AntiVirus Software Fighting Back Against Computer Infections
Many computer users adopt the ?it will never happen to me? policy, but there are a number of computer viruses out there just waiting to infect and destroy the information contained on their hard-drive. This is why companies invented anti-virus software, which is a program that automatically helps to detect the presence of viruses on a computer or in a file before it is opened.Anyone who spends a considerable amount of time surfing the internet, visiting unfamiliar websites or downloading photog...
The Opera Alternative
Security flaws have long plagued Internet Explorer (IE), the market-dominating web browser from Microsoft. IE won the early browser wars, not only because it was free and bundled with Windows, but because it had some features and capabilities that its only real competitor, Netscape, didn't have. But the behind-the-scenes programming that makes those features possible is the very coding that also leaves wide gaps in IE's defenses against viruses and malicious scripting. Among several browser alte...
10 Ways To Learn A Software
Following tips help you to learn a software in lesser time and in an efficient manner:1. After installing a software package, look for any README file in the installed folder. Besides company and product details, it may give an overview of features, usages and limitations of the software.2. Next run the software and have a feel of the look of the software. Identify the different parts of its main screen.3. Look for the information shown in the TITLE-BAR of the main screen. Usually, it shows the ...
Software Piracy Global Increase
Pirated software is on the increase and now accounts for over one third of the software installed on the world's computers and it's cost the software industry a staggering, $28bn (?12bn) last year in lost revenues. That's the startling claim of the UK based, Business Software Alliance. Their annual survey of global software piracy shows that some 36% of software applications were illegally installed and being used during 2003.The study, conducted for the first time on behalf of the BSA by glo...
Brand Your Website’s URL With A Favicon
Have you ever noticed that when you look at your browser favorites menu or the address bar, some entries have their own little icon beside their URL?It's called a Favicon (a graphic file with a .ico extension) and it's placed in the root directory of the web site. Everytime you bookmark a site that has its own favicon.ico file, it is added to your browser, and it will be visible from then on in the favorites menu and in the address bar.At the beginning, only large websites had a favicon, but now...
The End Of Spyware?
The US House of Representatives has recently passed the Spy Act - or to give it its full title - the Securely Protect Yourself Against Cyber Trespass Act. This aims to prevent software companies from installing spyware on users PCs without their knowledge, and anyone found guilty of breaching the act faces a fine of up to $3 million.Does this mean the end of spyware as we know it? Unfortunately the answer is no, not really. The problem is that most spyware can continue to operate in exactly the ...
What Is Software Piracy?
There are several kinds of software piracy. The bottom line is when software is pirated, the developer does not receive compensation for their work.Effects of Software PiracyWhen software is pirated, consumers, software developers, and resellers are harmed. Software piracy increases the risk consumer's computers will be corrupted by defective software and infected with viruses. Those who provide defective and illegal software do not tend to provide sales and technical support. Pirated software u...
What You Should Know About Installing Screensavers
Do you remember that frustrating feeling when you find an interesting screensaver and can't install it on your computer? This article will help you to never have it again.Back to when Windows 95 started to find its home on many computers there was just half a dozen of screensavers preinstalled with the system. All you could do was selecting one of these. It was as simple as boring.Luckily those times are left behind. Now we have hundreds of screensavers developed throughout the years and availab...
Software As A Service
How should Software be delivered to users? Via traditional licenses? As ?free? services supported by advertising? Or using a rental model referred to under several different labels such as Hosted, ASP, On Demand or SaaS. This has been very much in debate over the last few years. Back in the dot-com boom, the selling of software licenses was proclaimed to be dead. Everything was to be a service on the Internet, and much of it was going to be advertising-supported instead of paid for by the user. ...
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