Sandboxie is a small utility which allows protecting hard drive of your computer from malicious activity of other applications. Here is a diagram from official site which explains how it works: Sandboxie prevents applications from writing to your hard disk, i.e. viruses, trojans and malware wont be able to modify your system. It is also an excellent protection tool for Internet Explorer. Sandboxie reached version 2.62. The changelog is available on Sandboxie version changes. Sandboxie is available free of charge. Please read a short Sandboxie Guide if you decide to try it out. Sandboxie Download Page Technorati : security, windows Del.icio.us : security, windows Ice Rocket : security, windows
nLite has reached version 1.2 Beta. nLite is a customization tool which can be used in order to alter setup files of Windows 2000/XP/2003, remove components and unneeded services, integrate drivers, patches and service packs. nLite is also a great tool to prepare unattended setup of Windows. You can read changelog on nLite Changelog page. nLite Download Page Technorati : Windows, nlite Del.icio.us : Windows, nlite Ice Rocket : Windows, nlite
Computer system security becomes more and more important these days. There is a growing number of threats on the Internet such as viruses, trojans, malware, exploits etc. Sometimes even personal firewall cant protect user from the threat. Yoggie, a small computer company, came up with an interesting solution for web security. It is called Gatekeeper and it is a small and powerful security appliance which is capable to perform quite a number of tasks. Here is a small list of functions that Gatekeeper can perform according to Yoggie: There are two versions of Gatekeeper: Pro and Basic. Here is the comparison of their features: You can read more about Gatekeeper on official site . Gatekeeper shall be made available in November. It is speculated that Basic version will be available for 180$ while Pro version will cost 220$. Technorati : IDS, firewall, hardware Del.icio.us : IDS, firewall, hardware Ice Rocket : IDS, firewall, hardware
Lighttpd is a very small and very efficient web server. It is a simple and powerful alternative to IIS and Apache web servers. You can see some benchmarks on Lighttpd benchmark page. There are also links to other tests on this page so developers are pretty honest about Lighttpd performance. Lighttpd is very easy to install and easy to configure. To install Lighttpd on Windows run the setup file and install it into a folder. Then edit the configuration file to suit your needs. After all changes have been applied you can execute start-lighttpd.bat and the webserver will come online. You can play around with settings through .conf file. The fun part is that Lighttpd is available for a large number of various operating systems including Linksys routers. So if you have a linksys router you might as well turn it into a webserver showing stats and doing other interesting things. Lighttpd is pretty stable and easy to use. I guess it is a simple tool for all users who need a simple webserver for small projects, situations when IIS is not available, or just high performance servers. Lighttpd can be installed as a package for Cygwin or Windows Install package(does not require Cygwin). For some reason the site with Windows install package is not available fat the moment so I ve mirrored the package here: Lighttpd for Windows 1.4.11 . P.S. If you decide to use Lighttpd in production make sure you follow security advisories for it. Technorati : lighttpd, windows, www Del.icio.us : lighttpd, windows, www Ice Rocket : lighttpd, windows, www
Nicosia, Cyprus - 20, September 2006 - 3CX, a start-up company developing a software based IP PBX, today released the first version of its IP PBX product, 3CX Phone System for Windows - free edition. 3CX Phone System liberates companies from the high purchase and management costs associated with proprietary PBXs. 3CX Phone System is based on the open SIP standard and therefore works with any SIP based gateway or phone. This eliminates the need for expensive, proprietary system phones and specialized installation and management know how. "3CX Phone System for Windows Free edition is unique because it runs on Windows. Until now free IP PBX software was only available for Linux," said Nick Galea, CEO 3CX. About 3CX Phone System for Windows - Free edition 3CX Phone System for Windows is an IP PBX that completely replaces a proprietary PBX, supports standard SIP soft/hard phones, VOIP services and traditional PSTN phone lines. 3CX Phone System is far less expensive than a traditional PBX and can reduce call costs substantially by using a VOIP service provider. Its web based administration makes phone system management easy. 3CX Phone System eliminates the phone wiring network and allows users to hot desk simply by taking their phone. Key Features: Complete phone system: Provides call switching, routing & queuing Purchase cost dramatically lower than a traditional hardware PBX Scalable - Unlimited extensions and phone lines. No proprietaryexpansion modules needed! Web based configuration & status indication - Easy phone systemmanagement! Reduce long distance and inter office call costs No more expensive proprietary system phones: Use standard SIPphones Eliminate the phone wiring and make moving offices easier. For more information, take the product tour at http://www.3cx.com/phone-system/product-tour.html. The free edition can be downloaded at http://www.3cx.com/ip-pbx/index.html. About 3CX 3CX is a privately held company with a management team backed by years