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The free beta version is available to business and home users alike. Is this a sign of the times?

It is time for another commercial software freebie from the Gizmo Tech Support Alert, this time a top-notch anti-malware offering from Emisoft called A-Squared Anti-Malware 3.0 (Windows only)

Google have begun to roll out a new security feature to all Gmail and Google Apps users and provides a breakdown of which computers have been using your account and when.

If you regularly work on the hoof from multiple computers which are not your own, CleanAfterMe might be a good portable app to add to your arsenal.

What to do if you forget your Windows password and how to stop others breaking into your computer using the same method.

Identity theft is a rapidly growing worldwide phenomenon. In the UK alone it was estimated that in 2006 over 67,000 people fell foul of identity theft and these figures have since risen. It is estimated that identity fraud costs the UK £1.34bn every year. The general public is quickly realising how horrifically easy [...]

In addition to being an excellent resource for free software, FileHippo has now released a more meaty version of its free update checker.  Simply install it on your Windows computer and it will check all of the software it recognises for updates.  All of the results are neatly organised in a list in your web [...]

Copyscape is an an online search engine designed for one thing. Plagiarism.
With a simple interface reminiscent of Google’s, you only need to type the web address of your work and let Copyscape do the rest. Copyscape will give you a page of the top results, where your content matches other pages on the internet.
This [...]

Thunderbird and Thunderbird Portable are quite simply excellent email clients. But Thunderbird’s vast array of features and add-ons doesn’t only increase your productivity, it allows you to indulge in more “nefarious” activities too.

An excellent set of free, portable, open source tools are available if you need to access your work on the move.  All you need is a portable storage drive (e.g. a USB Stick) and a computer to connect it to. You might recognise these programs, but the ony difference here is that they run [...]

2008 has finally arrived and you need to to start planning your next business trip. US travellers now need to review where they stow their lithium batteries, and European travellers still have to face a plethora of security measures, checks and headaches as soon as they arrive at the terminal. But [...]

Nowadays, you need a password for everything. Whether it be email addresses, online accounts, banking, paying a bill, or logging into your desktop at work, we all find ourselves overloaded with mountains of passwords, key codes and urls. In a business context, your passwords are the key to your company and could cause [...]