A Suite of Programs to Make Life Easier We’ve all grown familiar with the Windows operating system and its assorted foibles, and thousands of utilities have been developed over the years to help users streamline Windows and keep their computers in good shape. In the next few Switched On columns, I’ll be covering the utilities […]
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What is a Podcast Client? A podcast client is the software used to access and download podcasts. Podcast clients are also known as media aggregators, programs designed to automatically access an online file or feed and download the audio or video file associated with it. Hundreds of these programs exist like IpodderX, Juice, Nimiq, and
Attack of the Zombies from Down Under Hackers appear to be beefing up armies of “zombie” computers to recover from a major hit scored in the battle against spam email, according to software security firm McAfee. A McAfee report said that during the first three months of this year, nearly 12 million new computers were
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Avoid being Enlisted Into the Zombie Army When NetSafe and IBM set up an experiment last month to highlight the escalating issue of internet security it took 20 seconds to prove their point. That was the time between connecting a fresh PC in Auckland to the Internet and receiving the first probe down the DSL
Is Data Recovery Possible? If somehow important files have been corrupted, lost or deleted – don’t panic just yet; it might be recoverable. However data recovery is a tricky thing. There are a few things not to do. Don’t use the hard drive (or MP3, portable storage, camera card, whatever) anymore. Do not try to