Spybot is both free and adaptable for both beginning and power users, but it left behind several known spyware apps.
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The TuneCast Auto is easy to use and produces clear sound. Just watch you don't run anyone over while scanning for decent frequencies.
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Google Desktop Search is a slick and speedy search tool for finding information on your hard drive. It lacks a file viewer and media player but is very fast and easy to use.
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McAfee VirusScan Plus 2008's protection keeps up with the changing threats on the Internet, but the product doesn't excel, burdened by a user experience that's basically unchanged from last year.
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Improved customer support and spyware detection once again make McAfee VirusScan a contender, but new users should opt for a combined antivirus and firewall package instead.
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Last week Australians got their first taste of an X-ray machine that can perform a "virtual strip search" when authorities began trialling a machine at Melbourne's domestic airport. Now there's a machine large enough to strip search a car.
The upgrade will also give users the ability to change speeds on playback of video stored on Memory Stick PRO Duo.
Search leader redesigns main Web results page with universal, integrated search and other new features.
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Image recognition technology turns the camera phone into a text-free tool for promotions and Internet search.
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The free spyware-removal program from Lavasoft is currently one of the most popular on CNET.com.au's Downloads, but after downloading it, many users can be confused by the process of getting started. This guide will walk you through the normal installation, set-up and use of Ad-Aware.
Whether you've just bought a digital camera or are in the market for one, you'll learn the basics of buying and using a digicam in this introductory primer on digital photography.
Whether saving Web images or scanning files for viruses, the right-click has become an essential action for most PC users. However, tweaking that right-click menu in Windows Explorer has never been an easy task ... until FileMenu Tools came along.
CNET describes ways to use Yahoo for custom searches and to compare results
against those of Google.
Make your spyware scans run faster so you can get back to work sooner.
Each year Microsoft holds its Techfest show, an exhibition of some of the research projects it's working on. CNET.com.au went to check out where the future lies.
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Declining prices and improved miniaturisation mean GPS is making its way out of the car and into other gadgets. You may never get lost again.
Lookup unlisted and cell phone numbers.
Search and download pictures automatically.
Manage your workstations and servers that run VNC.
Search for identical files and delete useless copies.
Create and maintain your digital archive.