Hotspot Shield
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Hotspot ShieldEnsure you are private, secure, and anonymous online!

* Hide your IP while you're on-line
* Access all content without censorship; bypass firewalls
* Protect yourself from snoopers at Wi-Fi hotspots, hotels, airports, corporate offices and ISP hubs.
* Access US only videos

Public networks (both wired and wireless) are great. After all, what would life be without connecting while at airports, hotels and coffee shops? However, the danger to your personal data exists even if you connect to a fee based open network. Your passwords, credit card numbers, and any data you send can be seen and associated with you personally. Standard antivirus software won't protect you as this threat is on the network, not your laptop or iPhone.

That's why AnchorFree is pleased to offer Hotspot Shield. Our application keeps your Internet connection secure and anonymous on public networks.
100% Security Through a VPN

Hotspot Shield creates a virtual private network (VPN) between your laptop or iPhone and our Internet gateway. This impenetrable tunnel prevents snoopers and hackers from viewing your email, instant messages, credit card information or anything else you send over the network. Hotspot Shield security application is free to download, employs the latest VPN technology, and is easy to install and use. So go ahead - Get behind the Shield - Try Hotspot Shield today!

Hotspot Shield runs on:

* Windows Vista
* Windows XP
* Windows 2000
* Mac OS X (10.5 Leopard)
* Mac OS X (10.4 Tiger)



 
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Google toolbar autoupdate-Oh the irritation!
[4:05 AM | Comments ]

myfreehouseGoogle toolbar, the toolbar from google, like most other Google products has this feature of auto-updating. The irritation when after it updates and show pop-ups like that of Auto-fill when FireFox starts up, especially on my 256MB RAM is disgusting. There isn't still a solution for this. Even if you end the GoogleUpdate.exe from the Windows task manager it will again start on its own in a couple of seconds. And like always Google has a reply for this as well:

Excerpts from markcarey.com-
There are lots of good reasons to auto-update the toolbar. For example, about two years ago, a security company found a potential security issue with the toolbar. The toolbar team went into a non-stop quest to find and fix any security issues. With auto-update, we were able to deploy the fix to toolbar users before anyone but the security company knew about it in the first place. So we want users to be informed that the toolbar auto-updates, but I think that in general it can be a very useful feature to auto-update.

bateman_ap, I think that the toolbar team took care not to enable any extra options (e.g. pop-up blocking) if the toolbar upgrades--let me know if you find otherwise, and I'll pass the feedback on. The upgrade does have a lot of useful features that I think people would like (it took me about 10 minutes to really want the new version instead of the old version), and I'm not aware of any features that went away, so I hope people will explore the new version for a little while before assuming that the upgrade is for the worse somehow.
However enabling the auto-update has its own share of good. It makes your software and ultimately your PC safe from the latest security threats. So what do you think of it?
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Why update drivers
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Updating drivers. You must have heard it from that geek next door, that computer guy who speaks in a Martian language and many others in general.So why should we update our drivers?

First of all let us see what drivers are- Drivers are pieces of software that you recieve whenever you buy any hardware or upgrade it. Drivers are pieces of software that translate the code language of the hardware to the language of the computer. It is just like an interpreter, that a VIP uses when he travels to a foreign country.

So why should we update drivers?
  1. The compatibility view
    Updating drivers lets your hardware remain compatible to the ever changing development of the internet. Suppose you have a graphic card, and you want to play a multiplayer online game, that is based on browser. If your card does not have the required driver, you will not be able to play it, because your card is not compatible with the game.
  2. The security angle
    Although not http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifmuch still the security is increased when you update the driver. Any security exploit that would have been present in the previous driver or by some error in the hardware will be patched up.
  3. The social angle
    And as always it is good to boast (if you are a geek that is) that you have all the latest drivers installed.Ha!
So you must always update drivers. There are softwares that check your computer for current version of your driver and look online for its update, if there are any. Some of them include RadarSync and DriverMax. (Both are free)
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RadarSync
[3:53 AM | Comments ]

RadarSyncEarlier we had spoken about DriverMax a software useful for updating drivers. Updating drivers is very important in view of security and compatibility of hardware devices. Today we bring to you another such software called RadarSync

RadarSync is an easy way to keep your computer safe and working longer by finding driver and software updates for your system. RadarSync identifies, finds, downloads, and installs essential updates for your computer's hardware (device drivers) and software.

Regular updating can ensure that your computer runs smoothly and prevent common computer problems such as crashes, security holes and bugs, components and peripherals that don't work properly and a s-l-o-w computer.

Using RadarSync on a regular basis takes the guess work out of updating essential files and saves you time. With RadarSync, you know you're getting exactly the files your computer needs, without wasting time hunting around vendor websites.

RadarSync works by checking your PC against our database of over 90,000 files. It searches for updates for the installed driver and software files on your computer, notifies you when they are available, and helps you download and install them.

New updates are added to RadarSync's database weekly, so regular use of RadarSync's PC updater is an excellent first line of defense against computer problems.

Requirements:
· Internet access


 
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DriverMax
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DriverMaxNote: DriverMax only works on Windows Vista, Windows XP and Windows 2003 (all service packs). Driver downloads are *only* available for Windows Vista and Windows XP users.

DriverMax is a new tool that allows you to download the latest driver updates for your computer. No more searching for rare drivers on discs or on the web or inserting one installation CD after the other. Just create a free account, log in, and start downloading the updates that you need.

You can also export all your current drivers (or just the ones that work ok) to a folder or a compressed file. After reinstalling Windows you will have everything in one place!

Most of the situations when Windows is running slower are caused by faulty driver installations. Windows stores all versions of older drivers just in case you want to go back; sometimes it messes up older versions with more recent ones. The Export Wizard will only export the drivers you select by copying the needed files to a folder or a compressed ZIP file.

After reinstalling Windows all drivers will be back in place in less than 5 minutes - sparing you of searching, inserting disc after disk and losing precious time. The Import Drivers wizard allows you to install all the drivers that you exported earlier. The entire operation might take up to 5-10 minutes.

Just one single computer restart will be required after all drivers are reinstalled!

DriverMax is able to display a complete report of all drivers (versions, release dates) installed on your system. This feature can also be very useful when you want to analyze the differences between the drivers installed on different machines.

Click here for more detailed information

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