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  • Free Tool for Tightening Your Computer Security

    which can be used to protect, clean, maintain your Windows computer. In today’s Internet world, everyone is vulnerable to infiltration and the most secure sites can have hidden dangers. Communication with friends, share photos, download songs, view videos, and shopping is now easier. However, it is also easier for the thieves to install malware that secretly run itself on your PC. You can be a victim of malware simply by visiting one site. Once the malware installed, actions and your personal data will be revealed.

    Secunia Personal Software Inspector
    This is probably the most useful free applications and important that you should install on your computer. You can use it to scan all the installed applications on the PC to determine which programs are not updated or patched. This tool by examining files on your computer (primarily. Exe,. Dll, and. Ocx). This file contains information that is provided by software vendors. This is the same for all users and comes from a program installed on your computer instead of the configu-ration them. After checking all the fi le, the data collected is sent to Secunia servers and matched against the Secunia File Signatures engine (https: / / psi.secunia.com /) to determine the actual application installed on your system. That information is then used to give a report on the security update that does not exist on your computer. Secunia PSI can also be used to mark the dangerous software / usage and find out the download links to missing security updates. Secunia PSI can detect more than 4700 applications.

    OpenDNS
    OpenDNS is a service that you should use to speed up Web surfing, typing errors fix domain name quickly, and protect yourself from the dangers of phishing. All you do is change your DNS settings to the OpenDNS servers: 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220. OpenDNS also offers parental controls keyboard shortcuts, and other fi tour to help provide a safe browsing and reliable.

    Haute Secure
    Haute is a browser plug-in for Microsoft Internet Explorer is a real-time blocking of downloads done by malware. These tools include algorithms ProFI ling into the browser to identify and intercept suspicious fi le in real-time.

    LinkScanner Lite
    Exploit Prevention Labs’ LinkScanner Lite supports IE and Firefox. This tool is integrated with a search engine for you warn of the possibility of a threat in the search results, including exploitation, phishing, and dihacked page.

    GMER anti-rootkit
    Rootkit-scanning tool built by Polish experts Windows is widely recognized as one of the best in finding hidden rootkits on your PC. GMER can find hidden processes hidden services hidden, hidden files, hidden registry keys, hidden drivers, and all kinds of driver hooking. It can also serve as a process explorer to monitor the manufacturing process, the loading of drivers and libraries, the functions fi and registry entries. Besides GMER, there are also anti-rootkit scanner free options, such as DarkSpy AntiRootkit, TrenMicro Rootkit Buster and McAfee’s Rootkit Detective.

    Netcraft Toolbar
    Driven by the online community, Netcraft Toolbar called “big siskamling” that helps you find phishing and other identity theft. He gives a direct glimpse into the hosting location and Risk Rating of each site you visit. Netcraft Toolbar can also suspicious URLs and forcing the display of the browser navigation controls at the time the pop-up window trying to hide them.

    File Shredder
    File Shredder is a privacy tool that you must have. This tool can wipe out all the documents that can not be restored. With File Shredder, you can choose the algorithm used shredder to delete files forever.

    CCleaner
    Optimization and privacy tool removes fi le is not used by your system, speed up Windows and free up space on your hard disk. In addition, CCleaner to delete temporary files, historical URL, and cookies from IE Firefox, and Opera. You can also use it to delete temp fi le and fi le list of recently used for all third-party applications found in your PC.

    PC Decrapifi er
    Er delete Decrapifi PC that comes when Crapware prainstalasi. This program will not delete Crapware from the old computer, but suitable for a new computer that comes with trialware. There is a list of products that will be found and removed, including QuickBooks Trial, NetZero Installer, Earthlink Setup Files, Google Desktop, and applications of various antivirus trialware.

    NoScript for Firefox
    This Firefox extension to block suspicious script, and only allows JavaScript, Java, and other materials from sites you trust. NoScript for Firefox also allows you to block Flash and other plug-ins.

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  • Magic Mouse Drivers for Windows Magically Appear

    Apple unveiled its Mighty Mouse replacement, the Magic Mouse, last month alongside new versions of the iMac, Mac mini and entry-level Macbook. The mouse was well-received, perhaps due in part to the disappointment most felt about its predecessor. Better tracking and touch gestures combined to deliver a much better experience overall.

    But only for Mac users, since unlike the Mighty Mouse before it, the Magic Mouse didn’t ship with any Windows support, so brand traitors were simply out of luck. Now, a Windows driver for the Magic Mouse has surfaced, so the PC faithful can see what all the buzz is about.

    The software release isn’t an official one, so proceed at your own risk. What happened was that someone, via a nice little bit of technical conjuring, freed a 32-bit and 64-bit version of the Magic Mouse driver from Apple’s recent Boot Camp update using an unrar tool. So it’s software, just not officially released software.

    The source of the drivers hopefully indicates that Apple is planning on officially releasing support for the the Magic Mouse’s multitouch features somewhere in the near future, so if you’re at all wary about trying these hacked versions out, you may not have long to wait. After all, Windows still accounts for 96 percent of the computing market share, so Apple is foregoing a lot of potential revenue in not offering PC support.

    You can grab the drivers from Uneasy Silence, but the link for the 64-bit version is broken as of this writing. The 32-bit version downloads fine, though, as a Windows executable. I haven’t yet had a chance to try this out with my Magic Mouse, but if you have, let us know how it worked out in the comments.

  • IBUYPOWER announces Chimera 2 to celebrate 10 years of bling

    SideIBUYPOWER computers aren’t exactly known for being subtle, but it’s worked for them for 10 years and they are still going strong. To celebrate their anniversary, IBUYPOWER is re-releasing the Chimera 2 with all new hardware and a pretty impressive new paint job.

    Instead of getting gifts on their birthday this year, IBUYPOWER is giving them. In fact, IBUYPOWER is giving away one of these new Chimera 2 systems in a Facebook and Twitter giveaway.

    The real story is the Chimera 2 though, with its custom paint job, and your choice of whichever configuration you want. IBUYPOWER carries the latest in Intel i7 and Core i5 systems, as well as AMDs new Phenom II processors.

    Pricing on the Chimera 2 starts at $999 and goes up depending on how fast you want to spend.


  • Modern Warfare 2 sells almost 5M copies on launch day

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    We all knew that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 was destined to smash industry sales records, but the pace at which the game is reported to be selling is absolutely shocking. By Activision’s own internal estimate, the first 24 hours of availability in the US, Canada and UK saw 4.7 million copies sold and generated approximately $310 million of revenue. As for the rest of the world, a good estimate is proving itself rather hard to come by, but Joystiq believes we’re looking at another 2.7m copies on the first day. Yes indeed, it looks as if Activision CEO Bobby Kotick will indeed be getting that mega yacht for Christmas.

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  • PC Version Modern Warfare 2 System Requirement

    pc-version-mw2Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 (Windows 95/98/ME/2000 are unsupported)

    Processor: Intel Pentium 4 3.2 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 3200+ processor or better supported

    Memory: 1 GB RAM

    Graphics: 256 MB NVIDIA GeForce 6600GT or better or ATI Radeon 1600XT or better

    DirectX®: Microsoft DirectX(R) 9.0c

    Hard Drive: 12GB of free hard drive space

    Sound: 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card

    Internet: Broadband connection and service required for Multiplayer Connectivity. Internet Connection required for activation.

    Co-op/Multiplayer Hosting: To host Co-op or MP matches, a 2Ghz dual-core or better processor is recommended.

    The main advantage of PC games is that the hardware can be upgraded when required. People don’t need to depend on the fixed hardware as in the case of console.

  • Psystar Still At It, This Time With Software

    rebel_efiApparently not content with just selling cloned Mac hardware in the form of PCs built out of components that are OS X friendly, Psystar, that perennial legal foe of Apple, has now released a software program, too. The program, dubbed Rebel EFI, perhaps in an effort to stir the patriotic hearts of American and Star Wars fans alike, “allows for the easy installation of multiple operating systems on a single system.”

    Despite the odd syntactical choice made by Psystar’s copy editor, the ramifications are clear: you should, in theory, be able to install Mac OS X on any old PC hardware. Not only that, but Rebel EFI also reportedly scans your system for compatible hardware and downloads all the appropriate drivers where they are available.

    Of course, Psystar is in the business of making money (though sometimes I wonder how it thinks that’s possible when tangling with Apple in court), so Rebel EFI isn’t free. It’ll cost you $49.99 to get the full version, which ships as a direct download.

    You don’t have to dive in blind, though. Anyone can download and use Rebel, but the trial version limits some hardware features and only works for two hours. To prevent piracy, you see, or the unlicensed use of Psystar’s software. Yes, the irony is delicious.

    Psystar bundles the Rebel EFI with the Darwin Universal Boot Loader, or DUBL, which allows for users to install multiple operating systems on the same computer on different drives. It supports up to six, so you could have OS X, Windows, and any number of Linux builds all running on the same machine, for example.

    Rebel also uses the same “Safe Update” method Psystar includes on its pre-modded hardware, which automatically screens updates from Apple and lets you know if they’re safe to install. The same tool also checks with Psystar’s servers to make sure all your hardware is using optimal drivers.

    Finally, Psystar has even introduced a new “home certification program.” The program encourages users of the Rebel EFI software to send in hardware components that aren’t fully compatible with the tool, so that the clone-maker’s engineers can correct the problem for all users affected. To me, sending your own hardware components in to a company with a questionable track record which could, theoretically, close its doors any day doesn’t seem like the wisest course of action, but to each his own.

    If anyone is planning on purchasing the Rebel EFI, or even just downloading and trying out the demo ISO, we’d welcome an account of your trials and tribulations in the comments.


    Growing mobile data use turned up heat on carriers in Q3. Read the, “Mobile Q3 Wrap-up.”

  • New “Get a Mac” Ads Target Windows 7

    get_a_macMicrosoft may have only just launched Windows 7, but Apple isn’t sitting back and letting Redmond enjoy its time in the spotlight. Instead, last night it revealed three new ads in the popular “Get a Mac” series featuring John Hodgman and Justin Long, all of which go after Windows 7 by name.

    The three ads, “Broken Promises,” “Teeter Tottering,” and “PC News” all have a slightly different take on what’s wrong with Windows, but they all manage to find fault. And they all do so without actually citing anything concrete about Windows 7, which really hasn’t been around long enough to generate the kind of widespread complaints that plagued Vista.

    PC News

    It’s the Windows 7 release news coverage, except the excited masses aren’t on board with Microsoft. They’re taking advantage of the call to upgrade to Macs instead. The theory being, if MS is saying “All right everybody, ditch Vista!” they might as well switch to an OS they know for a fact actually is user-friendly. Not the best of the bunch, and the logic behind it is kind of a stretch.

    Teeter Tottering

    Sort of like a single case study of one PC user from the first ad, this one follows an XP user getting ready to switch. To Mac, not Windows 7, despite PC’s repeated overtures to try to get her to stay. What’s great about this commercial is that Justin Long as Mac never says a word, and instead the only debating that goes on occurs between the PC user and Hodgman, so the customer ends up convincing themselves. Hence, the real benefits of Mac are self-evident.

    Broken Promises

    Only the basic Mac/PC duo are featured in this third new ad, unless you count the inclusion of their former selves from years gone by. This is my personal favorite of the bunch. It uses fictional remembered exchanges between Mac and PC over the years as each iteration of Windows was released, all the way back to Windows 2. A nice visual touch on the part of Apple’s advertising team is the way Apple’s outfit changes only minimally from clip to clip, while PC seems to be a slave to the fashion trends of the time. It paints PC as dated and Mac as timeless.

    PC users probably haven’t even had a chance to become disillusioned with Windows 7 yet, but Apple is doing the smart thing by not letting them get the chance. These ads say it all: If Microsoft’s laid the groundwork for an upgrade mentality, best to swoop in and grab a few switchers while the getting’s good.


    Growing mobile data use turned up heat on carriers in Q3. Read the, “Mobile Q3 Wrap-up.”