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Avira Exchange Review

Installation-  was pretty easy, only issue I had was where to put the license key. Avira support was quick and helpful.

Support- Avira’s email support is usually pretty helpful and quick to reply. They usually solve my problem the first time they reply.

Anti Spam- This feature needs improvement. It lets spam through and blocks false positives.It’s based on word lists which need tweaking. It is somewhat helpful but using a Real Time Blacklist would work better.They should team up with someone like Spam Haus to provide RBL.

Email Viruses- This is probably the main reason for installing avira exchange. It works pretty well.

Meebo allows you to sign onto your instant messenger without downloading any software. It allows you to IM through the web page. With support for AIM, Yahoo, Google Talk, Myspace, Facebook, ICQ, Jabber, and My Yearbook.

You can even create your own Meebo Chat room to embed on your website.

How cool is that. No more need to download software on your already heavily taxed computer. Just run it through the web browser.

I had never heard of Meebo until I saw my nephew Chris using it on his computer.

Irfanview – Everyday photo viewer, croper, resizer, minimal editor, . I use this program on a daily basis.

Gadwin Printscreen – Basic Screet Shot Capture. Comparable to SnagIt. Needs a bit of pre configuration before use though. Good for making Image Tutorials.

Foto Flexer – Cool online photo editor. Lots of effects, Motivational Posters are probably my favorite.

Audacity- Powerful Audio Editor

Cam Studio- Basic Video Screen Capture tool.

Jashaka -Video and Audio editor with powerful features.Works on Windows, Linux and Mac. Comes with Jah Video Player is claimed to be able to play any audio or video format.

Do you have private conversations on yahoo messenger. Did you know anybody with access to your computer can read them without having your password?

All of your IM logs are stored in a yahoo messenger Dat file that is normally unreadable. There is a new freeware program called Yahoo Messenger Archive Decoder that will allow a person to read the IM logs without being online and without having your password. It even lets you export the logs as word documents. This provides a security until Yahoo encrypts their Instant Messenger Files.

Edit PDF’s with Open Office thanks to a new Plugin called The Sun PDF Import Extension.

Currently thier are several online PDF editors but that requires you to upload your PDF to a 3rd party site which is a privacy concern for most.

The other alternative is to actually spend lots of money on Adobe Acrobat Professional.

Clearly the plugin from Open Office is the best choice.  Hopefully microsoft office will soon have the ability to edit and convert PDF’s.

Download Sun PDF Import Extension

Forget torrenting and limewire. You can download music straight from You tube with Youtube to MP3 Converter. It’s pretty simple to use just copy and paste the youtube link into the program and download. You can even copy and paste multiple links in. I would sugest changing the output quality to high quality.

Get a complete analysis of your network traffic and anything that could be causing problems using ICSI Netalyzr. This online scanner is hosted by Berkeley.edu

Although however ironic an Online network problem analyzer is, it really does do a nice job.

In my report I found out that comcast residential service blacklists me from sending email. So if I had an email server at home my email’s would go out as spam.

Need a wireless connection to Xbox live? Don’t want to pay $100 for a wireless adapter. No problem.

connect to your wireless network
Connect a cable from your laptop to the xbox
Control panel
Manage network connections
Highlight your wirless and wired connections and bridge connections.
Your wireless signal will get sent to the xbox now.

This works perfectly on vista. I have had a bit of trouble with XP, but it can be done.

Do you have a password set on your cell phone voicemail? If not then anyone can access your voicemail from anywhere

Cellular voicemail is authenticated by caller id. That is why when you call from your cell phone it lets you into the inbox. However these days it’s very easy for someone to spoof thier caller ID, instantly giving them access to your voicemail.