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Comparison of 6 free and effective antispyware’s!

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 07:43:00 GMT

You may at times have your windows system "infected" by spyware or other malicious programs like rootkits, diallers, Trojan horses or worms. Some free anti-spyware programs provide active monitoring (real time surveillance) while others need to be manually run (scans) to eradicate threats that are disrupting your machine. We will make your life easier here by looking at six free programs, ranking them so that you can get a good understanding of what program best suits your needs.

Christmas 2011: accessories for the iPhone 4... and 4S!

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 08:00:00 GMT

In March 2011, Apple announced that they had sold more than 100 million iPhones around the world. You may be one of the people who have helped contribute to this success, and if that is the case than this article may be of interest to you! It reviews a range of accessories and gift ideas for the iPhone 4 and 4S. From basic to rather advanced ideas, there is something for all tastes and budgets. Apple’s smartphone has been a real success, generating a lot of interest today among manufacturers who have dedicated some interesting and useful accessories to go with the phone…

Everything to customise Windows 7 – desktop, themes, widgets, menu and software

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 07:50:00 GMT

Customising the graphical appearance of Windows 7 with only two or three actions and no technical knowledge is indeed possible! In this article we will show you how to make easy changes to your system to make it feel more like your own with themes, widgets and the customised system components (icons, menus, windows, fonts…). To go even further, it is possible to "tweak" the system with a range of specialist programs that we will look at.

Eset Smart Security 5: effectively protecting your computer

Sun, 18 Sep 2011 22:30:00 GMT

We quietly tested Eset Smart Security 5 which has been officially available since the 19th of September. The new version of the ESET security suite still contains its proactive and Threatsense defence which has been reinforced against viruses and malicious files, comes with a personal firewall with various filters (automatic, custom, interactive...), and Web/email protection with the antispam. This year the product also comes with a parental control module and HIPS (Host Intrusion Prevention System), Eset Live Grid, the control of removable devices and a reworked graphics interface. This is a product to take a look at!

Cloud Music: store and listen to your music on your Smartphone or any other connected device!

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 09:01:00 GMT

Do you have a Smartphone, tablet or netbook with limited hard drive space? How can you listen to all of your music without having to store it on the computer? Some solutions have been released like Google Music and Amazon Cloud Drive and their Cloud Player which is at this time only available in the United States, allowing you to listen to music streaming online. From the autumn, Apple’s iCloud solution will also join the range of available options. Besides these large providers, there is a range of other options available which will allow you to listen to you full music collection through a Wi-Fi or 3G+ connection from any mobile device (online listening service, online storage sites, NAS...) Let’s follow the guide!

ShadowProtect 4: Not a second to lose and no data lost!

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:10:00 GMT

We are used to using "Bare metal Restore" back up and restoration tools which we believe are indispensible for workstations, with ShadowProtect Desktop 4 offering this and more. This tool protects your data in real time, backs up your system configuration (full, incremental, differential) on either a local hard drive or network drive, with a restore being done extremely quickly in the event your computer is compromised! When you have a technical problem, the user won’t lose any time and will be able to continue working by using a backup converted into a virtual machine (VirtualBox, VMWare, VirtualPC), even while the physical restore of the drive is being done in the background.

Nintendo 3DS: Our impression

Tue, 08 Mar 2011 23:10:00 GMT

We received the Nintendo 3DS before its release on the 25th of March, with the Video Game gods providing us with a lovely blue test model to review. We will therefore be able to present the latest portable Nintendo console, the changes made to this release and the 3D view. We will look at each of these points in the following pages…

Netgear WNCE2001: Ethernet to Wi-Fi 802.11n adaptor

Sun, 27 Feb 2011 23:10:00 GMT

The Netgear WNCE2001 is an Ethernet to Wi-Fi 802.11n adaptor. So what would you use this for? Simply to connect your local area network or Internet connection to a device which has an RJ45 port that is situated a long way away from the Internet box. You may have a TV, multimedia player, printer or games console that is without WiFi connectivity, with this therefore being an economical solution to fully benefit from all of the communicative functions available on your devices, without annoying cables.

Review Ubuntu Netbook Edition: The ideal OS for your netbook?

Mon, 21 Feb 2011 09:02:00 GMT

There is a good chance that a recently acquired netbook will come with a Windows 7 Starter Edition license. This OS comes without Aero and is of course lighter than Windows 7 Home or Professional edition, but it’s not necessarily the best for a mini-PC. Why go without an advanced graphical interface and instead look at a more reactive and better adapted system than Windows 7? This is possible by installing the alternative Ubuntu Netbook Edition. We will look at this operating system and everything that comes with it in this article.

Jolicloud: the cloud computing operating system

Mon, 24 Jan 2011 09:39:00 GMT

This article is aimed at netbook users in particular, but is also of interest to all users who spend a lot of time surfing online services, social networks, picture sharing sites and performing office tasks… JoliCloud is a "Cloud computing" operating system. It will allow you to fully benefit from online applications like Gmail, FaceBook, Twitter, Skype, YouTube and Pandora, in addition to numerous other free and open applications (OpenOffice.org, Transmission, VLC, Office Live and Gimp which can be installed with a click). Similar to the future Google Chrome OS, it is light and rapid and requires no powerful hardware configuration. Jolicloud can also be installed by itself on your PC/MAC, as a dual system with other OS’s (dual boot) or launched from a memory stick.

Mac App Store - the online shop for your Mac!

Thu, 20 Jan 2011 07:41:00 GMT

After the App Store, a portal which appears to have considerably changed the lives of mobile users who possess an iPod Touch, iPhone or iPad running iOS, we now have the Mac App Store. Since early January 2011, this download platform has made thousands of free and commercial applications easily available to users of MAC OS X 10.6.6 (Snow Leopard). You will no longer have to spend time looking for and installing the programs that you need, as Apple has gone to the trouble of centralising these for you - going so far as even handling their updates!

MySpace - a presentation of the social network

Sat, 15 Jan 2011 07:28:00 GMT

In terms of social networks, to communicate with your friends or make new ones and share common interests there is the well-known Facebook. But there is also the no less known MySpace. Contrary to some ideas formed about the service only being for artists and composers, musicians and producers, MySpace is before all else a "social network"! This exchange network connects you with your friends, associates, professionals and fans of various services across all genres (old school friends, lovers, etc.) A range of tools allows you to find what you are looking for (blogs, content sharing, management of your friends list, music playlists, instant messaging and an email client).

Review Samsung Galaxy Tab (GT-P1000): the anti iPad tactile tablet?

Mon, 10 Jan 2011 06:06:00 GMT

The Samsung Galaxy Tab (GT-P1000) figures among the first competing models released after the Apple iPad. This is a tactile tablet with a 7″ TFT-LCD WSVGA capacitive screen (1024 x 600) with multi-points paired with the Android Froyo 2.2 operating system and TouchWiz 3.0. From its initial release, within a month more than 600 000 units were shipped according to Samsung! This impressive figure can be explained by the Smartpad’s more complete functions when compared to the iPad. The GT-P1000 allows for diverse multimedia activities, Internet browsing in WiFi 802.11n (Flash Player 10.1) or in 3G+, with the device coming with Bluetooth 3.0, an A-GPS module, an accelerometer, two camera lenses (front and back) and even better - comes with two card slots. The first is for a SIM card, allowing mobile internet connectivity, while the second is for a microSDHC memory card… So what can you do with the Samsung Galaxy Tab? The answer can be found in this article!

Piriform: free software for cleaning and optimising Windows

Wed, 29 Dec 2010 09:02:00 GMT

Piriform is a development company founded in 2004 in London. This software editor specialises in free user utilities. Still don’t know anything about them? Not even their pear logo? (Piriform means "pear shaped")? This is highly unlikely… as the company has, in just a few years, developed four well known applications available on the internet - CCleaner, Defraggler, Recuva and Speccy, with most users having installed at least one of these on their Windows machine. In this article we will present Piriform’s applications, with these providing information about your installed peripherals, clean Windows and its applications, optimise your hard drive and recover accidently erased data.

Review D-Link Boxee Box

Thu, 23 Dec 2010 13:30:00 GMT

The D-Link Boxee Box is a multimedia box which is ideally connected to your television (via HDMI), providing the user with a range of multimedia play options and Internet services like news updates, weather reports, YouTube, MTV, ShoutCast, Twitter, FaceBook and all other social networks… it is even possible to subscribe to on demand video services. With the "cube" having multiple communication methods (Ethernet 10/100, Wi-Fi 802.11n) you can also stream music or HD videos from client networks or a DLNA peripheral, while it is also possible to surf the web on the integrated browser. This is an excellent box which provides a lot of the options that we are starting to see through the convergence of the Internet and TV.

G Data InternetSecurity 2011: a security suite for the PC

Tue, 14 Dec 2010 11:52:00 GMT

G Data InternetSecurity 2011 is a security suite aimed at home users. The suite integrates the well known and very powerful G Data antivirus/antispyware and its two detection engines, along with a firewall that works either automatically or via advanced rules. You also have an anti-phishing module for Internet browsing, an antispam that will filter your emails and a parental control module. As you will see over the course of this article, the interface has been kept simple while still providing maximum security for your PC, making it accessible to users who have no particular technical knowledge. Are you looking for a very powerful all-in-one security suite? Then this is the one for you!

Apple MacBook Air

Mon, 15 Nov 2010 08:15:00 GMT

The new MacBook Air manufactured in aluminium has arrived, and it would be difficult to not have been aware of this! Apple’s ultra-thin portable with an 11 or 13" screen is, according to some, full of the latest technologies while others believe it is simply a shop front. In any event, everyone is agreed on the fact that this MacBook Air which weighs only 1kg once again demonstrates Apple’s know how when it comes to design and finish, with their power of seduction being leaving users anything than indifferent...

Deezer: The online music service

Wed, 10 Nov 2010 23:10:00 GMT

There are numerous services available which allow internet users to freely and legally listen to music tracks or albums online. Among these is the one we will be looking at today - Deezer. The music platform has approximately seven million tracks available which can be listened to on your computer through the web browser or from a mobile device (Smartphone, tactile tablet, wireless music player, multi-room audio system). No matter if you are looking for a particular song, want to just mix it up with some random tracks or listen to a whole album, Deezer is for you.

Office Web Apps: Microsoft’s online office suite

Wed, 29 Sep 2010 22:10:00 GMT

Microsoft Office Web Apps is Microsoft’s online office solution to compete with Google Documents! Since its release in June 2010 it is now possible to create, share and even print your Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote documents from your Windows Live storage space. Each user will have 25 GB of storage space available to them which can be used on Windows and Mac OS X systems from anywhere in the world through a simple web browser.

TuneUp Utilities 2010: optimize and repair your PC

Sun, 26 Sep 2010 22:10:00 GMT

After installing Windows and using it for a few weeks, your PC applications may not work in quite the same efficient manner. Opening a session and launching applications takes longer, problems linked to your registry or obsolete files start to appear, with all of this indicating that your workstation needs a "clean"! Even if this isn’t the case for you, perhaps you want to simply improve performance or customize your work area? The solution is the same, with the TuneUp Utilities 2010 being a handy toolkit which brings together a range of powerful and effective modules.

Nokia’s Symbian^3 and new Smartphone’s strategy

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 22:10:00 GMT

Nokia World 2010 was used to finally launch Symbian^3 and a new range of mobile handsets: the Nokia E7, C6 and C7, in addition to the Nokia N8, unveiled in April. The event was also rich in news from management, indirectly revealing their strategies which are starting to pay dividends and Nokia’s need to relaunch top of the range Smartphone’s to re-establish a positive image for the group. Will the new range of Symbian^3 Smartphone’s be well supported and meet user’s needs?

Microsoft Security Essentials, a free and complete antivirus?

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 22:10:00 GMT

Once you have validated your Windows license, nothing requires you to pay for a security solution. In addition to your bidirectional firewall, which makes up your first defence against intrusions, you can freely download Microsoft’s Security Essentials. This has been available since September 2009, providing real time protection against viruses, spyware, malicious software and other threats.

Review : ultraportable Lenovo ThinkPad X201i

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 22:10:00 GMT

Times may be changing but the ultra-thin ThinkPad X range will take on any equivalent machine. Completely black, the machine is robust, highly mobile and comes with a full range of communication options. This is how we can summarise the X201i in just a few words. This machine aimed at mobile professionals comes with a 12 inch screen, weighs less than 1.5 Kg and is powered by a 2.13 GHz Intel Core i3 330M processor (dual cores, 4 threads, 3 MB of L2 cache) as well as everything required for communication with Wi-Fi 802.11n, Bluetooth and a 3G chip slot. The battery life ranges between 3 and 12 hours depending on use.

Samsung Bada: a new mobile OS is born

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:10:00 GMT

As the world’s second largest mobile phone maker, Samsung is also looking to profit from the success of Smartphone’s. Highly present in the market thanks to Android handsets, the South Korean manufacturer is now especially looking to their Bada OS to make a difference, providing them with end to end control over the entire system. Their know how in handset conception, associated with this new mobile platform, will provide them with everything required to attack the largest handset manufacturers on the market by offering a complete approach with hardware, software and services/mobile applications, creating a Smartphone "Samsung universe".

HP/3Com - When networks and servers combine

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 22:10:00 GMT

Hewlett-Packards acquisition of 3Com will reinforce HP’s Converged Infrastructure strategy by developing their HP Networking division so that it can adapt to various activity scenarios ranging from small business to multinationals. This will provide HP with a way of offering “end to end” solutions which are scalable and able to respond to the new demands of virtualised infrastructure. The purchase of 3Com will also provide them with an entry into strong growth emerging markets.