Next Generation Firewalls for Dummies: Free PDF eBook from Palo Alto Networks

For Dummies books are famous for presenting different topics in a easier fashion. Whether that means directions on how to hook up a home network, carve a turkey, knit your first scarf, or load your new iPod, you can trust Dummies.com to tell it like it is, without all the technical jargon.

Enterprise suffers from new risks everyday from its applications. Hacker attempt is the main source of nightmare all the time. Traditional firewalls serves as a boundary between the Internet and an organization’s private network and protects based on controlling specific protocols and ports, and restricting traffic to and from specific IP addresses. These firewalls ignores ports 80 & 443 which are used for http and https respectively. Hence, modern day attacks are mostly web based and targets those ports. Next-Gen Firewalls (NGFW for short) go beyond the conventional firewall functions by adding security capabilities such as intrusion prevention. The concept of NGFW was brought about by Palo Alto Networks who introduced the first of these type of devices.

Palo Alto Networks recently have taken an initiative to literate common peoples and enterprise personnel with the new type of web based threats and the indispensability of the NGFW and are distributing a free eBook Next-Gen Firewalls for Dummies. written by Lawrence. C. Miller.

Modern Malware For Dummies: Free PDF eBook from Palo Alto Networks

With our more and more involvement and dependence on digital life, cyber threat has also gone on increasing. Cyber criminals are applying malicious softwares to spy on computers and also taking control on it. The consequence could be anything worst. So, awareness for cyber security is a must and a number of security companies are taking initiatives now-a-days by creating documentary, info-graphics, comics, online series and by giving away free copies of awareness documents or eBooks. Palo Alto Networks has taken an initiative to aware people with the in-depth analysis on today's malware, and how it has evolved beyond traditional approaches to security by giving away free copies of Modern Malware For Dummies. This book uncovers modern malware strategies and even outlines specific actions and technologies needed to regain control over today's malware.

ParetoLogic EasyFileViewer can Open Multiple File Types: Free Offer

Everyday we encounter a number of file types that are used for may different applications, e.g. .JPG, .PDF, .HTML, .RAR, .TXT, .PHP, .DOCX etc. Different in-built or third party softwares are required to view different category of files e.g. Picture Viewers, Archive Managers, Document Viewers etc. New computer users, often face troubles in remembering the names of the softwares that can be used to open a particular file types, mainly if its not associated with any particular software. Moreover, often we receive files that do not open in any of the installed softwares... For such problems ParetoLogic EasyFileViewer is very useful, since it can open a range of file types including Documents, Pictures, Archives, Web Friendly File types etc. The developer says,

Through our jobs and in our home lives, we receive all kinds of different file types. In many situations, the software used to create them is not installed on our computers. Trying to open a file can be frustrating. EasyFileViewer makes it easy to quickly open documents, images, archived files and much more.

System mechanic 11 Standard Brings Full Power to your PC: Review & Giveaway

Few days ago, I wrote about System Mechanic 11 Free Version. Actually, I was offered to wrote about the paid version some time ago and since the software does have many features, I had split that to two reviews by first writing about the free version. As mentioned there the powerful Free version still lacks a number of useful features that the full standard version have. All those features make System Mechanic a suite that one can hardly complain about.

Ashampoo Photo Converter 2: Swiss Army Knife for Photo Processing - Review & Giveaway

With the availability of cheap digital cameras, it is easy to capture the nice & rare moments of our life. It is also necessary to edit those captured images for better appeal. I have discussed about a number of Free and Paid software that assist in managing and editing image collections. I have also wrote about Ashampoo Photo Commander 10 that is a perfect software of this kind. Ashampoo has recently released version 2 of their Photo Converter, a versatile and resource-friendly software that helps you convert and optimize your digital photo albums in just three steps. In the word of Ashampoo,

Whether your pictures are blurry, grainy or overexposed – with just one click Ashampoo Photo Converter 2 optimizes and organizes your images and simplifies your workflow. You can individualize your photos with a variety of effects, color adjustments or image frames and create memorable pieces. Despite its great range of features the software only requires very few system resources and won't stump your computer – whether it's a new or older model.

Ashampoo Music Studio 4: An All-in-One Audio Manager with Modern Interface: Review & Giveaway

Today everyone has some music collection and that often needs editing, conversion, maintenance etc. A number of softwares are available that cover up different aspects of audio management but Ashampoo Music Studio is such a tool that has everything under the same roof. The latest version 4 brings some more feature: a completely redesigned, uncluttered, modern interface, extraction of audio from video, audio mixing and better launch and conversion speed. The software is pretty easy to use and is properly engineered to target basic home users. According to the developer,

You like music? You own a computer? Then you definitely need Ashampoo Music Studio 4. This latest edition has everything required to create, edit, design and produce your music while providing a simple, straightforward user interface. If you know how to operate a CD player you will know how to operate Ashampoo Music Studio 4.

uRex Free Video Converter is an Essential Media Converter: A Review

Video conversion is a daily routine to most computer users in recent times since for using a video in different media, it needs to be of different formats.Few days back I wrote about Convertilla, that could fulfill the same purpose. Today I will be writing about an alternative, uRexsoft Free Video Converter. This was developed by the same developer uRexsoft, whose software uRexsoft Free DVD Ripper has already been featured in this blog. uRexsoft Free Video Converter supports a number of input and output formats and give liberty in the video conversion process that suits user needs. It is easy to use and customize and provides reliable outputs in a good time. And finally don't get by its name, it is actually a media converter since you can also use it to convert audio to audio.

Fast WhoIs Giveaway Duration have been Extended

Hello Everyone,
I am sorry to inform you that, due to some problems in my computer hardware, I was not able to write post for the last two days. That thing has not solved yet, although I am trying to fix the problem fast.
I am writing this post to inform you that the Giveaway of FastWhoIs have been extended for another week. The rules however are the same as mentioned in the original review post on FastWhoIs.

Get Whois Details of Domain Names in Batch using Multiple Servers with FastWhoIs: Review and Giveaway

Do you need a domain name for your business and that on is already registered? Can't you find the contact details of that website? There are many cases like this when you may like to contact the owner of a webpage and can't find their details in the website. A common next step is to search for the registrant name, address, email by querying the WHOIS information of the domain name [e.g. www.insightsintechnology.com]. There are a number of online resources which provide that information for free but most requires to sign up or some tells you to query in another database for complete information.  Often the results are displayed as an image, so extracting details requires laborious manual typing over and over again. If you have been fed up with all these, then you may like to have a look at FastWhoIs by Iconico. It can query for a list of domain names in a number of Whois servers. It has added functionality to parse in a web address using regular expressions to search for domain names, email addresses, phone numbers etc.

Make Over your Photographs in Batch with Ashampoo Photo Optimizer 5: Review & Giveaway

I love photos and like software that allows management, editing of photos. You have already seen a lot of reviews of softwares related to image management in this blog. Ashampoo Photo Optimizer is a well reputed software for optimizing image quality and applying effects to it. Version 5 of the software is currently in beta development and will be released on 27 th June. I was approached by Angela Woisch of Ashampoo for reviewing the software and after trying out the software I was amazed in honest words. The software has essential as well as advanced features that can attract everyones attraction.

 According to the developer

The Ashampoo Photo Optimizer 5 is the intelligent tool for that certain something in your photos! All functions are clearly arranged and easily accessible. This allows you to achieve amazing results right from the start. Add brilliance and refinement to your pictures in just a few clicks!

Hard Disk Sentinel Professional can Monitor, Inspect, Fix Errors in HDD and SSD: Review & Giveaway

Hard Disk Drive (HDD) or Solid State Drive (SSD) is the main storage unit of a Computer. When a data is copied to a HDD/SSD it is stored to tiny areas in its surface. So, even a minute damage or dirt in that area can render that data unreadable. By default, HDD/SSD marks such area/sector as bad, tries to read and copy the data (reallocate) to a spare area first and then redirects all access to that bad sector to the spare area. As such that bad sector cannot be accessed even by a complete drive format. While it may sound good since this process doesn't require user action, for drives with constantly increasing bad sectors, it can cause serious trouble because the user gets ultimately notified when very little spare area is left for reallocation and a very little time (about 24 hours) to backup the data. Moreover, problems resulting from Weak sectors, High temperature, Incorrect power, Mechanical shock, Vibration are not necessarily notified by the HDD/SSD.

Hard Disk Sentinel, in contrary runs in background and monitors the status and health of HDD/SSD by constantly monitoring the S.M.A.R.T. status of the drive(s), not by just checking S.M.A.R.T. attribute thresholds and values like most similar software and reports about even slightest errors/failures as soon it is detected.

uRex Free DVD Ripper is an Ideal Solution to Rip Movie DVD

Earlier today I wrote about BDlot DVD ISO Master which can backup DVD as ISO image. Now I will tell you about ripping Movie DVD using uRexsoft Free DVD Ripper.

Wikipedia says

Ripping is the process of copying audio or video content to a hard disk, typically from removable media

But normally DVD rippers can copy/or and convert then contents of a Movie DVD as a Movie file, i.e. it will not copy all the associated folders in it. uRexsoft DVD Ripper from uRexsoft is a smart solution to select not only DVD but also DVD Folders and ISO files that can be created via DVDSmith Movie Backup and BDlot DVD ISO Master respectively. According to the developer

uRex DVD Ripper is powerful enough to rip your DVD disc, ISO image and DVD folder to various video & audio formats like: MPEG, AVI, Xvid, FLV, F4V, WMV, ASF, 3GP, MOV, M4V, MPG, HD MKV, HD MP4, HD VOB and other HD Video files etc. on your Windows 8 (64 & 32 bit) machine as well as Windows 7, Windows Vista and XP.

Sonic PDF Creator can Create and Manage PDFs: Review and Free Offers

PDF or Portable Document Format is one of the most important document format now-a-days. I have wrote some articles already on the management of PDF files. Sonic PDF Creator from Investintech is a versatile software to

Create professional looking and secure PDF documents from hundreds of Windows applications. A simple to use interface with value added features you'll need, like batch conversion, watermarking, PDF merging and splitting & more.

PearlMountain Image Converter can Easily Manage Images: Review and Giveaway

Few days ago I reviewed about Picture Collage Maker Pro from PearlMountain Technology. Today I will review their another product PearlMountain Image Converter, which has some easy to use but powerful features to quickly manager images in batch mode. According to the developer:

PearlMountain Image Converter is an efficient and convenient picture converter for batch converting and processing images.It allows you to convert images to other formats, resize, rotate, crop, add watermark, apply effects and add border to thousands of images at a time. With one click your digital photos will be just right for the Web, blog, e-mail, photo printing, Facebook, MySpace, mobile phone..etc.

gBurner is an Advanced CD/DVD/BD Burning Software: Review and Giveaway

Recently I wrote about gBurner Virtual Drive from Power Software. I came to know that gBurner is actually developed by the same company who develops WinArchiver. They are just two different teams.

gBurner is the main shareware from Power Software. According to them:

gBurner is a powerful and easy-to-use CD/DVD/BD burning software, which allows you to create data, audio and video CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray Discs, make bootable data discs, create multisession discs. gBurner is also a disc image file processing software, which allows you to open, create, edit, extract, convert and burn disc image files.

Emsisoft AntiMalware 6.5 Released: Review and Giveaway

Few days ago I wrote a post about Emsisoft MalAware. Austrian company Emsisoft has released a new version of its flagship product Emsisoft Anti-Malware (EAM) on 26th April, 2012. The new version adds some improvements and some new features over an already complete anti-malware product.

Emsisoft Anti-Malware uses Ikarus and Emsisoft dual engine for detecting malware. It also has a good integrated behavior blocker. This behavioral blocker is sold by Emsisoft as its standalone product Mamutu. Emsisoft Anti-Malware also has a great system analysis module HiJackThis. It also features a command-line scanner. In its latest version EAM can also scan emails in Microsoft Outlook.

WinArchiver can Manage Common Archives and Disk Image Files: Review & Giveaway

If you are a computer savvy user, you must be dealing with archives and image files regularly for variety of purpose. Usually for managing and editing these file types you need to have two different software. But, WinArchiver is a unique software that allows you full control over both of these under the same platform. Few days ago I wrote about WinArchiver Virtual Drive. WinArchiver when couples with WinArchiver Virtual Drive gives you better control over archives and image files.

Ashampoo Photo Commander 10 is coming: Review and Giveaway

Playing with photos is a fun and when you have a software as rich in features as Ashampoo Photo Commander, the fun becomes excitement. Ashampoo Photo Commander from Ashampoo GmbH is such an awesome application. Although almost complete in features, Ashampoo still is packing the software with more appealing features every year. They are cooking version 10 of the software presently which will be released on 18th of this month. Being a fan of photo editing software I didn't wait to try the beta version and as expected I had a pleasant time with Ashampoo Photo Commander 10 even though it was in beta.

Edit Images in Batch with Photopus: Review and Giveaway

As I do like playing around digital pictures, you will find a number of reviews in my blog related to photo editing and management. Today I will write on a Photopus from Softdiv Software, which can easily and efficiently Resize, Rename, Convert and Apply Filter to Images in Batch.

Make Attractive Collages with Photo Collage Maker Pro: Review and Giveaway

Have you ever thought of making a collage of your favorite photos!! If yes, Photo Collage Maker Pro from PearlMountain Technology can help you do that with awesome freedom. You can do everything manually or automatically with the help of numerous templates and suitable wizard. Not only collage, the software helps you to make Calender, Greeting Card, Scrapbook & Photo Album. Its really easy to make collage with Photo Collage Maker pro.