O&O Defrag is a third-party disk defragmenter for Windows favored by system administrators and computer enthusiasts. Unlike the default Windows Defrag, this software defragments the entire hard drive instead of just the space currently in use. Best of all, it speeds up your system by sorting your files in order access. O&O Defrag will put the most-accessed files on the fastest parts of the drive, while the Windows utility pays no attention to this.

As a holiday treat, the company is giving away its O&O Defrag 10 Professional Edition software free of charge. Register and download it here.

With the end of the holiday season upon us, some of the best deals of the year are available. The poor economy along with faltering retail sales has created a perfect recipe for consumer deals.

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Black Friday isn’t for another four days, but retailers are already handing out huge discounts. Chief among them is Dell, which seems to really be pushing hard this holiday season for good sales. With the poor economy and Dell’s need to break even comes the consumer’s benefit.
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Amazon has the Panasonic BL-PA100KTA (High Definition Over Power Line Communication) kit for a low $40.98. The set two powerline Ethernet adapters, which retails on Panasonic’s website for $150, allows you to get a wired Ethernet network connection through a common household power outlet. The Panasonic adapters boast speeds of up to 190 Mbps and come with AES 128-bit encryption to keep prying eyes away from your data.

Powerline Ethernet adapters are especially useful in that they can give you a fast connection without the need of wireless networks, which often incur signal issues and can be difficult for the average user to set up. Use them to get computers, media servers, and even game consoles on the Internet. Of course dependability-wise a dedicated broadband connection for each device would be preferred, especially if you can get an O2 broadband service in your area, but if you can’t get one having an ethernet adapter to share a connection is a very good second choice.

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