Updated March 8th: McAfee released the latest version of McAfee Stinger March 8th — protecting you from 39 Trojans and worms, ranging from Bagle, Blaster, Bugbear, and Dumaru to Klez, Lovgate, Mimail, MyDoom, Sircam and Sobig. Click here to be taken to the download page. If you require instructions on how to download and install McAfee Stinger, click on this link. And surf safely.

Looking to purchase a digital camera? You might want to check out this 6 MegaPixel model, which sells for only $399 U.S., half the price of it’s competition. The camera features one-touch video recording, includes 16 MB of Internal memory, a lithium rechargeable battery, and a TV out plug, along with ULEAD Photo Explorer 8.0 software.

If you’re purchasing a new computer, you absolutely DO NOT want to put it onto the Net before pre-installing the Windows Critical Updates. Of course, you also want to pre-install an anti-virus programme, like Norton AntiVirus, McAfee VirusScan, or AVG Anti-Virus, and a good, workable and protective firewall, along the lines of ZoneAlarm or Sygate.
Still and all, pre-installing the Windows Updates from a CD is the way to go when setting up a new PC in your home, or office.
Microsoft has just announced a customer service programme where they’ll send you — at no charge to you, with no strings attached — a CD containing ALL of the Windows Critical Updates. All you have to do is click on this link, fill out the form, and – voilà – you’ll be off to the races.

Let’s face it, computers are little more than fancy filing cabinets. Oh sure, there are a great many things you can do with your computer: surf the Web to read newspapers from across the globe, listen to your favourite radio station in Scotland (or wherever), watch the news, download and listen to music, watch video … the uses to which you might apply your computer are without end …
When all is said and done, though, computers are really little more than complex storage devices, albeit interactive storage devices which may serve to bring you much joy. Your computer might even serve to help make you aware of political, social, health and other issues you otherwise might not have become aware of.
If you’re going to use your computer to good advantage, then, if you are to preserve the investment — both financial and emotional — you have made in your computer, you MUST work towards the implementation an effective security protocol. This current article you are reading — on computer security — is all about helping you to learn to surf safely, in order that you might be permitted the best possible experience in front of your computer, today, tomorrow and long into the future.