Software

Are all needed? Out of the Pro list, all I have are; SpywareBlaster, CCleaner, Spybot S&D, Windows Defender, HijackThis and Firefox.

Everyone please go an check this out this is awesome heres the link to sign up for invite to their beta http://www.pogobrowser.com/beta.php I already signed up this thing looks great. HERE IS MORE INFO ON THIS, AT&T and Vizible have partnered to create Pogo, an exciting new product that represents a leap forward in the Internet browsing experience! Pogo's visual nature evolves the browsing experience from a text-centric interface to one that is highly visual, and therefore more intuitive, in line with the way people think and use the Internet. Pogo extends and enhances the existing browser feature set - browsing, search, history and bookmarking – providing a m…

Is PNG better thean JPG? Only Paint.NET keeps trying to save as PNG, and I have bene wondering is it better?

Is Avast needed?

Paragon Partition Manager 8.5 Special Edition Partition software has never been so easy to use and reliable! Paragon Partition Manager is comprehensive hard disk management and optimization solution for your PC and laptop. You don’t have to be a disk partitioning guru to customize your hard disk. Paragon Partition Manager shows your current hard disks and partitions layout so you can easily change partition structure with help of 1-2-3 wizards. Prepare new hard disk for OS installation, resize your system partition, change partition parameters or perform professional hard disk defragmentation. Even the most complicated partitioning tasks will be accomplished fast and …

JavaRa is a simple tool that does a simple job: it removes old and redundant versions of the Java Runtime Environment (JRE). And it removes some log files and temporary files that JRE leaves behind. Java software in general and the Java JRE in particular allow you to run applications called ‘applets’ that are written in the Java programming language. You probably have Java JRE installed on your computer because these applets allow you to play online games, chat with people around the world, calculate your mortgage interest, view images in 3D, as well as many others. As with all software, the JRE is updated on a regular basis. Updates are necessary to add new funct…

Hi, Just wondering, is there an open-source firewall available for Windows? Or open-source anti-spyware? So d*** annoying everything for Windows concerning security seems to be proprietary.al I've also decided to uninstall avast and got for ClamWin, I hardly ever download questionable files anymore, and when I do I'll just use ClamWin. Still, I assume its wise to keep on running a firewall? Also, in terms of anti-spyware/malware, I only have Spybot and SpywareBlaster. Do they suffice for a regular user who hardly downloads any questionable files?

New version of Sumatra PDF is released. Sumatra is a free, open-source, light-weight PDF viewer/reader. It is just 1 megabyte. You can download just the .exe and run it portable, or the setup which creates file association and shortcuts. http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/ Version 0.8 includes search functionality, fixes crashes, and other improvements.

Found this while browsing MajorGeeks list of antivirus apps. It's from an outfit called runtimeware, and it's not an AV program per se. It sound interesting, but I couldn't find a lot of opinions about it; it doesn't seem to be widely used. I found a few who liked it a lot, none who had anything bad to say about it. It sounds like it could be a useful security enhancement, or a waste of time and resources. Anybody know anything about it?

4 days ago, Inkscape 0.46 were released. Inkscape is a free, open-source cross-platform vector graphics editor. http://inkscape.org/ Lots of changes...

How is Mac any worse than Windows? This question comes from this topic.

Ah yes, of course. Had trouble understanding how to install ubuntu on a seperate partition I had already made, and without a backup of my data, or a Windows installation DVD, I was worried and didn't do it in the end. One day I will though. Or, I'll install Xubuntu just for awesome performance. Do you think it better? Is gobuntu feasible to use? What is the advantage of Kubuntu?

OpenOffice.org is a free, open-source cross-platform office suite. It supports OpenDocument Format (ODF), a open standard which is the ISO standard for document exchange. It also supports Microsoft proprietary Office file formats. It consists of 6 components. Writer - like MS Word. Calc - like MS Excel. Impress - like MS PowerPoint. Base - like MS Access. Draw - vector graphics editor Math - tool for mathematical formula, etc Released under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL). A little sneak preview... http://www.oooninja.com/2008/03/openoffice...w-features.html But until then we have to settle for OpenOffice.org 2.4 which will be…

Really Slick Screensavers are a bunch of cool screensavers. They're used in Ubuntu, but also available for Windows. I use the SkyRocket screensaver myself, and I love it. It is really cool. I think it is the best one. I watch it enchanted like a little kid. Download You might need OpenAL for some screensaves, if you don't already have it installed.

https://downloads.channel8.msdn.com/ The Microsoft DreamSpark student program (http://channel8.msdn.com) makes available, at no charge, a broad range of development and design software for download. The program is now available to more than 35 million college students in Belgium, China, Finland, France, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the U.K. and the U.S. Broad global coverage, as well as an expansion of the program to high school students around the world, potentially reaching up to 1 billion students worldwide, will continue throughout the next year. "We want to do everything we can to equip a new generation of technology leaders with the knowledge and tools…

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080...ool-sights.html Explains Google sky and you can do all kind of fancy stuff like see invisible stuff, and IR, UV, X-ray, etc. Google Sky is cool. http://www.google.com/sky/ You can also browse Moon: http://www.google.com/moon/ And Mars: http://www.google.com/mars/

I am wondering if anyone is aware of any Mozilla Firefox extension that is able to filter out images based on image size? Would be nice to filter out <img src="..." width="1" height="1" /> to get rid of web beacons.

It appears that InfraRecorder just won't pick up my blank DVD, despite the fact that numerous other programs do. I have tried uninstallign and then re-installing to no avail. I have also tried a device scan, but again, it didn't fix the problem. Here is the error log, after a device scan: InfraRecorder version 0.44.1.0 (x86) Started: Saturday, February 23 2008 22:21:50. Versions: MSW = 6.0, IE = 6.0, CC = 6.10. CDiagnostics::DeviceScan CConsolePipe::Launch CConsolePipe::CreateProcess Command line = "C:\Program Files\InfraRecorder\cdrtools\cdrecord.exe" -scanbus. > Using libscg version 'schily-0.9'. > scsibus0: > 0,0,0 0) * > 0,1,…

The as****** at Adobe are adding DRM to Flash. http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/02/adobe-pushes-drm-flash It is illegal to circumvent DRM by in the US through the evil DMCA law, Europe have similar laws. This mean that it will be impossible to use third-party SWF (Flash) players, such as Gnash, Swfdec, etc. It will also mean that people cant exercise their fair-use rights of mixing and parody by downloading flash videos, mixing them, and uploading them. Something that has been very popular on video-sharing sites such as YouTube. So now Adobe are removing fair-use, mixing, parody, fun, and locking out the competition. They do have some greedy motivation to …

TrueCrypt 5.0 released (February 5, 2008). TrueCrypt allows you to created virtual encrypted hidden volumes on your hard disk. The volumes are hidden (steganography) and not identifiable (volumes cannot be distinguished from random data), and you can have several hidden volumes (one real, one fake) to get plausible deniability. You can also encrypt the whole system partition (where Windows is located), so every single file on the computer is encrypted. TrueCrypt is free open source software (released under the terms of the TrueCrypt Collective License Version 1.3). Versions available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. The program is digitally signed by the TrueCrypt Fou…

I couldn't find what I was looking for in the wiki... While I understand that there are reasons you wouldn't want to do this, how about making a recommendation of "If you only use one malware tool, it should be XXX." Or something along those lines. I don't want to tell people I know to use so much software and go through so many steps. What is the single best solution, even though it may not be 100% complete?

Anti-Spyware: SpywareBlaster, Spybot - Search and Destroy, Windows Defender Anti-Virus: Avast Home Edition Browser: Firefox CD/DVD Burning: AVStoDVD, InfraRecorder Disk Management: NCleaner, Disk Defragmenter (Included in Windows) File-Sharing: Frostwire, BitTorrent Firewall: Comodo Free Firewall FTP: FileZilla Graphics: Paint.NET Instant Messenger: Windows Live Messenger with A-Patch Media Player/Codecs: Windows Media Player 11 (audio and streaming videos), VLC Media Player (downloaded videos) Office: Microsoft Office 2007 Enterprise or OpenOffice PC Visuals: XPize or Vize Technical Tools: Dial-a-fix, HijackThis,Unlocker Utilities: 7Zip, Dizzy, Foxit Read…

There's no longer image hosting at eazyshare.com, the domain has been purchased by a "stock control" site - as in stock market. That link should be deleted. One to add: Secunia Software Inspector - http://secunia.com/software_inspector/?task=load It detects insecure versions of about 40 common apps. Even if you've updated, it may find old, insecure versions of software still lurking on your machine - I had 3 old Flash versions that updating had not removed, as well as media player security updates I needed. Handy site.

Generated: Sun Feb 25 2007 19:03:42 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time) User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.2) Gecko/20070219 Firefox/2.0.0.2 Build ID: 2007021917 Enabled Extensions: [10] - Adblock Plus 0.7.2.4+.2007020523 - BBCodeXtra 0.2.5.6 - ColorZilla 1.0 - CuteMenus - Crystal SVG 1.9.0.4 - DictionarySearch 2.0.1 - DownThemAll! 0.9.9.7 - ErrorZilla Mod 0.2 - MR Tech Local Install 5.3.2.3 - Tab Mix Plus 0.3.5.2 - Web Developer 1.1.3 Installed Themes: [1] - Firefox (default) Installed Plugins: (8) - Java� Platform SE 6 - Microsoft® DRM - Mozilla Default Plug-in - QuickTime Plug-in 7.1.3 - RealPlayer Version Plugi…

I am running Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon). It's pretty nice, it comes with lots of useful software. I hear there are over 20.000 packages in the software repository. It comes with all the usual, web browser, e-mail client, instant messenger client, media player, calculator, games, etc. Also comes with a compiler, dictionary, and a nifty note-taking application. The calendar integrates with Evolution Mail, so you can make appointments in the calendar. The SkyRocket screensaver is sweet, its fireworks. It also comes with a complete office suite (OpenOffice). I liked that it comes with a text editor that supports syntax highlighting, and software for viewing PDF docume…