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• Palm Pixi: An Inexpensive Entry-Level Smartphone The Pixi, the second smartphone to run Palm's Web OS, could be considered the Palm Pre lite.
• Panda Cloud Antivirus (Beta) Free Software Panda Cloud Antivirus provides great protection in an easy-to-use application, but it's still too deep in development to recommend.
• Avira AntiVir Personal Free Antivirus Software Avira AntiVir Personal offers great, thorough protection and top-notch scan speed, but some nontechies might find its interface frustrating.
• AVG 8.5 Free Antivirus Software Though AVG 8.5 Free has a good, straightforward interface and useful blocking of Web-based attacks, its malware blocking is below average.
• PC Tools Antivirus Free Edition Software PC Tools Antivirus, which neglects to detect spyware, allows far too many pieces of malware through for it to realistically protect any PC.
• Alwil Avast Antivirus Home Edition Free Antivirus Software Avast Antivirus Home Edition provides solid antimalware protection and a good set of features, but its outdated interface needs a makeover.
• Clamwin Free Antivirus Software This open-source antivirus software fails to get the job done, with disappointing malware detection and no real-time scanning.
• PC Tools Threatfire 4.5 Free Antivirus Software PC Tools' free behavior-based antivirus utility serves as a great supplement to your existing security software.
• Comodo Internet Security Free Antivirus Software Comodo Internet Security is not a good antivirus choice, owing to its lackluster malware detection and its tendency to produce false positives.
• Can You Trust Free Antivirus Software? Lots of companies offer software that’s supposed to stop worms, viruses, and other malware for free. We tested nine such security programs to find the ones you can really depend on.
• Microsoft Security Essentials (Beta) Free Antivirus Software An effective but somewhat slow utility, Microsoft Security Essentials will be a solid contender when it comes out of beta around the end of 2009.
• Firefox 3.5 is a Solid Upgrade Firefox 3.5 includes some great new features and improvements, including private browsing and geo-location.
• What's Great About Microsoft Internet Explorer 8? With all the back and forth about the recent release of Internet Explorer 8, it's easy to miss why it's a great improvement over its predecessor. Assistant Editor Nick Mediati explains.
• LaCie d2 Safe Encrypted Hard Drive The solid, relatively inexpensive d2 Safe is one of the few encrypted hard drives suitable for both Macs and PCs.
• Kingston DataTraveler Vault--Privacy Edition Encrypted USB Flash Drive Kingston's encrypted drive provides ultimate data protection in a portable flash model, but for a steep price.
• SanDisk Cruzer Contour Secure USB Flash Drive The SanDisk Cruzer Contour U3 flash drive can take a licking and still maintain your data, but it lacks high-end encryption.
• Data Locker Pro AES Edition Encrypted Hard Drive The touch-screen controls on the Data Locker Pro encrypted drive look like a gimmick, but they make common tasks far easier.
• Seagate Maxtor BlackArmor Encrypted Hard Drive The BlackArmor encrypted hard drive is tops for its intuitive out-of-the-box experience, good utilities bundle, and reasonable price.
• Encrypted Portable Drives Hardware-encrypted drives can make protecting your data simple. Seagate's Maxtor BlackArmor, offering full-disk encryption, leads the field.
• Apricorn Aegis Vault Encrypted Hard Drive Apricorn's Aegis Vault encrypted hard drive sports a convenient built-in USB cable.
• Lenovo ThinkPad USB Secure Hard Drive Lenovo's cool, capable, and encrypted data-sharing device will appeal to business users and techies alike.
• Encrypted Drives Keep Your Files Safe In the war against lost or stolen information, these secure, portable drives are the special forces.
• Apricorn Aegis Bio Encrypted Hard Drive The Aegis Bio encrypted hard drive has a fingerprint scanner and software that secures both the drive and the contents of your PC.
• Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 Security Software If Kaspersky wants to charge the highest price, its security suite should have the best protection and a smooth, intuitive interface. It doesn't.
• Panda Internet Security 2009 Security Software The Panda security suite covers all the bases with its features, and it scans quickly, but it lags behind some rivals at malware detection.