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A Very Download Squad Thanksgiving

Tonight -- on the eve of Thanksgiving here in the U.S. -- we dug the digital packing boxes out of the closet to rummage and reminisce over Download Squad in years passed.

In 2005, we gave you a list of 10 things you could do to spruce up Mom's PC while you're home.

full backups, installing Firefox and Skype, checking up on her A/V software and, have you gotten your mom on Gmail yet?

Oh, how times have changed. But, seriously, you *have* gotten your mom on Gmail, haven't you?

Last year, Christina and I were launching a video podcast -- who wasn't? -- and episode number three was titled, "A very Squadcast Thanksgiving."



Mostly this Thanksgiving we'd just like to give thanks for the ever increasing number of readers who take a moment out of their day to read the posts we cook up. We're thankful for a hot new redesign, a President-Elect who loves his Blackberry and is fighting to be the first POTUS with a laptop on his desk, and a talented group of writers who make this site sing, and who I feel privileged to count amongst my friends.

So, from all of us to all of you... A Happy and safe Thanksgiving!

And, if you're headed to brave the Black Friday sales, be sure to check out our Holiday Gift Guides!

A Very Download Squad Thanksgiving originally appeared on Download Squad on Wed, 26 Nov 2008 23:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Eset Smart Security Beta 4 available for download

Filed under: Security, Utilities, Windows, Commercial, Beta

Eset has released the first public beta downloads of their excellent Smart Security suite. It's available for both 32 and 64-bit Windows systems.

The list of enhancements in the new version is lengthy, including:

• a new device driver has been added which can remove malware at boot time
• improved scanning of files over 2gb, network files, and Microsoft Office documents
• hardened kernel service that better resists malicious tampering attempts
• scanning of SSL-encrypted SMTP and POP3 email, as well as IMAP mail
• support for Windows Live Mail and Mozilla Thunderbird
• better support for Windows Vista's UAC
• a "Watch Activity" pane shows File and Network Activity and can graph by hour, minute, or second
• addition of a text-mode UI with keyboard navigation

Among numerous new features and improvements to the antivirus/malware protection, the suite now also includes Eset's SysInspector, an excellent system diagnostic, monitoring, and reporting tool. Antispam and firewall features are also included in the package, as is the SysRescue tool which can create bootable rescude media.

Though Eset has yet to announce an official release date, my Beta 4 install license reports that it will remain valid until March 2, 2009.

[via CyberNet]

Eset Smart Security Beta 4 available for download originally appeared on Download Squad on Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Firefox 3.1 still not ready, another beta coming soon?

Filed under: Mozilla, Beta, Browsers

Mozilla is thinking about adding a third beta to the Firefox 3.1 development cycle. The original plan had been to release 2 betas and then move onto the release candidate phase. But Mozilla's Mike Beltzner says a third beta would give the team time to work out some existing bugs while giving people more time to kick the tires on new features like the new private browsing mode which allows you to surf the web without saving any data to disk.

The new beta wouldn't include any new features, but it will give the developers a chance to squash any major bugs before Firefox 3.1 is officially released early next year.

[via ComputerWorld]

Firefox 3.1 still not ready, another beta coming soon? originally appeared on Download Squad on Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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