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Next Generation Symantec Antivirus codename Hamlet

Symantec is working on the latest version of their corporate anti-virus software, codenamed Hamlet. The Beta versions have been in closed testing since March 2007. Symantec has not yet announced the official name for this new next-generation product that integrates firewall, zero-day protection and network access control features into this all-in-one anti-virus product. Buy Norton Internet Security 2007 and get Norton SystemWorks Basic for ONLY $10!


Firefox 3 coming soon

Mozilla is working on the latest version of the Firefox Browser, codenamed Gran Paradiso. The preview edition of Firefox 3 is currently in Alpha stage, and is expected to reach the the first Beta version release in the end of July.
Firefox 3 will feature the bookmarks portion of Places, the feature that at one time was slated to appear in Firefox 2.0, but was later pulled out. The Places feature that is slated to make searching through Browser History and Bookmarks easy, depends on the Open Source SQLite database engine.


Portable Applications

Portable Applications are among the most talked about things today. If you have a USB Flash Drive, also known as a Pen Drive / Thumb Drive / USB Stick, or if you have a Portable Hard Disk, then you should be interested in Portable Applications


Linux

Linux is unarguably one of the most powerful operating systems known today. Used more for servers than for desktops, Linux was created (and named after) Linus Torvalds.

Linus Torvalds wrote the Linux kernel in 1991-92 as an open source software. The kernel is the heart of any operating system.


Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows is without doubt one of the most popular Operating Systems known today. Used by a vast majority of people in homes and offices worldwide, Microsoft Windows is a proprietary (also known as 'closed source') Operating System from one of the world's largest software companies, Microsoft (MS).


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