If I define computer as a device which is used to help us out performing some computational jobs, many of you will be raising your eyebrows as the usage of computer extends to listening to music, downloading albums, watching movies and many other entertainment purposes too. We know players such as the default Windows Media Player, VLC Player and Real Player and what are their strengths and weaknesses. They are sufficient to fulfill most of our needs but do they provide everything you need? Perhaps you should look at some media players like Audials One to answer this question. Here is the review.
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Quick Heal antivirus is security software designed for personalized use on PCs. Still to be rated among the top-line of anti-viruses, Quick Heal antivirus offers some remarkable features that needs a mention. The anti virus software made a significant breakthrough with the release of its Next Generation Anti-Virus Plus 2007 edition that combined the proactive and reactive technologies to provide a comprehensive security solution. It detects and removes viruses, worms and Trojans automatically as well as scans and cleans infection from a system. Quick Heal has a powerful and an optimized scan engine for faster virus scan. The latest edition, Quick Heal Anti Virus Plus 2009 comes with 5 protection tools that include AntiVirus, Antispyware, Firewall, AntiMalware and AntiRootkit.  To have a deeper insight, we decided to delve into the antivirus.

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Perhaps you have already tried Windows functions for Printer and Document/file sharing but have you ever though how helpful it would be if you could share a hard disk full of applications? Yes, StarWind is an iSCSI Service through which you can extend the practical use of your computer by sharing all of your hard drive with all installed applications. Though it is a very complicated software to be discussed in short, using it you can form a network where primary computers allow others to use all its storage resources whether it is physical memory, DVD ROM or a ISO Mounted drive. Full article (194 words) »

After our stint with Aweber, we decided to review another leading email marketing and email news letter service, Constant Contact. We picked specifically Constant Contact for its comprehensive feature set. The email marketing service provides professional email templates, and an easy to use interface that can be easily handles by beginners and unskilled users.  It also offers high-impact email newsletters and promotions to carry out email marketing campaigns. Its 60 day free trial period and above average customersupport makes it an outstanding email marketing program. To find out more let's dig into working and features of Constant Contact.

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Twinkle seems to be one of the most ambitious Linux softphones.  This free open source softphone offers voice communications and instant messaging using SIP protocol. Twinkle is one of the most widely used SIP softphones. It's popularity can be given to the fact that it is available in the stable repos in the main distros (Ubuntu, OpenSuse and Fedora). The VoIP application uses Qt toolkit for its graphical user interface. For calls Twinkle uses the session Initiation Protocol (widely used for controlling multimedia communication sessions such as voice calls over IP). It can be used for straight IP to IP calls as well as in a network using a SIP proxy to route your calls and messages. Let's delve into its key feature of Twinkle to find out where does it stand in the queue of open source softphones.

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World's second most popular web browser Firefox offers faster web browsing, better tab handling, newer interface tweaks and many more with its latest 3.5 version (read our previous Firefox 3.5 RC review) which is now available for download. However the improvements are, by no means, a leap ahead of the previous version and rather common and implemented just to keep in pace with the other competing web browsers like Safari or Chrome which have gone through a lot of developments as Apple and Google poured in enough  money understanding the need of a good browser in coming years. We have made a review of the latest 3.5 version to let you know what new features they incorporated in Firefox 3.5 version and what else did not impress us.
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The to-do lists and task management services have become part and parcel of our life. Even a crackerjack might need a to-do list to manage his tasks in order. There are a number of web-based to-do lists that you can avail for free.  ToBeeDo is one such online to-do list and task management service. ToBeeDo is a ready-to-use application that can save time, effort and money for its users. It includes all the usual features that compliments the easy-to-use interface. It saves users time, money and effort.

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The battle of browsers is a perennially competitive space. We get to see lots of improvements in the likes of Firefox, Chrome, Opera each month. Here is another one and for once I am impressed with Opera 10 beta. The beta hires a new notable designer and also imports some cool and necessary arrangements that give it a quotable first look from our side. Improved tabs, thumbnails, new speed dial enhancements and a remarkably improvement in speed are some of the features we have figured out by now. So, let me take you to my findings.

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