2007 December

Gary may just save your skin with this security tip…
Good morning, afternoon, or evening — whatever it happens to be in your area. I don’t know if you’ve heard of these two accessories that PayPal uses, but I know from your eBay videos that you and your family have both eBay and PayPal accounts. PayPal [...]

These were your favorite files from PC World in December of 2007.

Ad-Aware 2007 Free
This free antispyware program with a solid scanning engine has a significantly improved UI.

Spybot Search & Destroy
Perennial favorite antispyware tool has lots of settings.

Quake III: Arena
Now the king of first-person shooters is optimized for multiplayer gaming.

DVD Shrink
Back up your movies on DVD [...]

Track your team’s stats live on a laptop at the game!
Two-click process for entering a player’s stat.
“SportSmart” features automate stat entry by mouse by loading screens automatically you would go to next based on the basketball stat you entered.
Included:

Two-click process for entering a player’s stat.

“SportSmart” features automate stat entry.

Shot chart

Player minutes played.

Player quarters played.

Track opponent’s [...]

The Internet contains an enormous amount of information, and you’re going to routinely find content that you’d like to quote and use on your blog or one of the many other Web sites or social networking profiles that you may have. The way that you do this is up to you, but for many of [...]

Gnomie Will Fergus writes:
I heard you were looking for top 5 tips, so here you go.

When looking for a piece of software such as a screen capturing program, I end up downloading lots of different ones. I find one I like and continue using it, but forget to uninstall the others. Avoid this and you [...]

Windows Vista contains so many quirks, unaccountable behaviors, and confounding features that it almost seems to have been designed to vex its users. Unfortunately, as most Vista users are already dealing with job demands, impending deadlines, and assorted miscellaneous interruptions, they have little patience left for operating system foibles. The situation tends to make them [...]

One of the easiest ways to customize Word 2007 to meet your own needs is to add the commands that you frequently use to the Quick Access toolbar. For example, if you frequently use the E-mail command, you can add it to the toolbar where it is easily accessible.
There are a few different ways [...]

Those people who utilize the different formatting options in Word will love the new Live Preview feature in Word 2007. As the name implies, Word will show you a preview of how a new formatting option will look before you even apply the formatting option.
Using the new Live Preview feature is simple. Begin by [...]

BitDefender Total Security 2008 provides the ultimate proactive protection for your PCs.
ANTIVIRUS & ANTISPYWARE

Protects your PC in real time from known viruses, spyware, and other malware with hourly updates
Blocks unknown viruses using advanced proactive detection techniques
Monitors and prevents spyware threats in real-time
Detects and removes the newest breed of hidden threats known as rootkits
Provides a smooth [...]