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16 November 2008
Goodnight, Quinnware
Looks like its lights out at quinnware.com , home of QCD and QMP. I’ve still not found a suitable replacement for QMP yet and I probably was still hoping for that one last release despite the months of silence from the developer, but I guess the search is that much more urgent now. Thanks for the years... Read More...
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25 October 2008
Comodo Internet Security Released
I’ve mentioned that I’m using Comodo Firewall as my software firewall solution. Version 3 was even better than version 2, with low CPU utilisation (even while engaging in heavy P2P sessions) and secure (ranked consistently near the top in the Matousec firewall tests ). And now version 3.5 (renamed the... Read More...
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07 September 2008
Oh, Norton!
So Firefox 3 and Norton 360 2.0 and Internet Security 2008 do not get along at all . This was probably a shock to the millions who use and trust Symantec products but I have to say this, Symantec is not nice. Symantec destroyed the reputation of the brand “Norton”, making the security applications bloated... Read More...
19 March 2007
Goodbye Sygate, Hello Comodo
It was finally time for my beloved Sygate Personal Firewall to go. As the pipes I have access to got fatter, Sygate's CPU utilisation was getting unacceptable, up to 15% sometimes. It was also getting long in the tooth (Symantec stopped development after taking over. Damn you Symantec!). Now that's not... Read More...