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PC World crowns Vista Biggest Tech Disappointments of 2007

vistaMore bad news for Windows Vista as PC World crowns it as the biggest tech disappointment of the year.

Here are some of the comments added by PC World from their recent article:

* “Five years in the making and this is the best Microsoft could do?”
* “It’s not that Vista is awful.” “It’s just that Vista isn’t all that good.”
* “Despite its hefty hardware requirements, Vista is slower than XP.”

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Cnet Youtube video How to Double Firefox Speed

Firefox is in my opinion the best browser ever made until now. It includes:

-improved tabbed browsing

-pop up blocking
-integrated Goggle search
-enhanced privacy controls
-built-in phishing protection
-online spell checking
-lots of themes, interfaces, and extensions/addons

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Screencast: First look at Safari for Windows

You’ve probably heard by now that Apple has released the Safari web browser for Windows XP and Vista. Apple will eventually bundle the browser with iTunes and Quicktime, but you can already download a beta version of the application.

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Ten tips to increase your Windows security

1-always protect your Administrator account by creating password, just go to Control Panel > User Accounts, select your account and the click on “create a password for your account”.

2-Protect your account by Password protect your screen saver, go to Control Panel > Display, Click on the Screen Saver tab and then check on resume password protect.

3- Setup a BIOS Password to protect your PC Setup application.

4- Always force you windows automatic update on, go to Control Panel > Automatic Updates and then Select the first option to have each update download and install automatically.

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Beryl’s open source desktop experience Ubuntu Windows XP or Vista

As a habitual PC user, you might feel lost when faced with the clean Ubuntu desktop. One way to wean yourself from Windows XP or Vista is to use Beryl’s open source desktop experience.

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