| Hardware |
Tom's Hardware
Great site for news on recent and upcoming hardware, and archives on old items | www.tomshardware.com |
Motherboards.Org
Everything about Mobo's, links to all major manufacturers | www.motherboards.org |
Driver Guide
Drivers for all sorts of hardware, new and old | www.driverguide.com |
Hardware Central
Similar to Tom's, a great site for all kinds of hardware info | www.hardwarecentral.com |
| Software |
Microsoft
A vast site, with great info on all MS products, IF you can find it | www.microsoft.com |
Download.com
Tons of Shareware in all categories, some free, mostly trial versions | www.download.com |
Shareware.com
Same description as Download.com, above | www.shareware.com |
Adobe
Great products, though a bit flaky at times. PDF Reader is a must have | www.adobe.com |
| Security |
Gibson Research Corp.
Everything you wish you didn't have to know about security, but should. Run Shields Up to see if your PC is safe | www.grc.com |
Zone Alarm
Very popular Software Firewall program | www.zonelabs.com |
E-Trust
Their AVs software is great, so the Firewall must be good | www.my-etrust.com |
The Firewall Guide
Everything you need to know about Firewalls | www.firewallguide.com |
Norton Personal Firewall
Symantec, makers of Norton AV, also make a Firewall | www.symantec.com |
| Anti-Virus |
Symantec
Makers of Norton Anti-Virus, world leader in AV software | www.symantec.com |
MacAfee
Another Excellent AV tool | www.mcafee.com/us |
Trend Micro
Link goes to the Housecall page, a free online virus scanner | housecall.trendmicro.com |
AntiVir
A free Anti-Virus removal tool | www.free-av.com |
AVG
Anti-Virus removal tool with free and for sale versions | www.grisoft.com |
E-Trust
CDI College's AV remover | www.my-etrust.com |
| Spyware and Adware Tools |
Spyware Guide
Online Guide to Spyware and Anti-Spyware, with an online spyware scanner. | www.spywareguide.com |
Ad-Aware
Probably the most popular Spyware/Adware removal tool | www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/ |
Spy-bot
Our personal favourite Spyware remover | www.spybot.info |
Spy Sweeper
Another popular Spyware removal tool | www.spysweeper.com |
PAL Spyware
Has an option for a Free Spyware scan.
| www.palsol.com/psr/ |
| Networking |
World of Windows Networking
Tutorials, articles and much more | www.wown.com |
Firewall.CX
"The Site for Networking Professionals" | www.firewall.cx |
Home Net Help
Looks like a great site for networking basics to intermediate levels | www.homenethelp.com |
D-Link: Networking ABC's
Great networking hardware, they will also teach you how to put it together | www.dlink.com/learnbasic |
| User Education |
How Stuff Works
Not just computers, but how anything works! | www.howstuffworks.com |
Windows IT Pro
An off-shoot of the magazine, a great site for articles | www.winnetmag.com |
| Calgary Computer Shops |
Memory Express
Calgary's most popular computer store, a geeks heaven. | www.memoryexrpress.com |
Computer Rack
Prices comparable to M.E. and strangely their locations are both very close to M.E's north and south locations. | www.computerrack.com |
| Internet Searching |
Google
Google - It's all you really need! | www.google.com |
Alta Vista
Alta Vista, still popular, its been around a long time | www.altavista.com |
Yahoo
Yahoo started as just a search tool, it's grown to much more | www.yahoo.com |
| Major PC Vendors - for OEM drivers and such |
Compaq
Compaq was bought out by HP a couple of years ago, but they still maintain the brand name, and site for it. | www.compaq.com |
Dell Computers
Good machines, consistently ranked high in customer satisfaction | www.dell.com |
Gateway Computers
Don't know a lot about them but don't know anything bad either | www.dell.com |
Hewlett Packard (HP)
HP is one of the worlds biggest, making a lot of stuff besides PC. Great Servers. | www.hp.com |
IBM
Big Blue is maybe not at the top of the PC market anymore, but still a vendor to reckon with. | www.ibm.com |
