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The Finnish security firm F-Secure gains a large percentage of its business from corporate accounts and platform operators, but that doesn’t mean that it treats its consumer security suites as a ginger-haired child of indeterminate parentage and poor temperament. F-Secure Internet Security 2012 focuses on keeping its security ahead of the curve, along with some [...]
Copying large files can be a tedious and time-consuming task. Fortunately, there’s ExtremeCopy Free (32-bit). This easy-to-use program can significantly reduce the amount of time it takes to copy files. Although when we tried it the program didn’t reach “up to eight times the speed of the Windows copying function” as the publisher claims it [...]
Halloween is just around the corner and adding a little festive flavor to your Android can be fun. A spooky wallpaper, some ghostly ringtones or background noises, and even some scary games are easy to get and use on Android. Here’s how to add all these things to your device for free this weekend: [...]
You may find this shocking, but getting my 11- and 9-year-olds to do household chores is like pulling teeth. Rotten kids! That may change now that I’ve got You Rules Chores on my iPhone. This clever new app turns household chores into a game, rewarding each kid a designated number of coins for each completed job. Whoever [...]
The makers of a popular mobile browser called Dolphin HD confirmed that their software leaks the addresses of all Web sites a user visits, a potential privacy and security breach. MoboTap, a Pasadena, Calif.-based mobile developer, told CNET today that Dolphin HD forAndroid transmitted the Web addresses back to the company’s servers but that they were not [...]
Windows Essentials Media Codec Pack provides a set of software codecs for viewing and listening to many forms of media in Windows Media Player. While this program merely enhances a media player, it does a fine job of accommodating many different and unusual types of videos and music. The program’s interface is simple to operate, [...]
If you’re sick of hopping from one chatware program to another, looking for the perfect mix of video, audio, and text socializing, CamFrog might be what you’re looking for. The chat rooms feature everything from music lessons to sign language to non-English chatting, and integrating video, audio, and text components are a great leap forward [...]
Advanced SystemCare Free 4 wants to be it all when it comes to keeping your system clean. It gives you a wealth of tools, rolling many of parent company IOBit’s better-known system utilities–or at least those utilities’ engines–into one convenient package. The program’s Quick Care option includes the ability to clean your Registry, perform a [...]
Free antivirus maker Avira debuts a laundry list of changes in its latest major update, basically repositioning the suite to remain competitive in the face of tougher competition from other free security suites and a renewed emphasis on performance from paid competitors. From the new breezy installation to the modernized interface and reputable security, the [...]
The never-ending mantra chanted by security suite vendors sounds a lot like “faster scans, easier to use, better performance,” and AVG has released a new version that it says accomplishes all three. Certainly, the scans are faster, it does install more quickly, and some tweaks to the interface have made it easier to view. Two [...]