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Response from How-To Channel Australia Regarding The Lab with Leo

Matt — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:16:33 +0000

Following my email to How-To Channel I received the following response:

Hi Matt,

Thanks for your feedback. We recently ended our agreement to show the Lab with Leo Laporte and will be unable to show the last few episodes. While we are pleased to be a niche channel, providing shows that you won’t find anywhere else, programs need to sustain a level interest in order to justify being broadcast. Ongoing audience measurement indicated the Lab with Leo was not in line with viewing preferences of our channel. As you know producers of the program in Canada have also made the decision to end production of The Lab.

Cheers

The HOW TO Team

You can read my original post: Lab with Leo off TV in Australia - Let us See the Remaining Episodes!

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Lab with Leo off TV in Australia - Let us See the Remaining Episodes!

Matt — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:51:38 +0000

The Lab with Leo has officially been canceled, how ever Canadian viewers will be able to see the remaining episodes, yet Australian viewers wont due to the How-To Channel immediately canceling it.

Heres the response I got from the Lab Crew when asking about the show in Australia:

Thank you for writing us.

Production of ‘The Lab with Leo’ has ceased.

New episodes will be airing in Canada until the end of May. However
the HOW-TO Channel has chosen to stop airing the show immediately.

If you have any questions or concerns as to why, please contact them: saygday@howtochannel.com.au

We will continue to put up videos of segments on our website until the
new episodes have finished airing.

Thank you so much for watching and being a part of ‘The Lab’.
We couldn’t have done it without you, the viewers.

Sincerely,

The Lab Team

I urge viewers in Australia to contact the How-To Channel at the email address supplied and request the remaining episodes.

UPDATE: Read the response from the How-To Channel

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Australians Stand Up For Tibet!

Matt — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:44:05 +0000

Australians have a unique opportunity, right now, to influence what is happening in Tibet. Sign the petition below before Kevin Rudd heads to Beijing to meet the Chinese President and Premier. Let’s let our PM know he has a strong mandate to stand up for the rights of Tibetans.

http://www.getup.org.au/campaign/StandUpForTibet

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Rejection Letter

Matt — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:05:34 +0000

I love this, from Laugh Break:

Dear Hiring Manager,

Thank you for your letter of March 1. After careful consideration, I regret to inform you that I am unable to accept your refusal to offer me a position in your department.

This year I have been particularly fortunate in receiving an unusually large number of rejection letters. With such a varied and promising field of candidates, it is impossible for me to accept all refusals.

Despite your companies outstanding qualifications and previous experience in rejecting applicants, I find that your rejection does not meet my needs at this time. Therefore, I will assume the position in your department this August.

I look forward to seeing you then.

Best of luck in rejecting future applicants.

Sincerely,
Interviewee

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Dear Windows, It’s Over

“Slightly Modified” Coolermaster Stacker Computer Case

Matt — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 07:41:53 +0000

Holy Crap!

http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?t=602130

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Apply Online for CLiCK Computer Assistance

Matt — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 05:12:33 +0000

People wishing to apply for Computer Assistance from CLiCK can now fill out an application form online through our Apply Online section.

This will make it easier and quicker for potential clients to get computer assistance as well as also aiding partner organisations in applying for computers on behalf of their clients.

Printable application forms are still available on our Apply for a Computer page.

Visit CLiCK’s official announcement here.

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Ubuntu Linux Tip of the Day - Ubuntu Search Engine

Matt — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 09:41:38 +0000

Have you ever needed to find that unique Ubuntu Tip or How-to but couldn’t find it anywhere? Or you wanted to just search for things Ubuntu related?

Try Ubuntu Search - Find everything about Ubuntu Linux

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Ubuntu Linux Tip of the Day - Internet Sharing

Matt — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 03:44:18 +0000

Today’s tip from Steenbe.nl

The first step is to make sure that your internal network functions. You should setup your second Ethernet wired or wireless card and set its IP address to something like “192.168.10.1? via “ifconfig” utility as follows:
$ ifconfig eth1 192.168.10.1 netmask 255.255.255.0
This setup will be forgotten after a reboot, its better to add these lines to /etc/network/interfaces (replacing any previous declarations of eth1):

# The extended interfaces
auto eth1
iface eth1 inet static
address 192.168.10.1
netmask 255.255.255.0

Check if the previous command worked by typing the following:
$ ifconfig

The result will look like this

ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0C:6E:8A:BD:ED
inet addr:192.168.1.64 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::20c:6eff:fe8a:bded/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:80071 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:44847 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:119404142 (113.8 MB) TX bytes:3332468 (3.1 MB)
Interrupt:20
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:20:18:3A:4E:AE
inet addr:192.168.10.1 Bcast:192.168.10.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::220:18ff:fe3a:4eae/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:2092 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:17
TX packets:1998 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:158939 (155.2 KB) TX bytes:348453 (340.2 KB)
Interrupt:16 Base address:0xa800

Next edit the following file to add the DHCP support on eth1:
$ nano /etc/dhcp3/dhcpd.conf
To save & close the file press Ctrl+X and then Y

Edit these values (add if missing)

# The ddns-updates-style parameter controls whether or not the server will
# attempt to do a DNS update when a lease is confirmed. We default to the
# behavior of the version 2 packages (’none’, since DHCP v2 didn’t
# have support for DDNS.)
ddns-update-style ad-hoc;

# option definitions common to all supported networks…
option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
option broadcast-address 192.168.10.255;
option routers 192.168.10.1;
option domain-name “SOMENAME”;
option domain-name-servers 192.168.10.1;

default-lease-time 600;
max-lease-time 7200;

# If this DHCP server is the official DHCP server for the local
# network, the authoritative directive should be uncommented.
authoritative;

subnet 192.168.10.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
range 192.168.10.10 192.168.10.100;
}

Explanation:
eth1 has the IP address 192.168.10.1 and the dhcp server now uses it as its home ip address.

One more thing needs to be configured before we can run the DHCP server
Open the file /etc/default/dhcp3-server $ nano /etc/default/dhcp3-server

# Defaults for dhcp initscript
# sourced by /etc/init.d/dhcp
# installed at /etc/default/dhcp3-server by the maintainer scripts
#
# This is a POSIX shell fragment
#
# On what interfaces should the DHCP server (dhcpd) serve DHCP requests?
# Separate multiple interfaces with spaces, e.g. “eth0 eth1?.
INTERFACES=”eth1?

Explanation:
Like the comment it the file says we are specifying the network card which must be used to handle dhcp requests

Finally the setup is done!
So lets run the DHCP server with:
$ /etc/init.d/dhcp3-server start

/etc/init.d/dhcp3-server start
* Starting DHCP server dhcpd3
…done.

If it report fails then look at the error log file ($ less /var/log/syslog and press END to view the last events)

Now you can test the connection to the server from any client connected to the server by:
$ ping 192.168.10.1 (to check if you can see the server) $sudo dhclient eth0 (where eth0 is the ethernet port used by the client)

The last command is to get DHCP information from the server to the client, which will be reported in the following manner:

$ dhclient eth0
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.5
Copyright 2004-2006 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/
Listening on LPF/eth0/00:0c:6e:8a:bd:ed
Sending on LPF/eth0/00:0c:6e:8a:bd:ed
Sending on Socket/fallback
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4
DHCPOFFER from 192.168.10.1
DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
DHCPACK from 192.168.10.1
bound to 192.168.10.64 — renewal in 41658 seconds.

Now that we have a connection to the server we want to have internet on the client pc. The internet connection of the server needs to be shared with the clients. The actual sharing component in Linux is done via the firewall (iptables or ipchains depending on the Kernel version)

First enable forwarding of the ipv4 layer
$ nano /etc/sysctl.conf

#
# /etc/sysctl.conf - Configuration file for setting system variables
# See sysctl.conf (5) for information.
#
#kernel.domainname = example.com
#net/ipv4/icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts=1
# the following stops low-level messages on console
kernel.printk = 4 4 1 7
# enable /proc/$pid/maps privacy so that memory relocations are not
# visible to other users.
kernel.maps_protect = 1
##############################################################3
# Functions previously found in netbase
#
# Uncomment the next line to enable Spoof protection (reverse-path filter)
#net.ipv4.conf.default.rp_filter=1
# Uncomment the next line to enable TCP/IP SYN cookies
#net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies=1
# Uncomment the next line to enable packet forwarding for IPv4
net.ipv4.conf.default.forwarding=1
# Uncomment the next line to enable packet forwarding for IPv6
#net.ipv6.conf.default.forwarding=1

Now that we can do forwarding lets do it:
$ iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE (the forwarding) $ echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward (the code to enable forwarding without reboot)

But like all programs the live configuration will be forgotten on reboot, so lets save it:
$ iptables-save > /etc/iptables.rules
Now that it’s saved we need to load the iptables.rules on starting the network:
$ nano /etc/network/interfaces (replacing any previous declarations of eth0):

# The extended interfaces
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
pre-up iptables-restore < /etc/iptables.rules
post-down iptables-restore < /etc/iptables.rules

The complete file /etc/network/interfaces should look like this after all the modifications we applied:

# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
pre-up iptables-restore < /etc/iptables.rules
post-down iptables-save > /etc/iptables.rules

# The extended interfaces
auto eth1
iface eth1 inet static
address 192.168.10.1
netmask 255.255.255.0

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FlickrVision - Watch Flickr Images as they are Uploaded

Matt — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:29:04 +0000

I have just came across this great website which displays images on a world map as they are uploaded to Flickr.

http://flickrvision.com/

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It’s a Hard Life

Matt — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:14:07 +0000

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Ubuntu Linux Tip of the Day - Run Linux Apps in Windows with andLinux

Matt — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:22:50 +0000

andLinux is a complete Ubuntu Linux system running seamlessly in Windows 2000 based systems (2000, XP, 2003, Vista; 32-bit versions only). This project was started for Dynamism for the GP2X community, but its userbase far exceeds its original design. andLinux is free and will remain so, but donations are greatly needed.

andLinux uses coLinux as its core which is confusing for many people. coLinux is a port of the Linux kernel to Windows. Although this technology is a bit like running Linux in a virtual machine, coLinux differs itself by being more of a merger of Windows and the Linux kernel and not an emulated PC, making it more efficient. Xming is used as X server and PulseAudio as sound server.

andLinux is not just for development and runs almost all Linux applications without modification.

Screenshot (click to enlarge)

To start Linux applications, you may either use the XFCE Panel:

The XFCE Panel

Or, you may choose to use the andLinux Launcher, which ships with andLinux since Beta 1. It consists of:

quicklaunch icons (e.g. for the file manager or the terminal)
a start menu in the system tray (next to the clock) which can be adapted to your own needs
so-called Explorer shell extensions, i.e. context menu item, with which you can open a folder in the file manager / terminal or open a file with the text editor
file type associations at your choice (e.g. for KOffice files, .tex / .dvi / .ps / .pdf files)
andCmd.exe to run linux commands from Windows scripts

Quicklaunch icons (XFCE version)

Quicklaunch icons (KDE version)

Start menu (XFCE version)

Start menu (KDE version)

Open a folder with Konqueror or Konsole

Open a file with Kate

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Cheap Hoyts Movie Tickets

Matt — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 01:31:47 +0000

Did you want to buy some cheap movie tickets and help a good cause at the same time?

CLiCK has partnered with Hoyts Cinemas to provide unconditional movie packs cheaper than retail prices while ensuring part proceeds go to CLiCK helping disadvantaged people gain computers.

Money raised goes to CLiCK’s projects some of which include:

Ensuring children have adequate computer access
Providing training and access to computer facilities to people in need
Providing specialised computer systems to aid children and adults with Autism
Strengthening contact networks supporting parents with children diagnosed with Muscular Dystrophy
Free computer repair services to the disadvantaged
Helping people in care facilities with occupational therapy through computers

To order movie tickets just print off the form and fill out the quantity you would like and return it to us by 30th April!

Available Australia Wide!!!!

Thanks in advance

Hoyts / CLiCK Movie Tickets Order Form

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RyanVM releases Windows XP Post-SP2 Update Pack

Matt — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:18:25 +0000

You can download RyanVM’s Windows XP Post-SP2 Update Pack here

This pack is designed to bring a Windows XP CD with SP2 integrated fully up to date with all of the latest hotfixes released by Microsoft since SP2’s release. It accomplishes this task via direct integration, where files on the CD are directly overwritten by the updated files. This method has numerous advantages over other integration techniques:

Since the files are being directly overwritten on the CD, there is no period of vulnerability between when the files are copied to the hard drive and the hotfixes are run. This guarantees maximum stability and security.

All necessary registry entries needed by Windows Update, QFECheck, and Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer are imported during Windows setup, meaning that the integration is transparent to Windows.

Security Catalogs necessary for Windows File Protection to recognize the updated files as digitally signed are installed, once again ensuring maximum transparency to Windows.

Since the updated files are being directly overwritten on the CD, this pack has the minimum possible amount of overhead associated with integrating hotfixes in comparison to other methods - both in space used on the CD and in Windows installation time.

This pack works regardless of whether or not the Windows installation is unattended.

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Wal-Mart Ends Test of Linux in Stores - AP

Matt — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:11:59 +0000

From Associated Press - Original Article can be found here

NEW YORK (AP) — Computers that run the Linux operating system instead of Microsoft Corp.’s Windows didn’t attract enough attention from Wal-Mart customers, and the chain has stopped selling them in stores, a spokeswoman said Monday.

“This really wasn’t what our customers were looking for,” said Wal-Mart Stores Inc. spokeswoman Melissa O’Brien.

To test demand for systems with the open-source operating system, Wal-Mart stocked the $199 “Green gPC,” made by Everex of Taiwan, in about 600 stores starting late in October.

Walmart.com, the chain’s e-commerce site, had sold Linux-based computers before and will continue selling the gPC.

This was the first time they appeared on retail shelves.

Paul Kim, brand manager for Everex, said selling the gPC online was “significantly more effective” than selling it in stores.

Wal-Mart sold out the in-store gPC inventory but decided not to restock, O’Brien said. The company does not reveal sales figures for individual items.

Walmart.com now carries an updated version, the gPC2, also for $199, without a monitor. The site also sells a tiny Linux-driven laptop, the Everex CloudBook, for $399.

Linux software is maintained and developed by individuals and companies around the world on an “open source” basis, meaning that everyone has access to the software’s blueprints and can modify them.

There is no licensing fee for Linux, which helps keeps the cost of the Everex PC low. Manufacturers have to pay Microsoft to sell computers with Windows preloaded.

Linux is in widespread use in server computers, but it hasn’t made a dent in the desktop market. Surveys usually put its share of that market around 1 percent, far behind Windows and Apple Inc.’s OS X.

Smaller laptops like the CloudBook could provide an entree for Linux, since it runs well on systems with modest memory and hard drive capacity.

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Ubuntu Linux Tip of the Day - Tweaking Ubuntu with Ubuntu Tweak

Matt — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:52:25 +0000

Want to change hidden system and desktop settings? Check out Ubuntu Tweak

Ubuntu Tweak Features

GNOME Session Control
Show/Hide and Change Splash screen
Show/Hide desktop icons or Mounted Volumes.
Show/Hide/Rename Computer, Home, Trash icon or Network icon
Use Home Directory as Desktop
Compiz Fusion settings, Screen Edge Settings, Window Effects Settings.
GNOME Panel Settings.
Nautilus Settings.
Advanced Power Management Settings.
System Security Settings.

Install Ubuntu Tweak

First you need to download the appropriate Ubuntu Tweak for your system from the here: http://ubuntu-tweak.com/downloads

Now you have .deb package install this package using the following command

sudo dpkg -i ubuntu-tweak_*.deb

Install from repository for Gutsy

No matter which Ubuntu do you use, open your terminal, type the command to run gedit (or other editor in your opinion) to modify the sources.list

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

And put the two line into it

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ubuntu gutsy main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ubuntu gutsy main

Then update the source and install or upgrade Ubuntu Tweak

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-tweak

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CLiCK Computer Recycling Mailing List

Matt — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:43:48 +0000

CLiCK Computer Recycling keeps supporters and clients informed through email approximately once a month.

Information which is sent is normally information about current programs, fundraising and other support information.

If you would like to subscribe / unsubscribe to CLiCK Computer Recycling’s mailing list visit here: http://clickonline.org.au/mailman/listinfo/list_clickonline.org.au

We also keep a public record of the emails which we send out, they can be viewed here:
http://clickonline.org.au/pipermail/list_clickonline.org.au/

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Wubi Hits Ubuntu Linux 8.04 Alpha 5 - Making it Easier Installing Ubuntu from Windows

Matt — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:17:37 +0000

Ryan Paul over at Ars Technica has written a great detailed review of the new Alpha 5 release of Ubuntu Linux 8.04. In it he gives Wubi - a new addition to the Ubuntu Installation - a thorough going over.

One of the most significant new features added in alpha 5 is support for Wubi, a new installation mechanism that makes it easier for Ubuntu and Windows to coexist on the same computer. Wubi provides a complete Ubuntu installer that can be run in Windows from the Ubuntu Live CD. It installs Ubuntu into a folder on the Windows file system and sets up a boot menu so that users can choose between Windows and Ubuntu when the computer starts.

Unlike a regular dual-boot configuration, Wubi doesn’t require users to create a partition on their hard drives for Ubuntu. When Ubuntu is installed with Wubi, it can be uninstalled directly from the Add/Remove Programs utility in Windows.

I tested Wubi on Windows XP with an Ubuntu 8.04 alpha 5 Live CD. The installer is trivially easy to use and works just like a regular Windows installation program. It requests a target drive, the desired size of the drive image, the default username, and the password for the default user. The disk image gets installed in an Ubuntu directory on the root of the target drive. After I finished my tests, I was able to uninstall Wubi without any difficulty.

To read Ryan Paul’s full article visit Wubi Arrives: a look at Ubuntu 8.04 alpha 5

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Ubuntu Linux Tip of the Day - Open Microsoft Word 2007 (.docx) Files in OpenOffice

Matt — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 07:54:01 +0000

Microsoft Office 2007 introduced a new format standard for their Word files, the .docx file extension. With the introduction of this file previous versions of MS Office can download an add on so they can convert the file for viewing…. but how do you open these files in Ubuntu Linux?

To open Microsoft Office .docx files in OpenOffice, you have to install this convertor.

Download the convertor

i386:

ftp://ftp-mirror.internap.com/pub/www.getdeb.net/od/odf-converter_1.0.0-2~getdeb1_i386.deb

Amd64:

http://cesium.di.uminho.pt/pub/getdeb/od/odf-converter_1.0.0-2~getdeb1_amd64.deb

Install the package

sudo dpkg -i odf-converter_1.0.0-2~getdeb1_i386.deb  #for i386 users
sudo dpkg -i odf-converter_1.0.0-2~getdeb1_amd64.deb #for amd64 users

Alternatively, you can simply double-click the .deb to install it. You can now open and edit .docx files using OpenOffice.org.

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Ubuntu Linux Tip of the Day - Installing gOS on Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu

Matt — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 22:51:12 +0000

Today’s tip of the day comes from UbuntuGeek’s How to Install gOS on Ubuntu:

The gOS distribution is based on the Ubuntu 7.10 distribution. It uses the Enlightenment 17 window manager instead of the usual GNOME or KDE desktops, allowing for lower memory and speed requirements. Therefore gOS starts to work reasonably well on systems as low end as a 1GHz Pentium III with 256MB RAM. Due to the fact it leans heavy on on-line applications built on Web 2.0 and AJAX technology it also does not use much hard disk space for applications, the whole system fits comfortably in less than 2 GB of hard disk space.

Open your sources.list file add the gOS Repositories

For Ubuntu Users

gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

For Kubuntu Users

kdesu kate /etc/apt/sources.list

For Xubuntu Users

gksu mousepad /etc/apt/sources.list

Enter these lines

# gOS Repositories

deb http://packages.thinkgos.com/gos/ painful main
deb-src http://packages.thinkgos.com/gos/ painful main

Import the key

wget http://www.thinkgos.com/files/gos_repo_key.asc

sudo apt-key add gos_repo_key.asc

rm gos_repo_key.asc

sudo aptitude update

Install gOS on Ubuntu

sudo aptitude install greenos-desktop xorg

Remove gOS on Ubuntu

The following will then remove the entire Environment for you.

sudo aptitude remove greenos-desktop

The Environment will be available from the Sessions menu

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Yahoo! Announces its Best Antivirus Picks for 2008

Matt — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 00:30:27 +0000

Yahoo! has published a very comprehensive list of what it considers to be the best Anti virus programs for this year. Making the list a many free anti-virus alternatives, which are great for those on limited incomes or those who just want a free alternative.

The free applications which made the list were:

Alwil Avast! 4.6 Home Edition - Venerable Avast! is still free for personal use, and it’s a relatively unobtrusive and capable virus stomper that will work well for just about anyone. A new feature adds a web proxy to the mix (which filters all traffic running through it for security risks), and it works will all major web browsers. It also recognizes non-virus threats like spyware and adware. The Pro edition ($40) adds a few power-user features that the average user probably won’t miss. Give the free version a try!

Aviva AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic 7 - This has long been a capable and effective antivirus product, especially noteworthy for its fast operation.

Unfortunatly AVG’s free antivirus product did not make the list.

For the full list check out Yahoo!’s article here.

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