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    Sentry Remote 19/11/2007 09:11:58

    The Sentry parental-control app offers practical tools for monitoring computer usage -- but it can be aggressive.
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    eBlaster 6.0 19/11/2007 16:15:13

    The eBlaster parental-control app offers practical tools for monitoring computer usage -- but it can be aggressive.
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    Glide Present 2.0 presentation application 14/11/2007 08:59:53

    Transmedia's Glide Present 2.0 has overtaken Google's presentation software as our favourite Web-based alternative to Microsoft's PowerPoint.
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    The 10 biggest Web annoyances 01/11/2007 16:01:27

    In its relatively short life, the World Wide Web has already made many of our most mundane, tedious tasks quicker and easier to perform. But there are still a surprising number of activities -- from helping us buy concert tickets to protecting our privacy -- that, for one reason or another, the Web still can't get right, stirring the ire of even the most patient users. We look at ten of the worst of them.
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    Lavasoft Ad-Aware 2007 Plus 21/09/2007 09:42:06

    Lavasoft's Ad-Aware 2007 Plus is the paid version of the popular scanner Lavasoft Ad-Aware 2007 Free. Despite Ad-Aware 2007 Plus's name, Lavasoft says that the program combats spyware as well as adware. For the $40.50 price, you get automatic updates, scheduled scans, and real-time protection that's missing from the free product - however, in our tests Lavasoft Ad-Aware 2007 Plus failed to meet basic performance expectations.
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    Webroot Spy Sweeper 5.5 21/09/2007 09:57:00

    Since Webroot Spy Sweeper 5.0 Beta emerged, we placed it as our Best Buy. Things have changed for the worse with Webroot Spy Sweeper 5.5.
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    Grisoft AVG Antispyware 7.5 19/09/2007 13:54:43

    Grisoft, well known for the AVG Anti-Virus software, purchased Ewido Networks in 2006 and reworked its anti-spyware technology into Grisoft AVG Antispyware 7.5. The sleek-looking program recognised, on average, the largest percentage of threats. Unfortunately, Grisoft AVG Antispyware 7.5 suffers from poor behaviour-based protection and a high false-positive rate.
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    Windows Defender fails to protect from spyware 22/08/2007 19:02:34

    Microsoft's free Windows Defender ships standard with Windows Vista and is available as a free download for Windows XP SP2. If it had presented itself as an anti-adware program, we'd be less hard on it, but Defender's Web site asserts that the software provides "Spyware protection for free," and in that claim it fails.
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    Security program falls short in real-time protecton 22/08/2007 18:59:01

    Grisoft, well known for its AVG Anti-Virus software launched its antispyware software in June 2006 under the name of Ewido. Grisoft got the technology from Ewido Networks, which it had purchased two months earlier. Now named AVG Anti-Spyware, the sleek-looking program recognized, on average, the largest percentage of adware, spyware, and rootkits we threw at it in a head-to-head competition against four other Vista-based antispyware programs. Unfortunately, its faulty behavior-based protection may not protect you against unknown threats, and it posted a high false-positive rate.
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    Antispyware app loses competitive edge 21/08/2007 18:30:12

    Safer Networking's Spybot Search & Destroy aims to provide free real-time protection against spyware. However, its version number hasn't changed since we reviewed the product a year ago; and based on recent tests, the program no longer provides good spyware protection.
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    Spyware app gives lackluster performance 21/08/2007 18:32:09

    Lavasoft's Ad-Aware 2007 Plus is the paid version of the popular scanner Ad-Adware 2007 Free. For the US$27 price, you get automatic signature updates, scheduled scans, and real-time protection features not included in the free product. But despite its sleek interface and easy-to-configure controls, Ad-Aware Plus failed to meet basic expectations when pitted against adware, spyware, and rootkit threats.
 
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