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Over in our forum Max noticed that it was possible to get a free version of WinRAR compliments of PC Welt (the German edition of PC World Magazine). It's been nearly two years since a free version of WinRAR was being handed out, and it's coming back around once again. This time, however, you don't get the absolutely latest version of the

We were getting quite a few tips over the last day regarding the new version of AVG free that was just released. As you might recall AVG 8.0 Pro was made available several months ago, and it is a pretty comprehensive security suite. It wasn't bad, but to me it seemed pretty bloated.

Now the free version of AVG 8.0 is available,

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AVG is often recognized as one of the top free antivirus applications, but they also have a paid version available with some more advanced features. For a little while now AVG 8.0 has been in a public Beta stage, and just the other day the first Release Candidate was pushed out the door.

I think one of the big highlights in the

WARNING: Reading this article may cause extreme uncontrollable gut-buster laughter. Continue reading at your own risk...

We know that the RIAA has some ideas that are out there, but their latest idea is way out there.  Cary Sherman from the RIAA was recently speaking at the State of the Net Conference and proposed that a new way to combat piracy would

Web Browser Wednesday

We love getting our hands on some free software, and when it comes to antivirus protection there are pretty good scanners available at no cost all through your browser. Most of them do take advantage of Internet Explorer's ActiveX technology, and for that reason you must be using IE. Aside from that these scanners look wimpy on the exterior, but boy can they can dig up some

We've talked a lot about different free antivirus solutions in the past, and Kaspersky has always done extremely well on various tests. One free solution that they offer which you may not be aware of is Kaspersky Antivirus 6.0 Second Opinion Solution - otherwise known as Kaspersky Antivirus S.O.S. While they don't recommend that you use this as your sole antivirus