Stories by Narasu Rebbapragada

Google Street View Funny ... or Disaster?

Embarrassing moments, unexplained car crashes, and crazy stunts. You never know what the Google Street View team is going to capture on camera next. If only an 'Undoo Button' was in play for those captured here

Microsoft Windows Live OneCare 2.0 suite

The security protection of Microsoft's Windows Live OneCare 2.0 suite is much better than that of the debut version.

CES - Power your gadgets by sun and water

While the Consumer Electronics Association announced that it would go green by purchasing 20,000 tons' worth of carbon offsets, a few companies at CES 2008's Sustainable Technologies TechZone introduced new products that use fewer nonrenewable resour...

Check Point ZoneAlarm 7.0

Check Point's new ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite 7.0 significantly improves on the previous 6.0 version. Parent company Check Point has replaced the mediocre CA antivirus engine that it licensed from CA with a much better one from Kaspersky Labs, ...

CES - New drive adds security to disc burning

LG Electronics will be integrating into its Super Multi DVD Rewriter Nero's SecurDisc technology, which password protects and encrypts a data (not audio or video) CD or DVD so that only the intended recipient can look at the data.

Grisoft releases security suite beta

Grisoft announced Tuesday a public beta of AVG Internet Security 7.5, which includes antivirus, antispyware, antispam, and firewall components. The beta marks Grisoft's first full-fledged consumer internet security suite, which is scheduled for launc...

Kaspersky Internet Security 6.0

When it comes to the Internet, you can never take security too seriously. Thankfully, Kaspersky Internet Security 6.0 - a suite of antivirus, firewall, antispyware, antispam and Web-protection tools - is superb at detecting malware.

F-Secure Internet Security 2006

F-Secure's Internet Security 2006 performed with flying colors in most of our malware detection tests, but it had problems removing many of those same troublesome files.

HumanConcepts OrgPlus 6 Professional

HumanConcepts' OrgPlus 6 Professional is a well-trained one-trick pony and it does that one trick -- creating organizational charts -- very well, once you take the time to get familiar with the program.

Apple ups MacBook Pro processor speed

I spoke briefly this morning with Dave Russell, Apple's senior director of portables and wireless product marketing, about the MacBook Pro laptop with Intel Core Duo processor. The MacBook Pro starts shipping this week and next with slightly faster p...

Palm TX

Palm's new TX sacrifices some of the storage and processing power of its predecessor, the Tungsten T5, in exchange for Wi-Fi and a lower price. The end result: more features for the buck.

Casio Exilim Pro EX-P505

Though Casio's 5 megapixel Exilim Pro EX-P505 point-and shoot takes both still photos and video, it doesn't excel at either. In fact, its picture quality was mediocre. That's too bad, because this camera is easy to use and has a great in-camera help ...

Tiger lives up to the hype: mac os x tiger (version 10.4)

Is this latest release of Mac OS X worth $199 bucks? The answer is yes and the improvements aren't just cosmetic.

Canon Powershot S70

Canon's easy-to-use PowerShot S70 feels like a brick compared to the majority of today's lightweight point-and-shoots, and at $1099 it's expensive for its class. For the premium, however, you get outstanding picture quality and a built-in wide-angle ...