Set up automated backups

We all know how important it is to back up data, but generally only remember when it’s too late. Let Titan Backup 1.5 save your skin before you make an expensive mistake

Once you’ve got Titan Backup set up, you can leave it to automatically save copies of your files to a safe place at regular intervals, while you just get on with using your PC.

When you first install the program, you’re presented with a screen showing buttons for Try, Buy and a link marked Enter Key. Click here and use this code to unlock the trial software: 000020-ACM8KK-1Y2GMT-JZT492-G3QDZ4-YR27GC-TD91BP-MUUMEX. You’ll then have unlimited use of the program, and you can set up some backups.

When you launch the program, you’re given four options. You can create a backup task, restore data, synchronise data or edit your existing tasks. The annotation shows the main features of a backup task. You need to provide a name for the task and specify the files, folders and settings you want to backup. You then need to give details of the destination.

This could simply be a DVD/CD drive, or you could use an external hard drive or an FTP server online. At this point you can set the kind of backup you want. Option to replace files if space on the destination drive is limited. You can also use incremental backups, which add files that have changed, or differential backups, which delete any data that’s been removed from the source files. You can set backups to run at specified times or to run every time you start or shut down Windows.

This month’s disc is aimed at saving you precious hours during your working day. We’ve also included three full programs, the first of which is ConceptDraw MindMap 5. Here we tell you how to get started in mind-mapping.

The idea behind ConceptDraw MindMap is to help you organize and plan idea development. It is designed to work alongside other programs such as Microsoft Office Word and Office PowerPoint for seamless integration with your office set-up. Although it is initially aimed at business development, this program is also perfect for planning weddings, an essay or even a holiday.

The program itself has some very handy features. As with most software, there’s a handy ‘get started’ wizard to point you in the right direction. With any project, an initial ideas session is needed, and the Brainstorming function is very simple to use – just type in the topic and add ideas. Once you’ve got these, you can enter the main interface by clicking Finish Brainstorming. Your mindmap won’t look very special at the moment, so there are few tweaks you’ll need to make. All the entries you added appear as Subtopics, but you may need them to appear as Main topics. Simply highlight the entry you wish to convert, select the Topic menu and then select Topic Outdent. If you wish to add new Main topic, highlight the main idea and press Enter. A new Main topic appears and all you need to do is rename it. And here’s a quick tip: to convert multiple Subtopics, simply shift-click on each one and you will notice they are all highlighted. Then follow the same steps as before,

Once your ideas are complete, you can make the map more coherent by changing the Theme, adding symbols for reference and auto-arranging the map. In the right-hand toolbar you can have different tabs su

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For the latest version of its AV suite, Symantec went back to the drawing board and completely rewrote the program from the ground up with a focus on speed. Even the installer has been revamped, in an attempt to reduce setup time to less than a minute ( we clocked it at 55 second). Symantec coded its own propriety  installer instead of using Microsoft’s, as it has in the past.

This year’s release adds a smart scheduler that monitors task utilization in real time and queues up its task if the system is busy so that if you’re lining up a headshot in your favourite shooter,NIS will  take a backseat until system resources are freed. But if a task qualifies as critical, it will run regardless of what you’re doing, so you can continue to crunch folding@home without being sitting target. And to keep itself honest, Symantec integrates a system monitor showing what percentage of CPU cycles NIS is consuming.

Live Update has been rewritten too, and it addition to regular updates, Symantec sends out micro updates ensure that when a new threat is discovered in the wild, you’ll have the necessary within minutes up to 24 hours for the next refresh.

The program swept through our test system in less than 10 minutes, and subsequent scans completed NIS accomplishes this by discerning between trusted and untrusted files and by default won’t rescan files that haven’t changed.

NIS 2009 leaves virtually no security stone unreturned. Our biggest knock is that not all features work under Vista x64, such as right-click scanning. Still,if security suites suites were cars, consider NIS 2009 a decked –out Lexus.

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Trojan Horse Named after the mythological wooden horse used to sneak Odysseus and other Greek heroes into Troy, a Trojan Horse will masquerade as a legimate program but will unleash a harmful payload once installed.

Worm Computers worms are self-replicating programs that burrow into systems, seeking out vulnerabilities to exploit. The ability to spread without any user action makes them particularly dangerous.

Spyware Ever  feel  like you’re being watched? If your PC’s infected with spyware, you just might be. Even worse, spyware not only monitors your activities but can also hijack your system with redirected web searches and other annoyances.

Polymorphic To avoid detection, polymorphic malware constantly changes its own code, often using encryption with a variable key. This stealthy technique poses a problem for typical scanners.