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Wed
28
Dec
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Facebook Frees Kidnapped Woman from Home Invasion

Facebook has received a great deal of criticism in the past for its inability to protect the privacy of its 700 or 800 million users. However, it was the site's very public approach to information sharing that recently helped save a woman and her ... child from a boyfriend, who invaded their home and held the pair hostage for five days. According to reports, a Utah woman was able to use Facebook to seek help five days after she and her 17-month-old son were first taken hostage in their home. Police said the woman was able to gain access to a laptop, hide in a closet, open her Facebook account, ... (view more)

Fri
16
Dec
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Acronis True Image 2012 Review

Update 2012/10/06: Announcing Acronis True Image Home 2013. It's finally here!!! Currently we are working on Acronis True Image 2013 review, so please read the below previous version's review. It explains how Acronis True Image disk imaging works ... and why it's completely different than standard backup software (and why it's critically important to understand this concept). Have you ever wanted to upgrade to a newer, larger hard drive and have all your data moved over, but didn't know how? Has your computer ever been infected with spyware / malware and it made Windows inoperable or full of ... (view more)

Mon
28
Nov
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'MailStore Home 5.0.1.6919', and 'TeamViewer Beta 7.0.12008'

MailStore Home 5.0.1.6919 With more users than ever before relying on free webmail providers, few consumers realize their emails often are not adequately protected, or that they may lose access to their emails indefinitely if their webmail provider ... has an outage. MailStore Home for personal use helps users avoid these problems through backup, archives and migration, free of charge. http://www.mailstore.com TeamViewer Beta 7.0.12008 TeamViewer connects to any PC or server (with appropriate permission) around the world, and gives you remote control over that other computer as if you were your ... (view more)

Mon
24
Oct
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'Identity Finder Home Edition 5.2', and 'Directory Hog 1.2'

Identity Finder Home Edition 5.2 Identity finder is a program that searches your computer for credit cards numbers and passwords and warns you if you are vulnerable to identity theft and fraud. You can search files that commonly contain private ... personal information such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe PDF, text, and html. http://www.identityfinder.com Directory Hog 1.2 Directory Hog is a small, free utility for Windows which will scan a drive of your choice and list the total size of each folder in a list. The list also shows the largest file size found in the folder as well as the number ... (view more)

Mon
18
Apr
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'Word Art Generator 1.0', and 'Zoom Player Home Free 8.00 RC2 Beta'

Word Art Generator 1.0 Word Art Generator is engineered to help you design and create WordArt, similar to what is used in Microsoft Word. It can show all font names, font and font preview of the file name, can set the visual display of the system in ... the style of all the fonts. You can even customize the display font size, format and color and real-time view font effects. The result can be exported into PNG, JPG, GIF, BMP image formats, and support for transparent background. The interface is simple and easy to understand, and very easy to use. http://www.wordartgenerator.com Zoom Player Home ... (view more)

Thu
11
Nov
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Sophos Offers Mac Users Free Antivirus

Amidst reports that threats to Macs are steadily increasing , security firm Sophos is now offering a free version of its business antivirus software to Apple computer fans. It's a pretty good deal: dubbed Sophos Anti-Virus Home Edition for Mac, the ... software comes with no strings attached and will be updated forever (or the foreseeable future). The Sophos software has been adapted from its business roots so that it is easier to install and operate. (Source: zdnet.co.uk ) According to Chris Kraft, Sophos product management vice president, the Mac offering is the exact same model currently being ... (view more)

Thu
11
Nov
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Is the Windows 7 Discount Pack Compatible with XP?

Infopackets Reader 'Gene' writes: " Dear Dennis, Regarding the Windows 7 super discount (set to expire soon) -- I see that the Windows 7 bundle being offered is for 3 (three) licenses for Windows 7 Home Premium. Can you tell me, is there a similar ... discount / offer for Windows 7 Pro? The reason why I ask, is because I'm told Windows 7 Home Premium isn't as compatible with XP software. Is that true? " My response: This isn't a simple yes and no answer, so allow me to answer this in detail. First: only Windows 7 Home Premium is being offered in bulk (3 licenses, discounted), and not for any ... (view more)

Wed
03
Nov
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Acronis True Image 2011 Review

Since 2004, Infopackets.com has recommended Acronis True Image to its readers as -the- ultimate backup and disaster recovery solution for Microsoft Windows. There are many new exciting changes to discuss with True Image 2011, but first, let's start ... with the basics. What Exactly is Acronis True Image? To put it in simple terms, Acronis True Image is a backup program on steroids. In order to explain how it's different compared to other run-of-the-mill simple backup programs, let me explain what True Image does. With simple backup programs, you can only archive your files onto another ... (view more)

Thu
02
Sep
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'MailStore Home 4.1', and 'Google SketchUp 7.1.6860'

MailStore Home 4.1 Emails are often scattered among different computers, programs and mailboxes. With MailStore Home you can bring order into this chaos by creating a single central archive for all emails. With MailStore, you can browse hundreds of ... thousands of emails and file attachments (all formats) in seconds. Free for home use. http://www.mailstore.com Google SketchUp 7.1.6860 With Google SketchUp, you can redecorate your living room, invent a new piece of furniture, or model your city for Google Earth. There's no limit to what you can create with SketchUp. http://sketchup.google.com ... (view more)

Fri
20
Aug
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'Iconix eMail ID 3.92.3.5', and 'Partition Wizard Home Edition 5.2'

Iconix eMail ID 3.92.3.5 Iconix is an email plugin program that helps you to find, identify and trust email you care about. It works by visually identify messages with an icon that tells you if an email has been verified as coming from that sender ... (and not a spammer, for example). Iconix Mail ID uses industry standard technologies to verify the authenticity of the message, including DKIM, Domain Keys and Sender ID which are backed by companies such as Cisco, Microsoft and Yahoo! Free download. http://www.iconix.com Partition Wizard Home Edition 5.2 MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition is a ... (view more)

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