System Mechanic Professional 9 5 Review and Download

System Mechanic Professional is a longtime favorite and comprehensive suite of system utilities. The software program stands out among other system repair programs. The suite has many powerful tools that can help diagnose, repair, and optimize a system. System Mechanic comes with several powerful tools including built in security applications, disk analysis programs, and tools to diagnose system problems. With a fairly easy to use interface, many users can use the system suite right out of the box. The registry tools are also comprehensive and powerful enough to clean up many troublesome registries. Backup and recovery functions are also included.

System mechanic is available as a retail product or can be downloaded from the developer’s website. Updates are regularly produced on a weekly and sometimes daily basis. During our test period with System Mechanic, we had several major updates that we installed from the developer’s website which were automatically downloaded. The suite also has a moderate footprint that will not drag a system down in speed or over use system resources. The suite can also be integrated or used alongside other utility programs as well as antivirus programs. The program picked up our security suite right away without any conflicts.

System Mechanic also includes many automatic monitoring tools that alert users when their system needs attention or has problems. These alerts include problems with system security, invalid registry entries, and hard drive problems. Users have the ability to ignore, use, or even deactivate the automatic scans. Other interesting functions include a report function that shows all previous repairs made by the program and any updates installed. Users can also choose to use automatic repair tools or use individual tools included with the program. Both beginners and advanced system users will find powerful tools that can help overcome many system problems.

Features:

System Mechanic comes with a great many tools for PC owners that wish to keep their system running in good shape. The tools include disk analysis, disk repair, registry repair, security software, a built in firewall program, system reporting functions, optimization tools, and automatic repair solutions. Both beginners and advanced system users will find different levels of tools that can be used to repair a system.

Other functions include a detailed hardware reporting tool, a hard drive cleaning tool, and network tools. The reporting tools are detailed and can be easily viewed with sub reports given for each type of system device or hardware. Users can set up System Mechanic to perform automatic repair jobs such as disk defragmentation or registry repair. The tools will then be run at automatic periods and users will not need to interact with the process or even be present during their active periods. Another great tool is the ability to back track on previous System Mechanic repair functions.

Interface:

The interface and menu system is easy to navigate. Beginners can use the program right away with minimal instruction. The menu system shows each section of tools on the left side with an application screen on the right side. A nice feature is that users can change the interface to their general liking. Tabs can be changed with different tools or color schemes.

Performance:

System Mechanic performed fairly well. And while its not a speed demon, the background tasks and scanners were fast and did not weigh down on the overall system speed. The menu system worked quickly and repair tools performed their jobs faster than the built in tools found in Windows. Automatic tools can be setup to run in the background and use up little of a system’s resources while running. Even resource-intensive tasks such as the disk defragmentation program are fast, especially when compared to the built in Windows disk defragmentation program.

Updates:

Iolo provides constant updates to System Mechanic. Most of the updates are set to be automatically downloaded or completed upon the user’s request. The program also asks for confirmation before installing an update. Among all the system repair programs we reviewed, System Mechanic had the best update systems available.

Help and Support:

Support is offered by Iolo and users can register for accounts online. Support is given through email, online forums, FAQs, updates, and general guide sheets. The FAQ section shows many popular questions and answers. Also offered is a fairly comprehensive guide to all the functions of System Mechanic and its different tools. Each tool and function is explained in the guide with clear text.

Summary:

System Mechanic has evolved over the past several years to be a front runner among system repair programs. It offers a fairly easy to use interface while providing powerful tools to repair or optimize a system. Automatic tools can be setup to run at the user’s discretion. The ability of System Mechanic to work alongside other programs such as Kaspersky Internet Security Suite is a major plus. Other system repair software programs may ask users to uninstall third party security software before installation.

Iolo also includes system analysis and reporting tools that are very detailed for troubleshooting a system. System owners can use the reports to examine a faulty component, driver, or installed software application to repair a system. Since finding a system problem can be a large time consuming effort, this function is a great feature.

While no system software will be perfect, System Mechanic comes close. However, there were a few problems that we found during the review process that should be mentioned. One is that there are functions listed that are simply links to other products offered by Iolo. This type of advertising is a little confusing, as users may not realize that those functions are not included with the program. It would have been better to note those functions that are not included with System Mechanic. Perhaps another problem was the lack of the interface scalability when changing window sizes. When first loading System Mechanic, the software runs in a smaller window. However, if a user chooses to maximize the window then content is only displayed on a corner section the screen.

These issues aside, the large feature set of System Mechanic will help any system owner deal with a wide range of problems. Most of the features provide greater assistance for operating system problems such as problematic registry entries, improperly uninstalled programs, system clutter, and configuration issues. Other tools that address physical system components include system reporting tools and disk management functions that work very well.

The price tag of $59.95 is fairly steep, but well worth the cost with so many included features. Users will find a wide range of functions that might normally require several programs to provide. During the review period, the program ran quickly and without errors. Its small footprint means that users will not find their system speed minimized by the program’s functions. System Mechanic runs very well in the background and with other applications running.

There is a great deal to like about System Mechanic Professional. Not only does it offer a multitude of system tools but also many ways to examine a system’s components. The interface is clean and uncluttered, making navigation easy for all types of users. The program license also allows for the software to be installed on multiple computers at the same time.

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A new age in cyber warfare — Anonymous LulzSec and Stuxnet

A New age in cyber warfare - Anonymous, Lulz and Stuxnet

Growing up in the nineties, television and film made me believe that hackers could do anything. I pictured an emaciated Russian teenager typing on the keyboard of his multiple monitor display, green text scrolling down a black screen. Those scrawny fingers could assume identities or muddle up traffic lights. They were the dark practitioners of mysterious arts. Those were the early days of the web, though, when it was all still a bit wild west. It was before the September that never ended. The internet is supposed to be safe and established these days. Surely internet security experts, with their ever increasing budgets, are on top of all this.

But, as the Internet has gotten larger, deeper and more powerful, so too have its mavericks.

Hacking has never sat so openly in the public eye. Whether their cause be anarcho-policitical, like Anonymous, or more comedic and malicious, like LulzSec, hackers are taking on and embarrassing some of the largest and most powerful entities in the world. While Anonymous claims to defend free speech and whatever cause it’s decided to adopt that week, and Lulzsec targets any and everyone, simply for the “lulz”, neither should be underestimated.

Both have proven that they are more than capable not only of directing brute DDoS attacks, but also of more finessed forms of espionage. Both openly flaunt their victories, both often publicly announce their targets. Both have shown tremendous resistance to any attempts made by authorities to shut them down. At the same time, they have put out a call to come together to combine in full out cyber war against government, corporate and bank secrecy and security across the world. They have called it Antisec. Nevertheless, there are also many rumours flying around about infighting between the two groups.

Despite their capabilities and public profiles, Anonymous and LulzSec are groups of (assumed) private citizens. They are without large scale financial backing and their resources are limited. As cyber superiority becomes more and more important, so governments take ever-increasing notice. For an example of how this kind of modern warfare — when fought between nation states — may look, we need only to think about what happened only a year ago, in what was possibly one of the most dangerous acts of cyber warfare in history.

I am talking about Stuxnet.

Stuxnet was a worm which emerged in June of 2010, a sophisticated self-replicating computer virus designed with intelligence agency precision and military implications. It was first discovered by an obscure information security company from Minsk, called VirusBlokAda, because an Iranian client’s computer would not stop rebooting.

Upon inspection by security experts world-wide, it quickly became clear that Stuxnet was a worm like no other, employing many zero-day exploits and multiple programming languages ( It also became clear that it was written by multiple programmers).

Without delving into the details, Stuxnet initially spread via flash drives, using four different zero-day Microsoft Windows exploits and one of two stolen genuine digital signatures (from Realtek and JMicron) to hide itself.

Following this, it spread inside private networks. Once infected, Stuxnet remained hidden, only coming into play when on a computer that runs the appropriate industrial based Siemens software, and following this, only when that computer was connected to a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC).

PLC’s are the digital computers used for automated electromechanical processes, like turning valves on and off, timing traffic lights, or in this example, spinning uranium centrifuges in nuclear power plants. It installed itself on the PLCs, and was programmed to only affect and modify PLCs that met the specific parameters of those involved in the Iranian uranium enrichment infrastructure.

When the worm’s targets were discovered by cyber security experts, the mailing systems that might warn them were systematically DDoSed. Iran has not fully revealed the extent to which Stuxnet has damaged their nuclear program, but we know that it has made a significant impact.

This was a cyber attack which was specifically intended to hamper Iran’s development of nuclear energy and/or weapons, a far cry from the usual financial or symbolic aims of rogue hackers. The resources required to create such a worm imply a strong motive with governmental power behind it. It even had a few fail-safes included that would prevent it from spreading beyond its intended targets, such as an expiry date set for 2012 and limiting each computer to only infecting three more. Despite these fingerprints of government involvement, there is no way of telling where exactly Stuxnet came from. Certain elements within the programming suggest American involvement, while there are many Hebrew references within the code, suggesting a possible Israeli origin. The origins of Stuxnet, though, are currently bound to rumour and speculation.

Stuxnet is now available online for anyone to inspect, modify and potentially use. Of course, all the zero-days are now closed, and the certificates are no longer genuine, so it’s not quite as dangerous as it sounds.

Some have called Stuxnet the Hiroshima of cyber-warfare, one act that redefines the landscape in such a way that war can never be the same again.

Although this may be a bit of an exaggeration, the meaning is clear; Stuxnet was artificially limited, and was picked up and tackled by the best in the world. It was only ever going to hamper nuclear progress. It was effectively non-lethal. The next, or current, attack of a similar kind could be something far more nefarious. There is no oversight, and only a handful of precedents, for how these attacks can play out. Much as a biological virus can get out of control, so too can a digital virus.

While technology can be used to expose (Wikileaks), protest (Anonymous), organise (social media empowered activism) or ridicule (Lulzsec), perhaps we are forgetting who sits at the forefront of new technological developments.

Where publicly known hacker collectives — depending on your viewpoint — are proving slightly embarrassing or inspirational, government sponsored cyber-warfare can pose a very real threat to targeted nations or groups. Behind the doors of corporate and government superpowers, we simply don’t know what weapons and tools are being developed. On this new battlefield, where nations like the USA and China have already taken steps, we can only wait and see what kind of collateral damage may occur.

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Review The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2011

While I dont usually pick up anthologies, when the Kindle had The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2011 as a gold box deal for $1.99, I figured Id be willing to take the risk.

I started the book and was blown away by how good it is. If youre a fan of science writing for the lay man, you should really stop reading and buy it now, even at the full price at $7.99.

The big draws to this book are the big names like Atul Gawande, Stephen Hawking and Oliver Sacks. But in my reading of all the essays theres no a single dud in the entire book. Gawandes Letting Go is easily worth the price of admission all by itself, and if it encourages you to have a discussion with your family about what should go into the Advanced Health Directive, youll be glad you read the book/article.

Other articles cover the nature of invasive species into the Americas (Asian Carp is a huge problem, believe it or not). Theres one on fermentation and the new food movement. Others cover brain imagery, cancer treatments, and the existence of organic molecules in the universe. Theres one about the shooting of songbirds in Europe. Theres of course, the famous article about Gay Albatrosses. The last article will probably make you never want to visit SeaWorld again.

Every article was entertaining, and none of them was a waste of time. I felt like I learned something from every article. This could easily be one of the best books Ive read this year. While you could plausibly hunt down every article and read it for free on the internet, many of them are long form and benefit from reading on the Kindle or in paperback format rather than on the web.

Highly Recommended. Buy it now!

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Installation of Plug and Play Devices

Installation of Plug and Play Devices

If the device is a new installation, Windows should detect the
device at startup. One of three things can happen:
1. Windows will already have the required software device drivers and configure the system with or without user prompts
2. Windows will prompt the user for the OS installation CDs to retrieve the required drivers
3. Windows will prompt the user to provide the location for the required drivers supplied by the device manufacturer.
This would be your cue to insert the manufacturer’s CD that came with the device and point Windows to the correct driver installation file for the OS. Alternately, the manufacturer’s instal­lation guide may provide a different method for installation. Example: most USB devices require that you install the software first before connecting the device.
If Windows recognizes the device but you don’t have the man­ufacturer’s CD, there is a good chance that you can enable basic functionality by using the default Windows drivers. See the section Installation of non-Plug and Play Devices on how to tell Windows to use the default Windows drivers.

Installation of non-Plug and Play devices
If the device is not getting detected by Plug and Play during system startup, this usually means that you have a non-Plug and Play device. If you have the manufacturer’s CD and/or manual, look for installation instructions. Non-Plug and Play devices are usually older, and require manual allocation of resources, usually through setting jumpers or switchers on the device itself. Once you have ensured that the device has been configured as per the manufac­turer’s guidelines, boot up and install any software provided by the manufacturer as per the installation guidelines.
If there are no installation guidelines or the device is a second hand component with no documentation or you don’t have the required software drivers, then you can try to force Windows to recognise the device. First try to verify if the phys­ical installation and the jumper/switch settings on the device are correct. Search the Internet for information on how to do this. If you are able to do this, good; if not, don’t worry too much about it and go on to forcing Windows to recognise the device:
1. Click on the Add New Hardware (Windows 9x/ME) / Add Hardware (Windows 2000/XP) in the Control Panel. The Add Hardware Wizard will start up. Click Next.
2. If you have Windows 9x/ME go to Step 3, else go to Step 5.
3. In Windows 9x/ME, the Wizard will inform you that it is going to search for new hardware. Allow it to do so by clicking Next twice. After Windows finishes searching for Plug and Play Devices it will report that no Plug and Play devices are found.
4. Click Next. The first option tells Windows to search for non-Plug and Play devices. If it successfully detects the device, follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. Otherwise, select “No, I want to select the hardware from a list” and click Next. Go to Step 6.
5. In Windows 2000/XP, select “Add a new hardware device” and click Next. In the next dialog box, you can either ask Windows to search for a driver, or you can install the device manually. For manual device installation, select “Install the hardware that I manually select from a list (Advanced)”.
6. Select the hardware type from the list and click Next.
7. If you know the name of the device manufacturer, select the name of the manufacturer and browse through the list on the right side to see if your device model number is listed or a gener­ic name for your model series e.g. HP DeskJet for DeskJet printers. If you do not know the name of the manufacturer or the device model number, check if there are standard device types that you can install. If there are no standard types that can be installed, you will need to find a suitable driver by searching the Internet or getting it from other sources.
8. If the device has a standard type, choose the specification closest matching to your device. If the device does not have a standard type, click the “Have Disk…” button and provide the location for the appropriate driver installation file. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.

The above steps (for both Plug and Play and non-Plug and Play devices) should normally solve the device conflict and get your hard­ware operational.

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The Difference Between Wireless G Wireless N and Wireless AC

People generally refer to all Wireless Internet as WiFi but, as with a lot of technical jargon, WiFi as a term is often misued.  Are you one of those people constantly asking: Why is my Internet or my WiFi so slow??!? Very often, it is not the Internet provider’s fault. Rather, it all comes down to the type of router you are using and the speed it offers

Wireless-N and Wireless-G are terms referring to 802.11n and 802.11g wireless networking standards set by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the professional organization and standard bearers for electronics discussion and publication among working professionals.

By setting a wireless standard, the multitude of manufacturing entities creating wireless networking products (routers) and wireless networking devices (Laptops, Tablets, SmartTVs, Phones, Roku) can all start on the same page. Imagine if a given wireless networking device was only able to connect to certain routers at certain places. It would result in a major loss of continuity for users and would cause anything from minor headaches to mass frustration.

Wireless networking standards such as Wireless-N and Wireless-G go through many iterations/versions called drafts until they are finally settled upon for publication and mass use.

IEEE 802.11n is a wireless networking standard created to improve network throughput (maximum speed and transmission capabilities) over the two prior standards—802.11a and 802.11g. For example, most coffee shop hotspot routers run on Wireless-G (54 Mbps) or even Wireless-B (11 Mbps). They are constantly being shared by many people so it can be somewhat slow to connect and actually surf the web.

What made Wireless-N significant is that it increased the maximum data transmission rate more than tenfold from 54 Mbps to 600-900 Mbps. Wireless-N also opened up additional spectrum area for wireless transmission, allowing for the use of four spatial streams in at a channel width of 40 MHz. That is double the channel width of Wireless-G. 802.11n standardized support/technical specifications for multiple-input multiple-output (AKA MIMO). It also increased security and improved several additional features.

What is Wireless-AC?

Enhancements of 802.11n are currently being drafted and tested and may even included on certain brand new routers as 802.11ac. However, there are no major devices that support the standard at this time, meaning no phones, laptops, Rokus, AppleTVs.

Since these devices don’t support the standard/draft yet, buying an Wireless-AC router will not let you connect at its increased speeds. You may be able to upgrade a laptop using a special Wireless-AC adapter, but it is only made by a few manufacturers and it could become obsolete at any time if the Wireless-AC draft changes.

Why You Should Upgrade to Wireless-N from Wireless-G?

Hanging onto an older Wireless-G router means you are sacrificing overall speed and security while actually hindering the wireless capabilities for newer devices.

Using a Wireless G router with your iPad may feel like trying to catching a fish with a stick. It may eventually work, but it certainly not the most efficient way to get the job done. This is not an iPhone 4S to iPhone 5 type upgrade where you have a little bit sleeker device and a few new features to play with. When a wireless standard is jumped, you are talking MAJOR wireless connectivity improvements.

Want to see the differences between Wireless AC, Wireless-N and Wireless-G? Well, here’s a quick breakdown for you.

Wireless G vs Wireless N Comparison

Max Throughput: 54 Mbps vs 600-900 Mbps (Wireless-AC 1200-1750)

Wireless Range (Radius): 75 ft vs up to 200-450 ft

Wireless Channel Width: 20 MHz vs 40 MHz (80 MHz for Wireless-AC)

Of course, these ranges are maximum distances in optimal conditions. Most of us don’t live in a world where there are no other wireless interference. Even if you don’t see any other wireless signals in your range, there is still a laundry list of devices that can cost you range, such as Cordless Phones, Baby Monitors and Microwaves. Getting a high performing router Wireless-N is the best way to overcome these issues.

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Platters and Heads

In order to increase the amount of information the drive can store, most hard disks have multiple platters. This drive has three platters and six read/write heads:

The mechanism that moves the arms on a hard disk has to be incredibly fast and precise. It can be constructed using a high-speed linear motor.

Many drives use a "voice coil" approach -- the same technique used to move the cone of a speaker on your stereo is used to move the arm.

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DataGuard AntiKeylogger Ultimate 4 0 0 3 Review and Download

DataGuard AntiKeylogger Ultimate (DataGuard) places second in our review of anti-keylogger apps. Zemana AntiLogger received a higher rating because of its innovative 128-bit SSL protection, Webcam protection and sound protection. DataGuard doesnt possess these capabilities. However, DataGuard did place higher than our third-placed anti-keylogger software GuardedID Premium. Our third-ranked application lacks the on-the-fly protection, easily configured user preferences, and overall defense for the system registry that DataGuard provides the PC and its user.

An in-depth discussion of DataGuards features and functionality occurs below.

Cyber-crooks are delighted to know that with keylogger software they can easily poke gaping holes and bypass most antispyware and antivirus applications. Currently, keylogger crimeware represents the most dangerous threat that computer users face today. Keyloggers capture and record each stroke of a PCs keyboard. The victims own internet connection transmits the sensitive data into the hands of the cyber-crook.

MAxSecurity Lab, a Chisinau Moldova-based company, developed DataGuard AntiKeylogger Ultimate as software that works in conjunction with traditional security. Though remotely located, the company is an active player in the development of security products and has strong customer satisfaction.

To learn more, please visit our Learning Center to read our articles on anti-keylogger software. For additional objective reviews and side-by-side comparisons of products in this category, please visit our Anti-Keylogger Software Review site.

Ease of Use:

DataGuard implements a proactive scanning program that protects the user from various types of keyloggers. The anti-keylogger softwares robust features provide security against known, unknown, and future keylogger implementations.

At install, DataGuard assumes all decision-making options. Novice computer users may enjoy the easy installation; advanced users will dislike the programs presumed authority over their PC. No worries, the program is equipped with a well-executed User Interface (UI). Here, users will be able to configure options that include enabling or disabling protection and the types of protection desired.

Users who enjoy eye-candy will appreciate the ability to customize the look and feel of the UI through the implementation of alternate software skins. Over seventy-five alternative skins, designed to meet the tastes of even the most finicky users, are available on the companys website for download. Though fun, clearly, this is an unnecessary feature of a security software.

Reliability:

User reviews report that the program is proficient in scrambling and encrypting keystrokes. Further, user-based testing demonstrates that the software holds up against even the most powerful keylogger applications.

The manufacturer performed software compatibility tests between DataGuard and commonly used security software. Security software used in conjunction with DataGuard experienced no conflict or compatibility issues. However, some users of Microsoft Windows Vista report that DataGuard conflicts with Kaspersky Antivirus software and causes a system failure on re-boot. However, this problem doesnt occur with Windows XP or Windows 7.

Protection:

Inside the UI, users can configure the protection settings of the software. Options include, enabling protection for keyboard hooks, clipboard monitoring, alternative data interception and system protection. The software allows for the creation of a customized overall system protection policy. Alternately, self-detection modules can run automatically.

Internet Security:

Advanced configuration options include the ability to set an administrative password that prevents machine users from accessing the UI in an attempt to change settings or to disable the protection DataGuard offers.

Licensing/Upgrades/Support:

Each purchase of DataGuard AntiKeylogger entitles the user to license and install the software on one computer. Customers receive one year of product upgrades after the time of purchase.

The main method of support for the product is the DataGuard Users Manual. For more specific or complicated issues, customer support is available through email. The website provides FAQs that answer many commonly asked user questions.

Supported Operating Systems:
DataGuard AntiKeylogger Ultimate is compatible with the following:

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4
• Microsoft Windows XP
• Microsoft Windows 2003
• Microsoft Windows Vista
• Microsoft Windows 7
• DataGuard s not compatible with Windows 9X/Me OS
• DataGuard is not available for Mac OS
• Currently, DataGuard supports only 32-bit operating systems.

Summary:

DataGuard AntiKeylogger Ultimate is an effective and robust anti-keylogger software. Its advanced features are effective at providing the user with an additional level of security when anti-spyware and anti-virus software fails.

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Zemana AntiLogger Review and Download

Zemana AntiLogger is our top-rated anti-keylogger software. The application is equipped with a set of well-developed security features that protect the user from internet threats. Features such as the worlds first 128-bit SSL Logger protection and Anti-Webcam Logger propelled Zemana AntiLogger to its first place position. Third and second placed products may offer similar protective elements. However, the technology behind Zemana AntiLogger is robust, innovative, reliable and more comprehensive than its competition. See below, for a full introduction and discussion of these features.

Once confined to the corners of a dusty library or research facility, the Internet has made information available to the masses. Today, research can take place in the comfort of ones living room, or even the city park. Unfortunately, internet connectivity is home to a new type of wilderness. Only the historic Wild West rivals this ever-evolving feral country. Security-breaching viruses, adware, spyware and keyloggers can prey on internet-connected computers and their unsuspecting users. Cyber-crooks and hackers are the creators of these forms of electronic predation. Motivated by dollar signs and greed, these bandits seek to rob their victims of data and other sensitive information.

Zemana Ltd. is an international internet security company. The Company has offices located on four continents. Their premiere product is Zemana AntiLogger, a security anti-keylogger software developed to protect personal and financial information at the highest level. Because of Zemana AntiLogger, a semblance of order and security has made the internet a little safer for the average PC owner.

To view additional objective reviews and side-by-side comparisons of other products in this category, please visit our Anti-Keylogger Software Review site. To obtain more information about computer security, please visit our learning center articles about anti-keylogger software. 

Ease of Use:

Zemana AntiLogger has an intuitive setup process. The application installs with just a few clicks of the mouse and uninstalls just as easily. Once installed, the app displays a discreet icon on the system tray. Advanced users will appreciate the ability to control each module of the application via the User Interface (UI). The computer administrator is able to grant system-level access for various applications and websites as well as the segregation of suspicious items.

Zemana AntiLogger is not a replacement for antivirus and antispyware security software. Instead, Zemana AntiLogger works in conjunction with these types of software. Traditional antivirus and antispyware security products do not keep pace with the rapid rate that hackers develop new forms of malware in the wild.

Traditional security products rely on a signature database to identify and stop malware attacks. Days, or weeks, can pass before a user updates the signature database and performs a scan. Zemana AntiLogger fills the gap by adding an extra level of security. Zemana AntiLogger proactively protects and secures the computer until traditional products identify and remove the malicious software.

Zemana AntiLoggers powerful protection does not slow the computer or drain vital system resources and processes. Testing demonstrates that Zemana AntiLogger is compatible with common security products such as AVG, BitDefender, Kaspersky, Ad-Aware, McAfee, Norton Antivirus and Norman Antivirus.

Reliability:

Users from across the internet declare Zemana AntiLogger to be state-of-the-art software that is light years ahead of other anti-keylogger software. User-administered testing demonstrates that the application is clearly steroid-driven and is as robust as the manufacturer claims.

Several users attempted to break through the applications defense system. In all tests, the application intercepted, identified and quarantined both known and unknown instances of keylogger software. Within seconds of install, Zemana AntiLogger found and quarantined a previously unknown Keylogger on the reviewers home PC.

This reviewer further tested Zemana AntiLoggers defenses and matched it up against multiple keyloggers. The application successfully foiled the capture of any data from the home machine.

User error and lackadaisical decision-making are the only tools hackers have to defeat Zemana AntiLoggers defenses. In one occurrence, the anti-keylogger software identified what, on the surface, resembled a legitimate device driver as a "potential" system threat.

Some malware authors implement naming conventions that disguise the keylogger as a valid device driver. These naming conventions slyly substitute letters and numbers for letters in the actual drivers name. The naming convention sways the user into thinking a contaminant is a legitimate application and grants privileged system access to the keylogger. Once granted, the masquerading surveillance software is free to carry out the recording and transmission of the users sensitive data.

Googling and researching the alerts Zemana AntiLogger gives is not a bad idea. Had the reviewer not Googled the alert, the allowing of system access seemed an obvious and logical decision. This rationale is something hackers bank on; however, it is the users bank account that will be paid an unfortunate visit.

In the event that a bona fide application or process is blocked, users can easily re-grant access via the User Interface.

Protection:

The security features of Zemana AntiLogger are impressive. This anti-keylogger software provides the worlds first SSL Logger protection. This feature provides 128-bit encryption which dependably secures data during online transactions. Todays generation of spyware is capable of capturing your sensitive financial information a fraction of a second before encryption. Zemana AntiLogger prevents this capture and prevents the keylogger from recording any data at all.

Most users do not consider their webcam a personal security risk. Many would be surprised to learn that the cyber-criminal could be using it to stake out a home or business. In some instances, the cyber-criminal is not only interested in financial assets but also physical inventory. The undetected keylogger software identifies personal information like name, address and phone number. An unprotected webcam could put the users belongings and personal safety at risk for burglary and other intrusions.

Simply turning the webcam off will not thwart a determined criminal. The cyber-crook, by issuing a remote command, can turn the webcam on or off at will. For them, surveillance is as simple as clicking a button. Unique to the Internet security industry, Zemana AntiLogger offers the worlds first Webcam Logger Protection. Not only is sensitive personal information now safe, but so are the users home and business assets. Zemana AntiLogger stands out because of this and other innovative anti-keylogger software features.

Internet Security:

Other areas of robust protection offered by Zemana AntiLogger include keylogger protection, Clipboard Logger protection, Screen Logger protection and System Defense. All of these features combine to secure the very heart of the PC and protects all of the users personal and sensitive information. Cleary, Zemana AntiLogger is an advanced anti-keylogger software.

Licensing/Upgrades/Support:

Each purchase of Zemana AntiLogger entitles the user to install the anti-keylogger software on one computer. Volume discounts are available for multiple licenses.

The manufacturer provides one year of free upgrades for the software. Major releases are included. Zemana AntiLogger comes with an unlimited 30-day money back guarantee. Order cancellation may occur for any reason.

Support is available on the Zemana AntiLogger website. The website has a FAQs section for both pre and post sales. Email support is available. Users posing email questions can expect to receive an answer within 24-48 business hours.

Supported Operating Systems:

• Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or higher
• Microsoft Windows Vista
• Microsoft Windows 7

Note: Windows 64-bit is not supported at the present time.

Summary:

Zemana AntiLogger is a state-of-the-art weapon against keylogger software. This anti-keylogger software is light-years ahead of the competition. Surprisingly, this robust protection comes to the user at a minimal cost.

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Best unknown PS3 games with good graphics and gameplay

As a ps3 gamer, sometimes you may wonder to yourself, "what games should i buy and play next?". Well, this article will show you some best ps3 games but not really popular, keep reading..

Without a doubt, Playstation 3 is a storage of great and awesome games, metal gear solid 4 and uncharted are the best examples. Unfortunately, there are a lot of good ps3 game which are not popular among gamers due to the lack of publicity but worth to play (and buy). Here are some of them:

1. Vanquish

Vanquish is a third-person-shooter game developed by Platinum Games and released in October 2010 for both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 video game consoles.

Vanquish is praised for some innovations to 3D shooter genre like original sliding-boost mechanic and beat em up elements.

Background Story

The game takes place in the future where human population has reached a maximum limit resulting the war among nations to get the scarce remaining resources.

Gameplay

You will play as Sam Gideon, a DARPA agent armed with the Augmented Reaction Suit which is very important to help you survive through the journey in the game. The Augmented Reaction (AR) mode can help you slow down the time, target the enemies easily and give you boosters to move quickly across the area.

Vanquish offers you unique experience. There are a lot of things you can do to winning the game, just like commandeering enemy vehicles, distracting enemies by using cigarette, and using the sliding-boost mechanic to slide into another area in slow motion (its the most fun part of the gameplay).

The Good
 + fantastic boss fights
 + the sliding-boost mechanic is really awesome
 + a lot of explosions, bullets, and robots
 + smooth control

The Bad
 - too short (about four hours gameplay)
 - bad dialogue and voice acting

Click here to buy Vanquish from amazon

2. Resonance of Fate

Resonance of Fate, also known as End of Eternity, is a Japanese role playing games published by Sega.

Gameplay

The gameplay is similar to Japanese RPG like final fantasy series, so if you are a big fan of JRPG, there is a big chance that you will love Resonance of Fate.

This game uses the three-Attack Battle system, a combination of turn-based and real-time control. The game itself consists of battle elements such as action battles and command battles. Each characters turn is limited by action points, so you can only move and switch weapons until your point runs out.

Setting

Resonance of Fate takes place in the future where a drastic change occurs to the environment of the earth. The situation becomes worst when poisonous layers of gases permeate the land and kill a lot of people and forces the remaining humans to build a gigantic device called Basel.

Reception

Resonance of Fate receives a lot of positive reception from popular game magazines and sites. Eurogamer praises its innovative gameplay mechanics and RPGamer chooses the game as the runner-up for its Best Script award and also the runner-up for RPGamers Best Voice Acting award.

The Good
 + unique combat mechanics system
 + offers you epic story
 + challenging enemies

The Bad
 - lack of visual variety

Click here to buy Resonance of Fate from amazon

3. Enslaved: Odyssey to the West

Publisher:  Namco Bandai
Developer: Ninja Theory
Genre: action adventure

Enslaved Odyssey to the West offers you a re-imagining of Journey to the West, a popular ancient Chinese story. But instead of ancient china, the story of the game takes place in the future where remaining humans must face a massive global war.

You will play as "the monkey" with a lot of skills. In combat battle for example, you will be equipped with a staff that can be used as both a close-combat and long range projectile weapon. You can also use staff to damage the the enemies or even stunning them.

Beside good combat, the gameplay also focuses on platforming (like scaling and leaping across the ruins, just like Tomb Raider). As a gamer, i must say if Enslaved Odyssey to the West is a beautiful combination between action adventure game and platforming.

The Good
 + satisfying and smooth combat
 + variety of beautiful locations
 + variety of boss fights and puzzles

The Bad
 - touchy movement controls

Click here to buy Enslaved: Odyssey to the West from amazon

4. Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is a role-playing game published by EA. This game offers you a fun gameplay, just imagine skyrim with third-person camera but without dragons.

Unique combat system

The combat system of the game is similar to to an action role-playing game where you need to press certain controller buttons to perform combos and eliminate the enemies.

The unique thing about the combat system is the "fate points". When you have accumulated enough fate points, you can transform into reckoning mode,  a slow motion mode that allows you to dispatch enemies and earn a lot of exp at the same time.

The Good
+ Good visuals and gameplay
+ Hundred of side quest

The bad
- The main campaign is too short (about 10-15 hours of gameplay)

Though the game got a lot of positive reviews, but it failed to reach financial success leading to Big Huge Games and 38 Studios closure.

Click here to buy Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning from amazon

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TV Remote Applications for Samsung Galaxy S and Samsung Galaxy Tab Free Download

Surely it would be very easy if we have a multifunctional tool. As if we have a smartphone that could be TV Remote, this will soon be realized by Samsung. If you already have a type S Samsung TV output in 2010, then the Samsung Galaxy Tab  or Samsung Galaxy S will be ready to turn into your TV remote.

After 9 months ago released a TV Remote Applications to be installed at IOS (iPhone OS), there is now also a kind of application which can navigate channels on your TV using smarphone android. This time the Android OS is ready to bring the TV Remote Applications that can be installed on Samsung Galaxy S or Samsung Galaxy Tab.

Just like the previous IOS applications, these applications also require you to prepare for a television device can be connected to Wi-Fi networks, in particular Samsung TV model type C output in 2010 that supports Internet @ TV, LED 6500 Series, 650 Series LCD and PDP 6500 Series or similar types with the latest version.

Features offered by TV Remote Applications is quite interesting, because in addition to watching TV with a touch screen controlled by a smartphone, you can also access the internet like Youtube or Facebook directly on TV. Remote TV application you can get for free and without cost. Unfortunately this application is limited only to those who have the Samsung Galaxy S (or Samsung Galaxy Tab) and Samsung TV models only.

You want to try out this application, please download Samsung Remote App below

Samsung Remote

Samsung Remote-Tab

Enjoy!!

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Re read Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Mainteneance

I first read Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance in high school, and reading it then was an amazing discovery. I remember not being able to stop reading it, going on until well past midnight, barely able to stop when it was time to sleep, and finishing it the next day. When I saw that the Kindle edition was down to $2.99, I didnt hesitate and bought it and read it again.

Books are different beasts when you read them a second time. The first time I loved the description of the scientific method and its application to debugging computer programs (in addition to the problems you find when you need to repair a motorcycle):

When you’ve hit a really tough one, tried everything, racked your brain and nothing works, and you know that this time Nature has really decided to be difficult, you say, “Okay, Nature, that’s the end of the nice guy,” and you crank up the formal scientific method. For this you keep a lab notebook. Everything gets written down, formally, so that you know at all times where you are, where you’ve been, where you’re going and where you want to get. In scientific work and electronics technology this is necessary because otherwise the problems get so complex you get lost in them and confused and forget what you know and what you don’t know and have to give up. (Loc 1603)

This time around, I found another part of the story, the story about a father and son, re-united after a horrifying personal disaster, and the realization that it as his son that brought him out of the psychiatric ward:

We’re related to each other in ways we never fully understand, maybe hardly understand at all. He was always the real reason for coming out of the hospital. To have let him grow up alone would have been really wrong. In the dream too he was the one who was always trying to open the door. I haven’t been carrying him at all. He’s been carrying me! (Loc 6249)

Whats great about the book is that all this is interspersed with a motorcycle trip from Minnesota to California. Its full of little tips about cycle touring that indicate that Pirsig did do quite a bit of motorcycle touring, though he does spend way too much time on a freeway in California instead of riding down the coast. (And much like most tourists, he makes the mistake of visiting the California coast during the summer, when its mostly fogged in) There are also little interesting observations about people on the road:

While we wait for chocolate malteds I notice a high-schooler sitting at the counter exchanging looks with the girl next to him. She’s gorgeous, and I’m not the only other one who notices it. The girl behind the counter waiting on them is also watching with an anger she thinks no one else sees. Some kind of triangle. We keep passing unseen through little moments of other people’s lives. (Loc 4385)

Ultimately, the books a philosophical novel, with lots of explanation of the authors ideas about the nature of Quality, the split between the arts and the sciences, and his attempts to unify the two by keeping Quality undefined as, "You know it when you see it." For a rhetoric class at the places Pirsig has taught, I think this approach might work. For those of us working in technology, however, Im not sure that non-definition is useful. Theres a certain sense that those who care passionately enough about their work enough to have strong opinions and defend them are better engineers than those for whom engineering is "just work." On the other hand, you could argue that in many ways, the constant arguments over the quality of say, the choice of programming language is well over-blown, and people would mostly be better of getting work done than engaging in the low-Quality flame wars that you find on the internet.

Regardless of how you feel, however, the novel is thought-provoking, interesting, and never dull, despite being mostly about ideas, rather than being about characters or plot. Its a great book and well worth reading and re-reading. Highly recommended.

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