Drawing Software, Freeware, Giveaways, Multimedia Tools, Photo Tools, Productivity Software, Screen Capture Utilities, Software, Software Giveaways, System Utilities, Utilities, Windows 7, Windows Tips and Tools, Windows Vista, Windows XP

Immunet Protect 2 – A Leader In Community Driven Cloud Based Antimalware

The bad guys collude to make “bad” even “badder”. That’s a pretty strange way to construct a sentence, I’ll admit,  but here’s the message – cyber criminals are so organized, that they share information on both their successes and failures. … Continue reading

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Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – September 16, 2010

Comodo Antivirus 2011: Free Protection – The free Comodo Antivirus 2011, available now, focuses on keeping systems clean, but it can also manages to get rid of existing malware. Its Auto Sandbox feature prevents unknown programs from doing any harm … Continue reading

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Got ZBot (ZeusBot) Malware? Then Download BitDefender’s Free Special Removal Tool

Lately it seems, we’re seeing more and more specialty malware removal tools, each one specially designed to eliminate a specific malware threat. Or, in some cases, a specific class of malware. In fact, we’ve covered several of these tools in … Continue reading

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Filed under Anti-Malware Tools, BitDefender, cybercrime, downloads, Freeware, Geek Software and Tools, Malware Removal, Manual Malware Removal, Software, trojans, Utilities, Windows Tips and Tools

SMB Social Media Risk Index – Panda Security’s Surprising Findings

The success of the email delivered “Here you have” worm that clogged email systems on Thursday, despite the usual misspelling, grammatical, and punctuation errors, seemed to bewilder many in the security community. Frankly, I’m surprised that the community was surprised. … Continue reading

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Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – September 15, 2010

CNET: Windows Starter Kit – The Windows Starter Kit is a collection of some of the best and most essential freeware to get your new PC going. From browsers to productivity to utilities, we cover all the bases. Ten Tips … Continue reading

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