When you find a quality name brand that lives up to the lofty expectations you have as a consumer, you should be loyal to that brand. For my computer security needs, that name will ALWAYS be McAfee. This security for my online activities is just what I needed since my computer has been acting strange lately. I’m afraid some spyware has crept onto my computer and this McAfee Internet Security 2009 software is precisely the answer I’ve needed.

I got this Corel PaintShop Pro X7 hoping it would be a good alternative to Photoshop. I’ll warn you that this is a pretty complex program and there is no way you could possibly list all the features included in it. But here are the most interesting ones:nnBASIC FUNCTIONSn- This a highly functional photo processing software.n- It comes with lots of fun and practical built-in filters.n- You can crop, straighten, fix red eye, add text, convert to black and white or adjust colors/saturationnnADVANCED FUNCTIONSn- You can clone itemsn- Remove scratches and unwanted objectsn- Apply special effects like time warp (to make photos look old)n- Selective Focusn- DistortionnnThis software allows you to apply layers which gives you the freedom to experiment with different looks and still keep your original image until you are ready to merge them.

If you listen to a lot of radio, then no doubt you’ve heard about these companies who offer online computer backup for an annual fee. But why do that when all you need is this software? And it’s so flippin’ easy to install and use, I can’t imagine anyone who wants the assurance of recovering their invaluable computer info NOT getting this. You’ll be glad you did!

My wife Christine is a photo freak! So you can imagine she likes tinkering with these precious photos to make some stunning presentations. That’s why Create It is so perfect. Organize, decorate, crop, and wow everyone with your creations. Digital and traditional scrapbooking–the sky’s the limit! Love it!!!

Doesn’t it stink that there are people out there who have nothing better to do than to SPY on you through your computer? Besides the invasion of privacy that this creates where you are afraid to type any sensitive information on your computer fearing it will be stolen, these spyware programs bog down your computer and make it incredibly inefficient. That’s exactly what happened to my wife’s computer before it was destroyed by the Koobface virus that hit Facebook.

I was excited about providing my wife some security for her PC with the Windows Live OneCare 2.0. But imagine my shock when I went to activate this program and was instructed to provide a credit card number for the annual fee. HUH?!?! What’s this all about? I just got this and I’m already having to pay MORE money to make it work? No thanks Windows! I’m keeping my money and chunking your piece of garbage software in the garbage can.

I use QuickBooks and TurboTax for business to file my business taxes. Now I have iMac and unfortunately, Intuit does not offer this version for Mac so I am not happy with Intuit. Other than that great software!

They do not make a Mac version so I had to buy the PC version. That was painful because my $3,000+ Mac was unsuitable to prepare business taxes. So, I exportedQB data into a Window version, loaded the file on my old PC and continued working. Every year for the last seven years or so I have used Quick Books and Turbotax to prepare and file my business taxes. Every year the QB balance sheet never matched imported balance sheet data in TurboTax.

I have been using Intuit products (QuickBooks, Quicken, TurboTax) for many years and these are very inexpensive tools to manage finances and prepare/file taxes. Professionals will charge over $2,000. With these tools you will be able to prepare and file taxes for under $200.

I have been using Intuit products (QuickBooks, Quicken, TurboTax) for many years and these are very inexpensive tools to manage finances and prepare/file taxes.