Agnitum, the company that is developing the security software Outpost, recently ran a promotion where users could “swap” their existing commercial antivirus solution against Outpost’s Internet Security Suite free of charge. We have covered that promotion in detail, mainly because it was a unique marketing idea that we did not see before on the Internet. [...]

Categories: Security, Software, Windows

Have you ever noticed choppy videos, audio or a low frame rate gaming experience under Windows? This could have been caused by other tasks and processes that ran at the same time as that main task. Say, you have decided to render a video that is taxing cpu and hard drive to the maximum. And [...]

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Bitdefender Total Security 2012 is Bitdefender’s top of the line security product that offers all the features of the two sister products Bitdefender Antivirus Plus 2012 and Bitdefender Internet Security 2012 plus several features of its own. When you look at the product comparison chart on the Bitdefender website, you will notice the following differences [...]

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I get sent all types of kit to review these days, at the moment I’m testing the Samsung RF511 gaming laptop which I’ve just reviewed on our sister site Windows7News, and I’ve got an ASUS Eee Slate EP121 WIndows 7 tablet which I’ll be writing of a review of later this week. Occasionally I get [...]

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SUPERAntiSpyware Pro has been reviewed twice on Ghacks in the past two years as part of the annual Ghacks Christmas Giveaway. The recent acquisition of SUPERAntiSpyware by Support.com, and the release of version 5 of the software, justify a new review. In particular we wanted to know if the new parent company had any impact [...]

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Like many other security software companies, Avast is offering both a free basic version of their software and a commercial advanced version that comes with extra features. Avast Internet Security is the companies’ flag ship product that includes all the features of the free and pro versions of their product plus a firewall, antispam protection [...]

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Computers are ideal tools for certain design related jobs, like creating business cards, flyers or letterheads. Many word processing applications come with basic capabilities and some templates to get users started. Those who want a professional solution can either hire a designer for a few hundred bucks, or use a program like SpringPublisher to create [...]

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We did not have lots of giveaways ever since the last Ghacks Christmas Giveaway ended with satisfied software companies and many happy winners of commercial software licenses. This changes today with a great giveaway. We were able to get unlimited licenses for the DVD disc backup and ripper BDLot DVD Clone Ultimate. More about the [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Encrypting the files and data on your hard disc can be awkward.  There are various packages you can use to do the job some of which are easy to use and effective and others which are just a pain.  Personally I use the Encrypted File System built into Windows, though I still don’t like it [...]

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