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Entries Tagged ‘8’

Avira Premium Security Suite vs AVG Internet Security

Today we’re comparing Avira’s Premium Security Suite and the Award Winning AVG Internet Security.  Avira again are relatively unknown to the typical user but I think in a few years time it will be fighting AVG, Norton and McAfee for the most popular software providers.  For more about Avira check out their website!  The comparison [...]

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Tip – How to improve Anti-Spam on AVG

Are you finding that emails from some of your contacts are sneaking into your Junk Mail/Spam folder?  Here is a great little tip for those of you who are running AVG 8/8.5 to stop this happening!

Open up the AVG Interface (Start –> Programs –> AVG –> AVG User Interface)
Click tools and then advanced settings

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AVG 8 – Train AVG Anti-Spam – HAM and SPAM

You may find that your AVG Anti-Spam isn’t catching some of your SPAM Emails.  There are two different ways to catch SPAM emails.  The below tutorial will show you both ways, starting off with HAM.  HAM training of Anti-Spam teaches AVG what emails you want.  The other method is SPAM training, this teaches AVG which [...]

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12 Days Of Christmas – Day 10 – PC World

Our 10th recommended Christmas retailer is PC World.  PC World, probably best known for their advertising slogan, specialise in Computers.  Their product range is mainly based on either computer hardware, computer software, computer accessories and electronic gadgets (digital cameras, tv’s, etc).  We mainly recommend Dell machines, but you can occasionally find a gem of a [...]

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12 Days Of Christmas – Day 8 – Dabs

Dabs is our eighth recommended retailer for Christmas presents.  Dabs specialise in electronics varying from Laptops to Electronic Components to MP3 Players to Mobiles to Books to Software, just to name a few.
Their website is very simple to use and well laid out.  They also have an option to browse by brand which could come [...]

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Quick Tip: Apple iTunes 8

Apple have released the latest version of the music software iTunes.  iTunes isn’t something we give much time to but credit has to be given to Apple really because it is a brilliant bit of kit and if you have an iPod it works seemlessly. Allowing you to fully manage your music, videos and podcasts!
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Internet Explorer 8 Beta

So we have had Firefox 3, Google Chrome and on the horizon is Internet Explorer 8! At the moment there is a beta version out which we have been playing with. We would like to remind users that beta versions are really only for designers and developers or those more competent computer users. This is [...]

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