Below I leave a tip for you five excellent sites to measure internet speed and really know how fares your broadband service:
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Tee Support PC CheckUp
is a free utility to automatically analyze your system and will thoroughly check your computer and recommend fixes. After you finish the analysis, you can talk to Tee Support Online experts to completely solve the detected issues and further optimize your computer. Tee Support is the #1 place to get IMMEDIATE live help for your PCs, peripherals, devices and software applications 24/7. No appointment necessary, no more waiting, no more expensive repair shop or onsite repair experts.
It is light weight software that uses less hard drive space and running memory.
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It is light weight software that uses less hard drive space and running memory.
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Monitor your PC with BlackBox
BlackBox Security Monitor displays an add computer wizard on first run which can be used to add the local PC or another PC in the network to the list of monitored systems. The add computer menu is available from the program’s main interface at anytime should the need arise to add additional PC systems. It is furthermore possible to monitor all or only specific users of a system.
Monitoring other computer systems in a local area network is always a delicate matter. Those administrators who understand the risks, both legal and technical, associated with monitoring other systems might find BlackBox Security Monitor useful in this regard. The free software program is available for download after a short registration process on the developer’s website. The monitoring software combines monitoring of various PC activities, reports and an alerts and warnings system under its hood. It supports monitoring of websites visited, program launches, web searches, emails sent and received, keystrokes, instant messenger chat logs and screen captures of the computer desktop.
The program lists all monitored computer systems and users in the left sidebar. Reports and the getting started page are listed there as well. Selecting a user or computer displays the relevant information on the right side. Both the user and computer listings display the information in a tabbed interface divided into sections like programs, websites or emails. Date and time are presented on the screen with options to take a look at a specific date or time frame to see the activities during that time.
Several reports can be created after clicking on the reports entry in the left sidebar. Among them options to list the most popular websites, programs and web searches. Some alerts can be configured to instantly notify a user by email or cell phone on specific activities including program launches, web mails or websites visited.
BlackBox Security Monitor is a handy and powerful tool for security monitoring. It is designed to collect information from multiple computers and report it to one central location
Microsoft Security Essentials 2
Microsoft has released a beta version of its free antivirus product Security Essentials 2, which keeps Windows users from different threats. Version 2 comes with a new antivirus engine, ensuring a high rate of threat detection and is also faster, said the company’s official blog. Upgraded anti-virus is integrated with the firewall in Windows. Users have the option to include or exclude this feature. Security Essentials 2 is integrated with the Internet Explorer, to protect against attacks through web sites. In addition, the new version offers the opportunity to protect against network attacks, but only when working under Vista and Windows 7. To download the beta version of Security Essentials 2 you must have a Windows Live account and switch registration in Microsoft Connect. There is two available in 32 – and 64-bit versions. The first version of Security Essentials came out last September.
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Extend Life for Windows XP
Microsoft extended the life of Windows XP with another 10 years, during which period the company will retain the option to downgrade to the most popular operating system. By 2020 consumers will be free to migrate from Windows 7 Professional and Windows 7 Ultimate to the “good old” version of Windows XP Professional. Will downgrade option is only supported on computers sold with installed Windows 7. Support for Windows 7 Professional is scheduled to continue until 2020 and version of Ultimate – by 2015.
Released back in 2001, Windows XP still enjoys very high popularity. Currently the system is installed on 74% of corporate PCs. Microsoft has again extended the deadline for downgrade from Windows 7 of XP, so that the current announcement is the second of its kind. Originally Remand was limited time for transition to XP until six months after the release of Windows 7. Criticism by Gartner giant forced to extend to 18 months, until release the first service pack (SP1) for Windows 7 in April 2011.
Meanwhile, Microsoft released a public beta version of SP1 for Windows 7. The package contains all updates released to date, and some adjustments based on feedback. Today the term also ending support for Windows XP SP2. Users who wants to receive free updates, should install the last package Windows XP SP3 – it will be maintained until April 2014.
Track Down Your Stolen Laptop
Prey Developer project created cross-platform open source software, which increases the likelihood of detection of lost or stolen laptop. In essence, Prey resembles the famous Adeona and is triggered when the laptop is connected to the Internet. By default, the application works in passive mode and periodically check the signs for the activation of it’s principal function, namely – the detection of missing laptop, which is set by the owner of the computer to an external Internet resource. Upon activation, Prey is starting to send emails with data set of the location of the laptop, which is calculated based on the current IP-address or service Google Location API close and open Wi-Fi networks. Moreover, the application makes hidden photos through the web cam of the laptop, thereby helping to identify the thief. Prey screenshots remember to determine the actions performed on the computer accumulates statistics released applications and active network connections. The software is written in Bash, using standard system tools and there architecture modular allowing easy expansion of functionality.
Prey supports operating systems Windows, MacOS X different distributions of Linux. Also available is a module that sends the thief release, accompanied by sound signal offering his voluntary return to the laptop and the corresponding coordinates of the owner.
According to data of Prey, thieves don’t often formatted stolen laptops. Usually they want to know first what is useful information in the system. Thus, including a laptop in a public area with Wi-Fi access and Internet access via another connection, they released their location.
Flash Player 3D Future
Software developer Adobe will add 3D capabilities to the next version of its popular technology Flash. The product will probably be presented in October, when the conference is scheduled Adobe Max, which provides session “”
Conference participants will learn the details of three-dimensional graphics capabilities of Adobe Flash next-generation. “You see something, that no one has ever seen,” said Thibault Imbert, a Flash product manager at Adobe.
Recently Flash technology is strongly criticized, especially by Apple, because it consumes many system resources and creates problems. From Cupertino company said it will not support Flash in its portable iPhone, iPad or iTouch. People of Steve Jobs rely on alternative HTML5.
However, many analysts believe that Adobe will make the necessary changes to its technology so as to retain its dominant market position.
The session will be October 27 in Los Angeles.
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