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The Internet has brought us many joys. It’s rewritten the rules of business and pleasure.
And pain. For it allows what may have seemed like bright ideas at the time (’let’s use it to make sure our customers have the latest software’, for example) to turn into a stinking pit of misery — usually, but by no means always, after marketing gets its fangs in.
Here are just ten of the guilty parties who try to do the impossible: to make us hate the internet and wish it had never been invented — and who very nearly succeed. -
While checking headlines at TechNewsWorld, I found this opinion piece by Gene Marks, 10 Technologies Not Yet Ready for SMBs. Can’t miss it. It’s the first article on the home page. Gene Marks is a columnist for Business Week.
I was rather enjoying the cheekiness of the piece, until I got to this:
Open Source Software. Sure, open-source software may be “free,” but the propeller-heads you need to actually get it working, customized, and supported aren’t.
Spending time customizing a software product, just because it’s “open source,” doesn’t mean that time is well spent. Business owners should stick to the boring, off-the-shelf stuff for now.
That passage alone tells me this guy, just doesn’t have a clue.
Gene why don’t you go ask your employer, MSNBC, what type of technology powers their web presence. If the answer is Apache on a Linux Server. Guess what? It’s Open Source Software.
I find that in general, people who make these kind of statements, like the above by you, have never used Open Source Software.
The ability to customize open source, to fit a particular need, is a selling point. Fact is, that the vast majority of the time, the software fits the need without customization. If a person can use MS Word, I bet they won’t have a problem using OpenOffice Writer. No need to pay some “propeller head” to install, configure, and customize Writer, to get it to work.
From the results of a Google search, I deduce this isn’t the first time you have been off the mark.
Nowadays, spyware remover software is a must-have software product that is designed to protect your PC from possible online attacks. If your PC is used for work or any other important activities, then you cannot afford not to have one. But how do you choose the right software product? There are many of them out there, and you need to make sure to have high quality application that will do the job.
First of all, spyware and adware are simple programs running on your PC that can send out data to a third party server about your online activities or personal information. As the internet grew for the past 7 years, more people started shopping online and exchange very important information. This has also attracted so called hackers that try to intercept the data being sent from your computer for their own material benefits.
There are a few software applications out there that allow you to scan your PC free of charge, but they don’t always provide updated definitions of all the spyware and internet viruses out there.
Here are just a few tips you should consider before buying a spyware remover software:
- Does the merchant have a proven track record in the industry
- Do they offer a free trial
- The cost of the software compared with prices in the industry
- Features of the software
- Does it have user friendly interface
- Is their spyware and anti-virus definitions database being updated frequently
- Search online for customer’s reviews of the particular product
- Does the merchant offer “Money-Back Guarantee”
Keep in mind that you want the best software on the market if you are using the internet on daily basis, and making lots of purchases online.
To check if the merchant you are buying from has a proven track record, you could perform a search using Google for their business name to verify they are a legit company.
Make sure the company offers a free trial so you can test the software on your computer before you make the purchase. This way you can estimate how effective and user friendly the software will be.
Always compare prices with other similar products. The most expensive one is not always the best choice.
Compare different features of 3 or more software products to pick up some of the most important ones that you need.
Any good spyware remover software has frequently updated database of spyware and adware definitions.
I hope the above tips will help you with your purchase of a good spyware remover or anti-virus software. In today’s online world it’s a must have product that can save you a lot of headaches and money.
Author: Pawel Reszk
Windows Genuine Advantage is a controversy wrapped in an enigma buried inside a migraine headache. Or at least that’s what it is for the millions of users who have been falsely identified as software pirates as a result of WGA’s attempt to root out piracy. Since July 2005, one in five computers running Windows have failed so-called WGA tests.
Symantec on Wednesday released the public beta of its bundled security suite of software known as Norton 360. The service combines software to protect against viruses, spyware and fraud, as well as data backup and restoration and computer tune-up tools.
Microsoft is beating Oracle hands down with the security of its database, according to a new report.
Microsoft patched 59 vulnerabilities in its SQL Server 7, 2000 and 2005 databases during the period, while Oracle issued 233 patches for software flaws in its Oracle 8, 9 and 10g databases.
Microsoft has put together a more compact feature comparison guide that looks at Vista Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, and Ultimate editions. It doesn’t dive into a deep comparison but it offers a quick overview of the differences.
It’s official: Sun is releasing its implementations of Java technology as free software under the GNU General Public License. Richard Stallman, creator of the GPL and founder of the Free Software Foundation, will endorse the move by video at a press conference Monday morning. Java SE, ME, and EE will all be available under GPLv2, the same as Linux.
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News: Revision to Windows Vista retail licensing terms
Posted by Nick White on Thursday, November 02, 2006 1:44 PM
I’m very pleased to let you know you this morning (or afternoon, or evening, depending on where you are when you read this) that the Windows division has revised the retail license terms for Windows Vista in a significant way. Namely, the terms regarding license-to-device assignment of the retail product (including Home Basic, Home Premium, Business and Ultimate) now read as follows:
- You may uninstall the software and install it on another device for your use. You may not do so to share this license between devices.
You can find the newly-revised retail license terms here, as I’m sure you’ll want to read them for yourself.
Our intention behind the original terms was genuinely geared toward combating piracy; however, it’s become clear to us that those original terms were perceived as adversely affecting an important group of customers: PC and hardware enthusiasts. You who comprise the enthusiast market are vital to us for several reasons, not least of all because of the support you’ve provided us throughout the development of Windows Vista. We respect the time and expense you go to in customizing, building and rebuilding your hardware and we heard you that the previous terms were seen as an impediment to that — it’s for that reason we’ve made this change. I hope that this change provides the flexibility you need, and gives you more reason to be excited about the upcoming retail release of our new operating system.
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