Software

GREAT FOR FAMILIES. NORTON WAS ONE of the pioneers of ‘managed’ home security, and today it still offers the most user- and family-friendly suite on the market. It may not have the extensive feature set of Kaspersky or Bitdefender, but as a set-it-and-forget-it solution it still has no rivals. Where Kaspersky and Bitdefender still do … Read more

Kaspersky Internet Security 2017 A SUITE THAT JUST KEEPS GETTING BETTER — PERFECT DETECTION OF MALWARE AND EXCELLENT FEATURES. WHEN IT COMES to anti-malware, Kaspersky has the goods on the competition. With perfect detection rates (a feat also accomplished by Trend Micro, Symantec and McAfee), no false positives and a minimal impact on performance, no … Read more

Bitdefender Internet Security 2017 ALTHOUGH ITS PERFORMANCE HAS SLIPPED A LITTLE, IT STILL HAS THE BEST FEATURE SET IN THE BUSINESS. BITDEFENDER HAS BEEN our top suite pick for four years running, and it remains so today, but with one difference: it’s now rivalled by Kaspersky. While we think Bitdefender still has the better suite … Read more

THERE ARE MORE THAN A FEW FEASIBLE ALTERNATIVES TO DROPBOX, YOU KNOW. Google Drive (2/5) IT’S TIME TO DRIVE SOME CHANGE IN THE CLOUD STORAGE SPACE. 15GB Free | www.google.com/pricing DROPBOX IS BASICALLY a dinosaur in the tech world, and though it has done a great job keeping its features up to date and convenient, … Read more

JUST ABOUT ANYONE WITH A SMARTPHONE CAN CAPTURE HIGH-QUALITY IMAGES AND EVEN 4K VIDEO, SO BEING ABLE TO EDIT THEM IS VERY IMPORTANT. HERE ARE A FEW WAYS TO DO JUST THAT. [ LINDSAY HANDMER ] WHILE THERE ARE plenty of simple options, higher-end editing software such as Photoshop is expensive to buy, or increasingly … Read more

TECHLIFE’S EDITOR PONDERS THE DEBATE ABOUT WHETHER WINDOWS’ BUILT-IN SECURITY IS GOOD ENOUGH TO PROTECT YOU. [ DAN GARDINER ] IN THE NERDIER parts of the internet of late, there’s been a bit of an emerging brouhaha about whether third-party Windows security software — as sold by big brands names like Norton, Trend Micro and … Read more

Oh, IObit. Let me count the ways you annoy me. You put Upgrade buttons where Uninstall buttons should be, then swap them round. You bundle pre-ticked junk in your installers. Now you’ve filled my PC with junk files and folders without asking me, or indeed telling me. And yet, I still use IObit Uninstaller Free. … Read more