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Symantec's suite is a solid performer and easy to use. Kaspersky's and BitDefender's suites are the fastest to respond to new malware outbreaks, while McAfee offers lots of extra features.

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1 Symantec Norton Internet Security 2008 • Price for use on up to three PCs: $70
• PCW Rating: 84 Very Good
• Performance: Very Good
• Design: Very Good
• Features: Superior

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Norton offers solid performance, including the best behavior-based protection against unknown threats.
(Last Rated: November 29, 2007)
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2 Kaspersky Internet Security 7.0 • Price for use on up to three PCs: $80
• PCW Rating: 82 Very Good
• Performance: Very Good
• Design: Superior
• Features: Very Good

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This top-tier security suite scans slowly, but it responds quickly to new outbreaks and has a nice design.
(Last Rated: November 29, 2007)
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3 McAfee Internet Security Suite • Price for use on up to three PCs: $70
• PCW Rating: 80 Very Good
• Performance: Good
• Design: Very Good
• Features: Superior
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Its ample features include a backup program and antispam plug-ins, but threat detection could be better.
(Last Rated: November 29, 2007)
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4 BitDefender Internet Security 2008 • Price for use on up to three PCs: $50
• PCW Rating: 79 Good
• Performance: Good
• Design: Good
• Features: Good

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Excellent performer is best for experts who don’t need guidance regarding security extras and pop-up alerts.
(Last Rated: November 29, 2007)
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5 Trend Micro Internet Security 2008 • Price for use on up to three PCs: $50
• PCW Rating: 77 Good
• Performance: Good
• Design: Fair
• Features: Very Good

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A good feature set and malware disinfection are offset by below-average detection and interface bugs.
(Last Rated: November 29, 2007)
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6 Avira Premium Security Suite 7.06.00.168 • Price for use on up to three PCs: $87
• PCW Rating: 73 Good
• Performance: Very Good
• Design: Very Good
• Features: Poor
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Great threat detection is offset by a lack of features typical of a security suite.
(Last Rated: November 29, 2007)
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7 Checkpoint ZoneAlarm Internet SecuritySuite 7.1 • Price for use on up to three PCs: $60
• PCW Rating: 72 Good
• Performance: Good
• Design: Very Good
• Features: Poor

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The firewall is better than most, but you'll want to pair it with your choice of antivirus program due to anemic settings and speed.
(Last Rated: November 29, 2007)
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8 CA Internet Security Suite Plus 2008 • Price for use on up to three PCs: $70
• PCW Rating: 72 Good
• Performance: Fair
• Design: Good
• Features: Good

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This easy-to-use security suite lacks sufficient protection to stop many of today's threats. Don't use it.
(Last Rated: November 29, 2007)
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Starting a Business Blog

Written by Mark White

When you start to put a Business Blog together, there is one aspect which is often overlooked in the excitement (yes, excitement!) of creating your new blog. This is the planning phase - a critical element which you need to spend time on before diving in and writing your first post.
In this planning phase, you should identify what you are looking to achieve with your blog and who you are writing for. The result of this will allow you to be much more focused in the content of your posts and help you to align them much more closely with the requirements of those who will be reading them.

You should therefore make sure that you have the answer to three key questions:

1. What is the Blog looking to achieve?You need to able to clearly identify why you want to start the Business Blog. Are you looking to use it as the focal point for a network of contacts for your company, or perhaps to position yourself as an expert in your field or promote a particular service / product using 'educational marketing' as part of a soft sell approach. You might be looking to use it as the development area for a new product and in the process create a group of evangelists for it, or perhaps it will have an internal communications focus, either for the company as a whole or specific teams within it. All of these are perfect goals for your blog (or blogs), but you will need to identify and focus on the one that you want to achieve in order to make it really successful.

2. Who is the Blog aimed at?You need to decide who is the target audience for your Business Blog, just as you do with your products or services, and consequently who you are writing for. This will dictate the content of your posts and also the way in which you write them - two elements which will influence how you are perceived by your readers. You might be looking to demonstrate your in depth knowledge of your niche to prospective partners, create an interactive relationship with clients or motivate internal staff. Each will require a different approach to both what you write and how you present it.

3. What results are you looking for?You should also be clear as to what results you want to achieve with the Business Blog. While a blog is certainly not a direct sales tool, there are nevertheless many ways in which you can measure its direct effectiveness. These might include number of visitors, subscribers to your RSS feed, sign ups to a newsletter, contacts initiated or clients achieved through a contact form on your Blog etc. By identifying the results you want, you will be able to measure how successful you have been and make changes accordingly.

By spending time on this part of the set up of your Business Blog, you will reap the rewards later. You will ensure that the blog maintains its focus in terms of its content and, as a consequence, provide your readers with what they are looking for and you with a successful blog for your business.

About the Author

"Emarketing" Mark White is an emarketing consultant and business blogging specialist working primarily with companies in the UK. For information, advice or a free email course on successful Business Blogging for marketing and business development, visit Better Business Blogging. Stand out from the Crowd and Develop your Reputation Online.

The How-To’s of Success

Author: Noah St Jhon
You can know all of the How-To's of Success, but if you have more Why-Not-To's of Success than Why-To's of Success – even if those Why-Not-To's exist on the Subconscious level – you will not allow yourself to succeed to your full potential, no matter how many How-To's of Success you know.

A traditional success program is any product, program or system designed to show you "how to do something." As we've already seen, this is a good idea – after all, if you want to do something, like drive a car, tie your shoes, or make a million dollars, it makes sense to learn "how" to do it.

So in traditional success programs, they teach you what I call the How-To's of Success. It was perfectly logical to teach human beings how to do the thing called "succeed" – because, as I've already shown you, everyone wants to do it!

But here's where we run into a little problem – a $411 Billion problem. With Americans spending more than $11 Billion a year on self-help products individually – and with the problems associated with this issue costing corporate America over $400 Billion a year – you would think that no one would ever be stuck, right? And that everyone who'd been using these programs would be living the life of their dreams, right?

Well, it sounds good. Unfortunately, we know it's just not true. We all know people who appear to have everything in place to be wildly successful, yet who are still holding themselves back.

The answer to why traditional success programs have failed so many people lies in what I've already shown you. Traditional success teachers have given us the How-To's of Success because they made a critical assumption, an assumption they made without ever thinking about it, because it was totally illogical to think otherwise. And the assumption they made was this:

Traditional success programs gave us the How-To's of Success, because they assumed that you and I and everyone else had more Why-To's of Success than Why-Not-To's of Success.

They actually had it half right. Everyone does have more Why-To's of Success than Why-Not-To's of Success – but only on the Conscious level!

The problem does not lie in learning more "How-To's" of Success. The problem lies in uncovering your Why-Not-To's of Success. Because your Why-Not-To's of Success are essentially invisible to you, because they exist almost exclusively in your Subconscious mind.

Here is the most amazing part about all this – and it represents the key to your freedom, success and fulfillment:

You can know all of the How-To's of Success, but if you have more Why-Not-To's of Success than Why-To's of Success – even if those Why-Not-To's exist on the Subconscious level – you will not allow yourself to succeed to your full potential, no matter how many How-To's of Success you know.

About Author

On the night of October 20, 1997, a 30-year-old religious studies major named Noah St. John had an epiphany that changed his life. While attending a seminar, he suddenly realized the real, hidden reason so many smart, talented, motivated people stop themselves from success – and saw it had nothing to do with goal-setting, "motivation" or anything being taught in traditional success literature. That very night, with no formal education in business, Noah decided to form a company to teach people around the world the simple steps that remove the hidden barriers to success. Find out more at http://www.successclinic.com.

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