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“We were criticized at times for ‘renting’ music,” he wrote. “But we thought then–and still believe quite strongly–that we had a better approach to digital music. Why buy downloads when for a small monthly fee you can have access to everything? “I believe over the next decade the idea of ‘owning’ entertainment content in the digital age will become a passe concept.”
So you’ve installed Linux Mint 8 and everything is dandy… except it’s missing some applications that you need! What do you do? Don’t fear because Software Manager is here!!! (more…)
Do you have old computers lying around the house that you don’t really use anymore because it is either too slow, doesn’t have a legal copy of Windows on it, has viruses or just isn’t stable? If you do, then you are one step closer to giving these old computers some new life for 2010! (more…)
The Internet is full of brilliant ideas, marvelous software…and danger. You absolutely must use antivirus and antispyware protection if you connect to the Internet. Even if your computer is locked in a WiFi-proof Faraday cage with no connection to the outside world, threats like the Conficker worm can slip in via removable drives. Going without security software is simply not an option. But what if this year’s economy has left a big fat zero in your budget’s security column? Never fear—you can still get reasonable protection without paying a cent.
Of course with any free product, there are certain limitations so for those of you who want all the features, Linked IT Solutions is a now offering a special deal for AVG Business licenses. We are a proud AVG reseller & are offering a 3 year license for the price of 2! For only $50 dollars you get AVG 9.0 Antivirus Business Edition & it comes with full US based support, full updates and protection against all the online threats – that’s less than $20/year/pc! Linked IT Solutions recommends AVG 9.0 because it’s not a resource hog and won’t bog down your PC like other security software packages.
You can find out more by contacting us here or calling 215-279-5882.
Installing the latest device drivers is an essential task for keeping your system running at peak performance, but almost all of the driver update solutions out there aren’t actually free. Thankfully, Device Doctor is absolutely, completely free to use…
Have you found a great article on a website that you want to save as a PDF file and share with others? See just how easy it is to convert a webpage into PDF files using Firefox or your favorite browser…
Click here to read the full article.
I’m sure anyone who has used computers or worked with computers has face this horror. The Blue Screen of DEATH!!! The most frustrating thing about the BSOD is not that the computer will not boot correctly or the fact that the blue on the screen is just horrifyingly horrible. No, the most frustrating thing about the BSOD is the fact that the computer reboots from that screen so fast that the victim can barely read a couple words to find out what is wrong with the computer before its gone again. Now we have two methods to read what the blue screen of death says.
Method One: Download BlueScreenView.
Method Two: Keep your computer from automatically rebooting.
5 Years of Firefox Cake at the Firefox Developer day in Tokyo, Japan
Now entering its mature toddler stage in life, Firefox is still alive and kicking after 5 years. Back when people suffered through IE6 and its retardation of a box model, FF has given many people relief. Firefox has given us plugins that we care about, smaller memory footprints, and proof that open-source is just as good as commercial software.
AV-Comparatives.org recently released the results of a malware removal tests with which they evaluated 16 anti-virus software solutions.
The test focused only on the malware removal/cleaning capabilities, therefore all used samples were samples that the tested antivirus products were able to detect. The main question was if the products are able to successfully remove malware
from an already infected/compromised system. The test report was aimed to typical home users. A further question was if the products are able to remove what they are able to detect.
Did you just get the new Windows 7 OS and are wondering what anti-virus software and spyware protection software is compatible with your new OS? Here is a list of compatible anti-virus software, and compatible spyware protection software.