Tony Stevensons book, The Australian Guide To the Internet, provides an excellent introduction to the absorbing world of the Internet.

Joining the current popularity of book titles on all things Internet is The Internet Companion: The EASY Australian Guide. Both authors have been writing about computers for several years.

A winner on the strength of its excellent protection, coming first or equal-first in our malware and firewall test.

Ideal for a bedroom or kitchen, but it lacks the quality for streaming a music library.

With the prevalence of Net connections and all the good things a connected society brings such as community, the ability to share ideas and the openness of information, comes the flipside of digital life -- hackers, spyware, viruses and spam.

Streaming is the process of taking large files, breaking them into smaller pieces and sending them to their destination where they are recompiled as they arrive, providing an audio, video or animated broadcast over the net.

Easy to use, logical and powerful. This is a security solution that will work for most small businesses

Is it worth paying for the full version of AVG Internet Security?

Spam! spam! spam! spam! . . . if it had not been for Monty Python nobody would ever have thought there was anything funny about it. With almost 50 percent of the world’s email now junk mail, offering everything from unwanted penis extensions to stockmarket tips, spam has become as big a problem as viruses.

PC-cillin is no longer just an anti-virus program - it is a full internet security suite that includes a personal firewall and spam filtering - and it costs between $20 and $40 less than the equivalent Norton product.

The booming interest in genealogy created by the Internet has provided a lucrative market for programs that help the home user research and create their family tree...

Ongoing concerns about the security of wireless networks and an increasing demand to be able to connect remotely to office and home networks has forced many people to look for a reasonably priced VPN solution. Virtual Private Networks use the Internet to establish a secure link between an external PC and a local network.

A powerful and capable suite with some excellent features, although it isn’t the easiest to use, nor the cheapest around.

A solid, usable package with online backup to boot.

Lighter than ever, but its all-round performance isn’t quite first class.

A suite with some nice features but slow startup times made us disappointed with ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite 2009

Symantec’s latest offering is lighter than ever and an extremely effective security package. And get this, a RAM footprint smaller than Kaspersky

A quantum leap in usability over the previous version, although malware protection could still be better

An Australian developed web site uses its AI to deliver the best of the internet feeds to you based on your surfing habits.