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By Jason Parker
Having a good antivirus program is not enough to stop all intruders. Another extremely important line of defence is a firewall. For most people, a good software firewall offers plenty of protection against attacks and also against software on your hard drive that might be trying to contact 'the mothership' without your knowledge.

Make Internet Explorer work for you

By Jason Parker
Internet Explorer's a solid browser, but what if you want more? Here are three apps that can make a big difference to the way you surf the Web...

Never forget a login or a password again

By Jason Parker
Remembering passwords to all the places you visit online can be a pain in the neck. Here are some apps that help

Cool screensavers for your beloved Mac

By Jason Parker
It's not all about Windows PCs. Here are some great screensavers for your beloved Apple machine

It doesn't have to cost a bomb to fix your pics

By Jason Parker
You don't need an expensive image editor like Photoshop to pretty up your pictures. There's loads of great, cheap software that will let you resize, crop, and convert image sfrom your digital camera. You can also edit and enhance pictures you find on the Web for desktop backgrounds. Here's some fun free software that will put some life in your digital photographs.