Microsoft Security Essentials, final version of freeware security program from Microsoft which guards your PC against Viruses, spyware and malicious software is released. The software can be installed on Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 and is available in both 32bit and 64bit version. The software runs quietly and efficiently in background using minimum system resources. The software is simple to install, easy to use, and always kept up to date so you can be assured your PC is protected by the latest technology. It’s easy to tell if your PC is secure — when you’re green, you’re good. It’s that simple.

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Using Outdated software is a big security risk. As you might be using numerous numbers of software it’s always difficult to keep a track of new updates and patches.

TechTracker from CNET is new free service that scans your computer’s hard-drive for any outdated software programs and will alert you as soon as new updates are available for download.

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Google released new version of it’s free desktop photo organizer Picasa 3.5 few days back. The latest feature introduced by Google is a face recognition and ability to sync it with Picasa Web Albums.

A new sidebar menu list by the name of “People” is added. Picasa starts to scan your entire drive for photos which have peoples in them, the photos of landscapes objects and very smartly skipped. Similar photos are group for you, which you can tag with name like “Me”, “Uncle” “My Daughter” etc. once you have named Picasa tries to add photos with similar faces to the group. You are provided with photos to approve them. For my laptop Picasa took 3 hours to completely scan my hard drive.

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Opera has released a beta version of their mobile web browser Opera Mini 5. The beta version contains several new innovative features for making mobile browsing a pleasant experience. The beta version can be downloaded directly on to mobile or can also be downloaded to you PC.

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DirectX by Microsoft is a collection different of latest technologies designed and combined together to make Windows-based PC’s an ideal platform for running and displaying applications which are rich in multimedia elements such as video, 3D Animation, Audio and full-color graphics.DirectX includes security and performance updates, along with many new features across all technologies, which can be accessed by applications using the DirectX APIs.

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