Everyone has a graphics program, but often our favourite graphics program doesn't enable you to create vector drawings, edit and touch-up your photos and dabble with web graphics. Xara XS 2.0 is a brand new program that enables you to take your drawing further and we've got the full version on our coverdisc.
Finding a program that supports incremental backups of your entire hard drive, isn't always easy. It's a feature we're often requested and is generally a feature you'll find in an upgrade (ie. the commercial or latest edition only supports incremental backups). Well, we're pleased that we have Paragon's DriveBackup v6, which will enable you to backup and restore your entire drive. We also have ConceptDraw Project 1.3.6, which will enable you to plan your personal and business projects.
If you've bought the DVD edition, you'll find Adobe's Photoshop Album Starter Edition v3, which can be used to store and manage your digital photo collection and there's a whole host more. In addition to four game demos, you'll find Mandriva Linux 2006 Live CD, Ubuntu 5.10 install CD, as well as a complete operating system: FreeBSD 6.
Spam Filters (local and server-side spam filters)
Over the last few months, we've noticed that readers have had problems obtaining serial codes from online registration pages. This isn't always a problem with the online registration page, but a problem with anti-spam filters, which filter out the incoming email (containing the serial code). If you have an internal anti-spam filter installed on your computer, check your 'junk mail' or 'spam' folder, to see if the email has accidentally been classed as spam.
Alternatively, you may find that you're Internet service provider (ISP) has implemented a server-side anti-spam filter. A server-side anti-spam filter filters email at the ISP...so you don't even see the spam. However, the downside is that any email that your ISP classes as 'spam' means that it gets filtered, by your ISP. Our advice would be to turn off your ISP server-side anti-spam filter and use a filter on your system, which means that spam is filtered by your own preferences (ie what you regard as spam).
