Technical info
(
Updated: December 29, 2011)
A large collection of
Best Free Software of 2011
From PC Magazine.
Computer toolkit.
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An excellent collection of computer tools, software and hardware from PC Magazine
How stuff works Is an easy to understand description of how things work.
Windows optimization tool, Advanced SystemCare 5 and other Tune-up, utilities like free SlimCleaner
TG Daily,
Toms hardware,
Hardware
Central,
Anandtech and
ePanorama.net
Good electronics reference site,
Electronics repair
PC Mechanic
and
The Register
Or following WEB based to do an online virus scan..
F-Secure,
Trendmicro's
housecall,
Panda
ActiveScan,
or PC
Pitstop.
Internet.com Internet
News and Resources.
Digitimes, Taiwan daily IT and electronics news.
Distrowatch
has much information for those who like to experiment with Linux and choose from many available distributions..
Magazines
Communications info about internet access and security
Shields
Up to test your internet security, or check
privacy.net to
find out how you are known on the internet.
Symantec also has a neat
Security Check to run a "Scan for Security Risks".
Zonelabs has a free firewall,
Zone Alarm to monitor and control your internet activity.
Comodo is another, highly rated free firewall.
Security related hints,
10 quick fixes for security problems can be useful.
Best free antivirus software
according to PCMag.com.
For those who need to know more about malware,
russelltexas has much information about windows security.
You can also Test
your line speed. (It needs JavaScript enabled and Adobe Flash Player)
Other resources