Google is a great search engine. But the reason that the company makes billions of dollars in profit is because of all the information it captures about the people who use its products. Which includes everything you search for.

Among the search engines which promise not to track you, DuckDuckGo has always been popular with users. Although the system is nowhere near the size of Google, it does now boast 10 million search requests per day, which is significant. And the presentation of their search results is, dare I say it, more aesthetically pleasing than the way Google does it.  Read More

Firewalls help monitor your system's communications between your network and the Internet, to help detect and prevent intrusions and attacks. They are particularly useful for controlling the activities of Internet facing applications.

Firewall products are arguably one of most cumbersome and has a reputation of causing user angst - to find a suitable product that meets individual users' needs may involve a process of trial and error. A good firewall should be able to protect to user at a near-perfect level, while not being too intrusive or complicated to handle. The type of user may very well determine the functionality or feature set that is necessary for each individual user. In this article, we give you a selection of some of the best free firewall software, in our opinion, that is available, including our assessment of the firewall built into Windows 10. Read More