This is the first in a series of articles focusing on trying to get by with a little less.

In a time flush with horror stories of job loss and debt it would be ridiculous to think that if something breaks or is a bit old we would just mindlessly push off to buy another one. Computers are expensive, software products shouldn’t be disposable, neither should technology. Its with all of this in mind that we start a new series of articles here at the podcast aiming on getting by with less funding. Please feel free to submit your questions or comments either on this article or by clicking the email button on the page and asking a question.

If you are running a PC you NEED antivirus, but the yearly licensing for most AV programs is enough to make me stutter, fifty dollars a year? I understand that there are costs involved in owning any computer and that no machine should ever be without an AV solution. So what to Do? Enter two quick and simple software packages that do the job. Read the rest of this entry »