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Norton Internet Security 2013

Norton’s new Internet Security is built for Windows 8

Trend Micro Titanium Maximum Security 2013 suite

An all-in-one security suite that puts a focus on parental features and safe social networking

App review: Trend Micro DirectPass for Android

DirectPass acts as a secure Web browser and central repository for Web site credentials

App review: Wake up and smell the Vegemite

Vegemite make it easy for us to wake up and follow the Aussie athletes in their quest for gold at the London Olympics

Norton Internet Security 2012 security software

Norton Internet Security 2012 review: solid and efficient PC security

Adobe Lightroom 4.1 photography software

Adobe Lightroom 4.1 review: a mature and balanced digital workflow tool

Norton 360 v6.0 security software

Norton 360 offers worthwhile PC-boosting extras to the usual internet security suite

Bitdefender Total Security 2012

Bitdefender Total Security 2012 is an internet security suite that offers excellent performance at a decent price

Bitdefender Internet Security 2012

Bitdefender’s security suite blends a friendly design with top-shelf PC protection for novices and advanced users alike.

Trend Micro Titanium Maximum Security 2012

Trend Micro's Titanium Maximum Security 2012 suite has a clean, easy to use interface, and it's not overly intrusive

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"Windows 8 sucks because Windows 8 apps suck", said analyst Michael Cherry, not mincing words. "And there's nothing in all these rumors of Windows Blu...

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With so many Linux distributions out there, it can be difficult to keep tabs on all the updates that come out over the course of an average week or mo...

Article | 31/08/2012 Forty games headed to the Windows 8 Xbox app

A first wave of 40 Xbox games is headed to Windows 8 PCs starting October 26, which is the launch date for Windows 8.

Article | 31/08/2012 Windows 8 hybrid tablets prove the need for Microsoft's Surface

After looking through the dozen or so announcements of Windows 8 laptop-tablet hybrids at IFA 2012, I'm having trouble telling some of them apart.

Article | 30/08/2012 Apple Mac OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.1 software update now available

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Article | 30/08/2012 Parallels launches Desktop 8 for Mac

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