The Nerd Recommends ...

Free anti-virus and anti-spybot software: 

• AVG - excellent resource - free forever to personal users 
• • http://free.avg.com      
• Spybot -another excellent resource which is always free 
• • http://www.safer-networking.org/en/home  

Protect your children (and yourself) from porn and other inappropriate content:

NetNanny is the best resource to protect your children from the unsavoury bits of the web. Normally $39.99 (appx €30.00) per year, and worth every cent for peace of mind.

But NetNanny is now 25% off: BUY NOW

A free office-content suite including WordProcessing, Spreadsheet, Database and Powerpoint (The equivalent Microsoft package costs €400)

• http://www.openoffice.org/  

Your choice of free accounting software: (The equivalent paid software such as QuickBooks costs £50.00, appx €60.00)

• http://www.gnucash.org/  
• www.turbocashuk.com  

Paint and graphics package: (The equivalent CorelDraw package costs €149.00)

• www.getpaint.net  

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