Every now and then I look up an old friend. While he looks a lot better than he did a couple of years ago, he's still the same, frustrating kid I grew up with.

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Pair break code used on half of all wireless traffic.

Download the bookmarks to the 50 Web Secrets websites feature from PC Authority September 2007.

Norton AntiVirus (NAV) remains the world’s most popular anti-virus program -and for good reason. It is the ideal set-and-forget anti-virus protection that is as close to idiot-proof as anyone has yet got. However, it is not the cheapest and some of its competitors, such as PC-cillin now offer more for the money.

We provide the commentary on a bruising eight-round battle between Vista and Tiger.

Will a beefed-up firewall, User Account Control and disk encryption make Vista a safer choice than XP?

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From webcasting to the DMCA to net neutrality - a list of top ten IT priorities for the new president.