As everyone who owns a computer should know by now, firewalls, antivirus software and antispyware programs are a must if you don’t want your computer destroyed.  Kaspersky’s Internet Security 2010 provides safety for your private data and files, your computer, online security and more.

These are new earphones from Maximo, a relatively new U.S. maker of in-ear phones. They offer good sound quality for the price and excellent attention to detail.

If you are in the market for a set of high quality on-line headphones, you could do much worse than the Able Planet Stereo Telecom Headset, a great combination of utility and affordability.

Netbooks are a growing trend these days. Many savvy consumers have opted to carry the netbook around versus the laptop due to its ultra portability. However, one of the problems consumers may face is finding the right case for their new netbook.

System Mechanic by iolo technologies cleans your memory, your hard drive and your registry speeding up your computer as it works.  Cleaning and tuning is what this program was designed to do and it does it well.  It is better than other such programs I have tried from better known names.

Almost everyone with a Windows PC suffers slow down after a certain amount of time. It’s one of the most frustrating things about running a PC with Windows, and when I received a review copy of TuneUp Utilities 2009 I happened to have two PCs – an older desktop and a more modern notebook* – that were both starting to slow down and were in need of a tune up. So it was with a great deal of interest (not to mention hope) that I installed TuneUp Utilities 2009 on both machines.

I first reviewed Magic Audio Cleaner some years ago when writing for a print computer magazine. At the time one of the biggest uses for audio editing programs was cleaning up “pops” and “clicks” from recordings taken from vinyl records (remember those?), and Audio Cleaner did the job superbly.

Billed as the world’s greenest notebook we looked forward to reviewing the Toshiba Protégé R600 “ultra-portable”. But as is usually the case with such claims, things weren’t quite as they seemed.

Wondering what the best free antivirus software is? There’s a myriad of questions most people have when trying to figure out the best antivirus software, especially ones that are free.  While some maintain that no free antivirus software works as well as the robust (and expensive) alternatives, there are several great options for both Mac and PC that perform as well or better then their pricey brethren.

There is a lot of publicity surrounding the new smaller-sized notebooks, sometimes called the Netbooks. Does it work in real life and should you consider buying one? Is my Advent 4211-B netbook truly usable?

Research in Motion (RIM) has been a beehive of activity as of late, releasing a veritable cornucopia of handsets to appeal to a wide range of consumers with different needs. Its two latest offerings, the Bold and the Storm, hold top spots on two competing networks and are vastly different: how do you choose?

Judging the Samsung Omnia based on looks alone, you are almost forced to compare it to the iPhone. It has taken its look and feel almost exactly from the iPhone model of cell phone design. The wide, glossy touch screen offers a lot of acreage for use, but much of that acreage is lost in the incessant popping-up of the “keyboard” interface and the odd Samsung menu strip on the home page.

When I needed a bigger better backup solution for about 120 gigabytes of photo, video, and Web design data, I finally decided on the Western Digital Passport 320 GB USB drive. It offered a great combination of speed, size, convenience, and price. I purchased the drive through an online retailer for $165.99, just over 50 cents per megabyte. The drive did not function properly upon receipt, but I was able to resolve the problem, and the drive turned out to be a great answer for my backup needs.

Passwords are an important part of maintaining the security of information on computers and the Internet.  Security experts will tell you that you need to use passwords that are not easy to guess, do not include your birth date, your name or the birth dates or names of family members.  In other words, for passwords to be effective, they need to be difficult to remember.

Most laptop computers have smaller keyboards than a standard desktop keyboard especially the new sub-notebooks.  When switching between a desktop and laptop computer, many people have trouble with the smaller keyboards and the lack of a dedicated numeric keypad.  Atek has taken care of that with its new travel keyboard.

Just what we need.  Another browser to compete with Opera, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Safari and others.  Why introduce a new browser into an already glutted market?

With the total number of iPhone applications available for download reaching over 10,000 in the first year of the App Store, it can be difficult to know which ones are really worthwhile. Now Apple has released the Top 10 applications by download across several categories such as games, entertainment, music and social networking.