Public Designs » Internet http://www.publicdesigns.com Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:46:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 Online Game Download Sites http://www.publicdesigns.com/internet/online-game-download-sites/ http://www.publicdesigns.com/internet/online-game-download-sites/#comments Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:33:57 +0000 admin http://www.publicdesigns.com/?p=60 The cost is relatively close to the others, although lesser in price if you should join the gaming club, that provides you with the chance to purchase at a reduced cost if you purchase a given number of games. One person we installed for had some real computer issues, and had to reinstall several times within a three day time span. Bigfish games is the last site we worked with, and having purchased more than ten games from them, I confess to being disappointed in the service and the support. If I choose to be flooded with advertising, I will select that in my email, not have it attached to something I’ve had to pay for. There are several huge concerns in gaming, among them Gamehouse, , Real Arcade, as well as Bigfish Games, each of which I’ve tested, used and purchased from. While this is a safeguard for the company, in fairness to them, having contacted support to explain the situation, it took upwards of five days to receive a reply. I was not impressed with the fact that they have a game control device that loads in, rather than just the game, and that it scans your systems as well as sends multiple ads to your computer even after you purchase the game. On the last reinstall we were told that they only received five reinstalls, and if they went over that amount, they had to repurchase the game or not install it again. Gamehouse provides you with a registration code, which is useable to reload the game if you should have issues with your computer, permits you to keep a backup on another computer, or use it on a second computer in your home. Outsourced support, using Trymedia systems, was lax in response and was not satisfactory when it did arrive. Gaming is big business and online downloadables save time and money in shipping if you go to the right site to purchase them. With minimal exceptions they seem to be fairly close to the same thing, however there are some differences to take a hard look at. They do however require that you have an internet connection to activate every game, and when you have done so, you are given an activation code. The games themselves are exemplary. Real Arcade was largely the same, their support was good, and the response to my emails was fairly timely.

]]> http://www.publicdesigns.com/internet/online-game-download-sites/feed/ 1 How to Find a Good and Free Anti-Virus Program http://www.publicdesigns.com/internet/how-to-find-a-good-and-free-anti-virus-program/ http://www.publicdesigns.com/internet/how-to-find-a-good-and-free-anti-virus-program/#comments Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:31:11 +0000 admin http://www.publicdesigns.com/?p=56 After looking around to find software that would assist me in keeping my personal things personal, I hunted the web to find chat programs and anti virus software that was dependable, professional, easy to use and reliable. I personally think I’ve found the best of the best. Nothing could be further from the truth. This is the same award winning software whose corporate version is used by many Internet service providers, by private and public networks and by me, on my networks. Virus scans tend to have tentacles in every aspect of your computer and some of them can wreak some real havoc, popping on at inopportune times, erroring or failing to update. I value my privacy, (yes, charter member of EFF) and I want software that guarantees it. As you might expect, I’m fairly protective of my data and who accesses it. ANTI-VIRUS, developed by Grisoft, offers a free version of their excellent antivirus to personal computer users for their home computers. If you are looking for an antivirus for your PC, and you want the best that is available, pay a visit to the folks at Grisoft/AVG Antivirus.

I liked the antivirus software, and in truth find it very well done, but having I like open source and I think there’s a huge group of people out there who underrate it, thinking that somehow, if its free, its low rent or less than professional. AVG is easily navigated, providing ease of
use, easy understanding even if you are new to anti virus software, has won not one, but two awards from PC Answers 20 “Both AVG Anti-Spyware and AVG Internet Security were given the PC Answers Recommended Award. PC Answers made note of AVG Anti-Spy ware’s removal of all major threats on the infected system, its excellent real-time protection and the program’s clear alert messages. Having purchased Norton for three years running, I became somewhat unsatisfied when I attempted to renew it after a format, only to find that it would not renew, that when it did my months of updates were no longer there, and that if I wanted to speak to tech support about that, it was nearly impossible to do and was going to cost me significant amounts of money to fix the problem. While AVG free does not offer technical support, to be honest, it isn’t normally necessary I have never had an error with my AVG on my personal computer, nor have I ever needed to have tech support because the program is both easy to use and auto updates to keep my virus definitions current every evening. I think you’ll be impressed! Aside from writing, I geek for a living and my computer means a great deal to me. After looking around to find software that would assist me in keeping my personal things personal, I hunted the web to find chat programs and antivirus software that was dependable, professional, easy to use and reliable.

]]> http://www.publicdesigns.com/internet/how-to-find-a-good-and-free-anti-virus-program/feed/ 2 How to Find a Secure Free Chat Program http://www.publicdesigns.com/internet/how-to-find-a-secure-free-chat-program/ http://www.publicdesigns.com/internet/how-to-find-a-secure-free-chat-program/#comments Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:51:26 +0000 admin http://www.publicdesigns.com/?p=36 Instant messaging allows instantaneous communication between a number of parties at the same time, by transmitting their information so rapidly that is seems instant, and features instant acknowledgement as well as some other features such as web cam abilities, and speaking directly by voip for no cost.

One of the best of these software’s, and among the more secure, is Pidgin, an open source project. In contrast to e-mail, both parties know when the other user is available. You can talk to your friends using AIM, ICQ, Jabber/XMPP, MSN Messenger, Yahoo! Most of us are aware of IM’s which we’ve used practically since the onset of their availability and since the BBS went out of fashion.Pidgin is a graphical IM program that lets you sign on to AIM, Jabber, MSN, Yahoo!IM networks including icq at the same time.Most I’m software will allow the user to set an online status or away message so peers are notified when the user is available, busy, or away from the computer. This means that you can be chatting with friends on AIM, talking to a friend on Yahoo Messenger, and sitting in an IRC channel all at the same time. It offers more security than some of the others, is open source and is constantly under development and when an issue is found it’s patched nearly as rapidly as the for pay larger companies in use today.
Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, IRC, Novell GroupWise Messenger, QQ, Lotus Sametime, SILC, SIMPLE, MySpaceIM, and Zephyr. What many of us don’t know is that some companies save the contents of their instant messaging for up to two years and I don’t find myself impressed by that. Pidgin can log in to multiple accounts on multiple IM networks simultaneously. Pidgin is for Windows, Linux, BSD, and other Unixes. It uses GTK+ and was formerly known as Gaim software. If you are interested in a truly secure IM, take a look at Pidgin.

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to submit and meanwhile vote other interesting stories. Because it’s one of the
most visited social network sites people understood that they can get
really good traffic if they have a really interesting story to show. By
saying good traffic we are talking about thousands of visitors sent daily
to your story and links followed by! In order to do such a thing you need
some friends to vote and ofcourse a interesting story.

1. Start by getting a cool idea.
Did you saw some shocking news on TV today? Keep it fresh and publish it there.
Shocking stories are always welcomed there. Also you can take a funny
picture because digg works with pictures too.

2. Don’t ever spam or break the digg TOS.
If you beake their TOS your account can get banned, the ip banned and
your url can also get banned forever! that means that you’ll lose all
hope and won’t be able to take a part of the great community.

3. Ask your Friends to Vote.
You probably have tons of friends over the IM who are getting bored.
Why not ask them to read your story and if they like it give it a dugg.

4. Market your article.
Marketing the article you wrote is a must do if you are planning on
hitting the frontpage. People will read it and probably vote if they like it.

5. Add the “Digg Buttons”.
Always add the digg buttons by getting the code from their tools selection.
It’ll help your readers know that it’s added and make voting much easier.

6. eye-catching title.
You always need a eye-catching title and a story that everyone would like!
see the titles and stories on the frontpage. They are optimized
for every taste :)

Good luck on hitting the digg frontpage!

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