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  • 06 November 2006

  • Opinion: OpenOffice patched

    Office applications of all types are feeling the pain: OpenOffice.org has just patched three critical bugs in its competitor to Microsoft Office.

  • 05 November 2006

  • Opinion: TIP: wipe your old hard drive

    Personal financial details are being harvested from old PCs sent to third-world countries and used to commit fraud. Security experts have been quick to point out that you should always clean your personal data from a PC before selling it.

  • 04 November 2006

  • Opinion: Your browser is watching you

    Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera and other browsers keep accurate records of your online activities, and not just in their history records. Clearing out the virtual breadcrumbs in your internet cache and browser histories preserves your privacy and can improve your PC’s performance by freeing up disk space, too.

  • 03 November 2006

  • Opinion: Reader tip: home page lock

    Andy writes: "My PC is locked to Mesh’s home page. Start Page Guard didn’t help. So I replaced the Internet Explorer shortcut with a shortcut to my desired home page and changed it to the IE icon."

  • 02 November 2006

  • Opinion: Audible interest in James Bonds latest caper

    Marketing hype for the new James Bond movie, Casino Royale, is ramping up. Audio book seller Audible.co.uk is pushing its range of original James Bond novels, read by suave actor Rufus Sewell.

  • Opinion: Google threat to Noel Edmonds

    Fans of Deal or No Deal and other high-profile Channel 4 programmes will be sweating following the claim by the broadcaster’s chief executive, Andy Duncan, that search giant Google is threatening the “fantastic legacy” of UK TV.

  • Opinion: Google threat to Noel Edmonds

    Fans of Deal or No Deal and other high-profile Channel 4 programmes will be sweating following the claim by the broadcaster’s chief executive, Andy Duncan, that search giant Google is threatening the “fantastic legacy” of UK TV.

  • Opinion: The rise of small island spammers

    McAfee researchers have been tracking a trend whereby spammers use the top-level domain names of small islands as website links in spam campaigns to circumvent spam filters that traditionally catch more well-known domains. The practice was first discovered when McAfee researchers noticed a significant increase in the use of .st domains, the TLD for Sao Tome and Principe.

  • Opinion: Critical flash player bug fix

    Adobe has patched a critical bug in its popular Macromedia Flash Player. Exploitation of the flaw could leave your computer completely compromised via memory corruption, according to security researcher Fortinet.

  • 01 November 2006

  • Opinion: Database companies buoyant

    I’ve just got back from a break in sunny Majorca, where one of my favourite things was strolling around the marina ogling the superyachts and idly deciding whether I’d have mine fitted out with a step-off dive deck or an onboard jacuzzi. (Both, obviously.)

  • 31 October 2006

  • Opinion: Spyware: who watches the watchmen?

    Viruses, Trojans and worms have been replaced by spyware and adware as the security-breaching buzzwords that play on the minds of home PC users.

  • Opinion: Spyware: who watches the watchmen?

    Viruses, Trojans and worms have been replaced by spyware and adware as the security-breaching buzzwords that play on the minds of home PC users.

  • 30 October 2006

  • Opinion: TIP: find your lost administrator password

    The Hassle: I've forgotten the password I use to log on as administrator. Now I can't do monthly maintenance, such as dumping useless programs on my home computer.

  • 29 October 2006

  • Opinion: Treat the cause to cure your slow PC

    Many is the letter or email I've read from a PC Advisor reader in despair over how to fix a PC that used to run like (very fast) clockwork and now chugs along like an old banger on its last legs. The crucial line has often been 'even after I reinstalled Windows'.

  • 28 October 2006

  • Opinion: TIP: password-protect CD content

    The Hassle: I need to send CDs filled with sensitive data to colleagues by snail mail. I’m worried about security, so I compress the files and create a password. But this is a time-consuming step.

  • 27 October 2006

  • Opinion: George W Bush loves 'the Google'

    He's whizzed around on a Segway scooter and jigged to the sound of his iPod. Now George W Bush has revealed a keenness for Google Earth. MSNBS reporter Maria Bartiromo asked the US president whether he'd used Google, and he admitted his fondness for the company's popular mapping tool.

  • Opinion: George W Bush loves 'the Google'

    He's whizzed around on a Segway scooter and jigged to the sound of his iPod. Now George W Bush has revealed a keenness for Google Earth. MSNBS reporter Maria Bartiromo asked the US president whether he'd used Google, and he admitted his fondness for the company's popular mapping tool.

  • 26 October 2006

  • Opinion: Reader tip: direct download

    In response to Paul Pique's enquiry about how to download pictures direct from a digital camera to a USB memory stick, Brian Vale suggests the Belkin product USB Anywhere.

  • 25 October 2006

  • Opinion: Combat browser apathy

    Do you use Internet Explorer (IE) just because you always have?

  • Opinion: Combat browser apathy

    Do you use Internet Explorer (IE) just because you always have?

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