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The recent incident where users of Afrihost's uncapped offerings moaned about being capped, refers.

First, I view the download of 1Tb of data as abuse of the system, nothing else. You can whitewash it, you can gloss it over, but a download of 1Tb is just too much, and this have a negative impact on honest, regular users.

Being a packrat gains nothing - you download files which you probably won't be using, or look at.

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Recently we received a small touchscreen with which to test our software with. So I was tasked with finding a virtual keyboard to allow the users to log on. And it must be free for use.

A quick Google produced this website :

http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/d...112_p/free.htm

In order to produce customized keyboards, such as the one shown below, you'll have to download an extra application via http://www.polital.com/cntd/
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You've probably heard of WinRAR and WinZip.

Or you're using a cracked version of WinRAR/WinZip on your PC.

Or you're tired of the integrated Zipped files function in WindowsXP, and want something more powerful, but are unsure of what to get.

Then ZipGenius will fit your pocket.

Originally Posted by ZipGenius website

ZipGenius is a free software that can compress files in several compressed archive formats, designed to run under any version of Windows®. It is absolutely

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Face it - you do need an antivirus program to protect your system, and to stop spam and trojans from chewing up your bandwidth.

There is a good selection of free antivirus software available. Which means you don't have to be a pirate to enjoy protection against viruses.

AVG Free

First up is AVG Free, which can be downloaded here.

Email scanning with AVG Free is also possible, and it offers real-time on-demand scanning in the background. ...

Fighting Spam

There are several methods used to combat spam.

In this blog I will deal with using Spamhaus's SBL, XBL and PBL lists.

SBL - Sources Blocked List - this is useful for blocking verified spam sources and operations (including spammers, spam gangs and spam support services)

XBL - eXploits Blocked List - this is useful for blocking illegal 3rd party exploits, including open proxies (HTTP, socks, AnalogX, wingate, etc), worms/viruses ...