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What anti-virus do you use

So antivirus if you are on windows you need it. I mean if you don’t have one now! Then leave this Post grab you coat wallet dash out and get one. Now if you are on a Mac don’t be as cynical and say “I have a Mac they don’t get viruses”. They do get viruses there isn’t many that attack them but they are growing.

So  the question is what antivirus to get . Now we all have our preferences on this some will say avast on AVG 2 completely free versions. Now what I say to free virus protections is that you can never get something for nothing.  I find when I ran AVG on my Parents computer it slowed down the pc. Now I am not going to comment on every antivirus software out there because It will be very long post and you will get very board of it. I am going to say about to I have used Norton which I have used for the past 4 years and ESET NOD32 Which I have just been using. Oh and before I start I have to get this off My virtual Chest. I HATE MACAFFE ! So now I have got that off my chest on with this post.

So as I said.. I mean typed earlier. I have used Norton for the past 4 years. The resent I went with Norton humm… well I would have to say that I started life with Norton because the first antivirus I saw was virus and then when I got my computer Norton was preinstalled. So I kept on using it. Another reason Was when I came to have to renew to licence I was in January so there was always around £30 or less for it and £30 for a year was good value seeing that I download a lot of software.  I have been using the 2009 version because to my mind it was the best. I had no popup it wasn’t very annoying.  So why did I change it. Well one I wanted to try another antivirus I am a geek this one Is less well known in the uk. You will never find nit in PCworld. I heard about it form a netcast called Twit. I trust them therefore I will trust this piece of software. Now I had some misgivings about this antivirus some of it was that I had trusted Norton. So I was sceptical that this software was as good as Norton secondary the size is only about a tenth of Norton. Now cost. Well for a single user (It says user I prefer to say install) so for one time install it is £30 but for this you dont get a isk. You can by it for an extra £7. So, on the hole it is slightly cheaper then Norton. Also I find that  it does not slow down your computer as much, My boot time is reduces by about  20 seconds,  I am also using it on my netbook, without going into  the benefits and disadvantage of netbooks but I find that it does  speed it up.

So features that it offers well like most antiviruses it will do all the normal things. Virus checking  web protection etc. But there are two main points of why I like ESET. One is that along with the virus database it uses advance algorithms to look for virus like behaviour. This means that it can stop viruses that the other programs would not stop. It has not missed a single virus in the last 10 year (from virus bulletin) the other good reason is that the program is very light compared with Norton. It does not slow the computer down. Which is good when I have is on a netbook that is underpowered to save battery life and not much ram.

Now there are some points that I don’t like or prefer Norton too. One is and it depends on your view is that it warns me if the os is not up to date being a geek I do install the updates regularly but I do it around a week after it comes out as I will have to restart the computer which takes a while and I will do it in a convent time. The feature is nice for normal users. The big problem I have with it is that it has far too many popups. Sure I can turn them off but Norton only told me whether it has found a virus or blocked an attack and sometimes if is about to run a quick scan this is usually once a month. I get about 1 a day which can get annoying but gladly it does not interrupt what I am doing.

So in conclusion it has a nice clear ui which you can add more features in advanced mod. There are far too many notifications for my liking but I can turn them off. But What I do like is the way it scans for viruses looking for virus like behaviour not just the virus itself.  So would I recommend this antivirus I would say that I would. For the reasons above and that they have some lovely staff that answer any of my questions

So that’s the end of another post you can follow me on twitter to catch more of my post.

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So antivirus if you are on windows you need it. I mean if you don’t have one now! Then leave this Post grab you coat wallet dash out and get one. Now if you are on a Mac don’t be as cynical and say “I have a Mac they don’t get viruses”. They do get viruses there isn’t many that attack them but they are growing.

So  the question is what antivirus to get . Now we all have our preferences on this some will say avast on AVG 2 completely free versions. Now what I say to free virus protections is that you can never get something for nothing.  I find when I ran AVG on my Parents computer it slowed down the pc. Now I am not going to comment on every antivirus software out there because It will be very long post and you will get very board of it. I am going to say about to I have used Norton which I have used for the past 4 years and ESET NOD32 Which I have just been using. Oh and before I start I have to get this off My virtual Chest. I HATE MACAFFE ! So now I have got that off my chest on with this post.

So as I said.. I mean typed earlier. I have used Norton for the past 4 years. The resent I went with Norton humm… well I would have to say that I started life with Norton because the first antivirus I saw was virus and then when I got my computer Norton was preinstalled. So I kept on using it. Another reason Was when I came to have to renew to licence I was in January so there was always around £30 or less for it and £30 for a year was good value seeing that I download a lot of software.  I have been using the 2009 version because to my mind it was the best. I had no popup it wasn’t very annoying.  So why did I change it. Well one I wanted to try another antivirus I am a geek this one Is less well known in the uk. You will never find nit in PCworld. I heard about it form a netcast called Twit. I trust them therefore I will trust this piece of software. Now I had some misgivings about this antivirus some of it was that I had trusted Norton. So I was sceptical that this software was as good as Norton secondary the size is only about a tenth of Norton. Now cost. Well for a single user (It says user I prefer to say install) so for one time install it is £30 but for this you dont get a isk. You can by it for an extra £7. So, on the hole it is slightly cheaper then Norton. Also I find that  it does not slow down your computer as much, My boot time is reduces by about  20 seconds,  I am also using it on my netbook, without going into  the benefits and disadvantage of netbooks but I find that it does  speed it up.

So features that it offers well like most antiviruses it will do all the normal things. Virus checking  web protection etc. But there are two main points of why I like ESET. One is that along with the virus database it uses advance algorithms to look for virus like behaviour. This means that it can stop viruses that the other programs would not stop. It has not missed a single virus in the last 10 year (from virus bulletin) the other good reason is that the program is very light compared with Norton. It does not slow the computer down. Which is good when I have is on a netbook that is underpowered to save battery life and not much ram.

Now there are some points that I don’t like or prefer Norton too. One is and it depends on your view is that it warns me if the os is not up to date being a geek I do install the updates regularly but I do it around a week after it comes out as I will have to restart the computer which takes a while and I will do it in a convent time. The feature is nice for normal users. The big problem I have with it is that it has far too many popups. Sure I can turn them off but Norton only told me whether it has found a virus or blocked an attack and sometimes if is about to run a quick scan this is usually once a month. I get about 1 a day which can get annoying but gladly it does not interrupt what I am doing.

So in conclusion it has a nice clear ui which you can add more features in advanced mod. There are far too many notifications for my liking but I can turn them off. But What I do like is the way it scans for viruses looking for virus like behaviour not just the virus itself.  So would I recommend this antivirus I would say that I would. For the reasons above and that they have some lovely staff that answer any of my questions

So that’s the end of another post you can follow me on twitter to catch more of my post.

Raise a glass to 2011

Ok 2011 is upon us CES is tomorrow when I am writing this and we are all wondering if there will be a new iPad.  Was up in my life well if you interested read on if not skip to the new paragraph. Well Charismas has been busy sadly no new tech to review but I might by some new USB  for the podcast I do with a friend. I have exams, yet again, and a funeral to go to.

 

Well 2011 a start of the 3rd decade I have lived in. So With tech what do I think is the big thing? Well I think it will be the internet TV the device at the moment are ok but what the big thing that we need to happen is when content creators such as fox in America gives content to the hardware such as Google TV. In the Uk we have iPlayer which we can watch connected from most BBC programs for 7 days and both 4 and channel 5 have a similar service but not as good in my opinion. The are available on a PS3 which although is triple Apple TV at just under £300 you get a blu-ray  player a gaming machine and content from all the main providers and Love film (UK version of Netflix)   Also Companies such as Virgin have a catch up service with their TV package and so with media and internet providing content and PS£ a massive media entertainment box. so although a internet box will take off I don't think it will be as big of hit here. I on the other hand I love watch a few American netcast such as Digg nation Engadget and Twit for my Tech news. As they stream over the internet I would love to buy a cheap box (around £100) so  that I can watch them on a big 32 inch TV.

 

I also think that 2010 was the year of the smart phone with popular  Android device and the launch on Windows phone 7 but with the launch of the iPad and how popular it has become I think that 2011 will be the year of the tablets. This brigs me nicely on to CES. Which will probably be filled with Tables from major manufactures (except apple with iPad) so I am look forward to the tablet running android. Some will be running windows but as we all know about windows tables "slate pc" the OS is not really designed for the touch interface.  Another thing in CES will be 3D TV Which unless used as a home cinema I think that 3D is a fad. Don't get me wrong I love 3d but I think in a average TV experience sitting with wired glasses watching a half hour episode of Easterners Does not appeal to me. This not including that the only people that are producing 3d content apart from films are sports.  There are lots of interesting technology that will be there whish I am excited which I m not going to go into

 

Ok so that technology side if my life on too another thing I love Physics. Seeing that technology in physics will one day power the new device, gadget or servers I think that it is relevant. So Physics well again on the Day that I am writing this there was a partial eclipse of the sun (not relevant but interesting) so My thoughts on physics. I am looking forward of the discovers coming out of the Cern super collider it will still be a few years before they will discover the Higgs boson or (God like particle) but they are doing some amazing stuff. Also the improvement of quantum computing will be another area that could be interesting more probably on another post I think

There word on ITER a large experimental Fusion reactor. For people that don't no what fusion is. It is the  power that is in every star in the universe including the sun. If we can get self sustaining funding we could have an unlimited source of power with out production Greenhouse Gasses.

 

So that is what I am looking forward in 2011 in the Physics and Technology. And I leave you for a few week as I am cramming for yet more exams there never stop.  So What I will been doing?

Well I have the last year of My A-levels so in September I will be entering the wider world and going to university the course I will go into in another post.

 

So New years resolutions

Well be more friendly and make friends on twitter I thinks

Continue with a podcast I am doing Newsabouttech

I might change the theme on my blogs site and make all the sites integrate a bit better.

 

I hope you have an amazing year . You can follow me on twitter I am (@iova) and please keep reading.

Geek on a train

Before I start I am wishing you a happy Christmas and a happy new year to you all.  So trains I would like it say that I love trains I know of there are many faults so on that basis on with the post...

We geeks have to travel around for many different reasons for example seeing family conferences etc. So to get there are many different ways of getting there train, bus car of plane. There are advantages for all but prefer train travel. One of the main good reasons for train travel over any other is power. We geeks have so many devices that eat power for breakfast.

Another god reason for train travel is the ride most of the time the ride is smooth allowing for easy typing work for example this blog post. So with also on the same lines with easy typing is that whichever seat you are in there is a tray to rest the computer you are using.

If you want a break for all of this typing consider that trains especially in Britain travel trough some of the most beautiful countryside.

Ok there are some disadvantages apart from the cost. Half the time the train seems to go in the opposite direction you want to travel. If you are lucky the rout you have picked does not need connecting trains for example the route have picked I have to catch 2 trains to get back home.

One other drawback to train travel if you have no-one setting next to you or you have buy first class ticket the same is rather cramp. Blame that one sir Robert Stephenson

n you went for the size of track. Brunel who build the Great Weston Railway London to Bristol hand a much wider track so that their would be bigger faster trains  but apart from that the stations are in the centre of the city so that you are either in walking distance to your desolation or there are decent bus services to them.

I have been @iova and have a happy new year. 

Rock melt

Before you ask "What is Rock Melt is it a New chocolate bar ?" Well first of all it is not a new Chcolate bar but a new browser. 

To cover some of the geeky bits it is based on the Chromium platform, the same as Google's chrome browser. This means that it is secure continently updated and most of all fast. So what makes Rock Melt different to Chrome or any other browser. Well is was designed from the ground up to be social unlike other proser where social bits are added onto it. This creates a very clean and slick ui.  

The left hand coloum contains the facebook chat. I find the Facebook experience a  lot better that the website. That is a especial part of the browser while the website the chat semens as an add-on. while chatting to the person you also get the option to write on their wall. 
Another useful feature is the way you can post links form Rock melt. Where you find in most browsers the go button here you find a share button you can share it to face book or twitter the psot can be edited before you post it an the link is shortend automatically whci his a nice feature.

My favorite feature I saved to last is the right hand column. I love blogging and reading blogs and I love finding useful ways of viewing the feed and see whats going on. I have tried many options such as feed burner and the simple reason is that half the time I forget to run the program and when I run it again a few days later I get inundated with hundreds of new post. But with Rock Melt I have   my chosen feeds in the right hand column and I never  forget as i am always browsing.  

 

So there are the main features so what do I think:-

The bad Points:- Well this is my own opinion but I am not a masive fan of Facebook Most of the people I add I don't talk to anyway. This means that I find that this browser is too dedicated to Facebook. But apart from that I love it I think it needds some better inergration with my faviote social cilent Twitter 

But Apart form that I love this Browser it is quik all the social bits are well insergrated and it makes the whole exeperince with soical well worth the wait. Keep up the great work Rock Melt I love this new browser and I hope you do too. Find it at http://Rockmelt.com I have been @iova66