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TECHNOLOGIES / TECH LINKS

The following are our technology preferences and links to worthwhile sites:

Setting up a domain name / website
DNS, domain lookups etc
> Planet Domain - easy lookup of domain details (http://www.planetdomain.com/domain-name-registration/whois_in.jsp)
> Whois - which include expiry dates (http://www.who.is/whois)
> DNS Stuff - look up everything! (http://www.dnsstuff.com)
> Whois Registry (Australia) - (http://whois.ausregistry.net.au)
Domain Registration
> Net Registry (http://www.netregistry.com.au)
Website Hosting
> Quality, local to Australia: WebCentral (http://www.webcentral.com.au)
> Good, value for money, US based: WebHost4Life (http://www.webhost4life.com)

PC Related
Client PC
> Excel Computers - PC systems with 12 months or more back to base warranty (http://www.excelcomputers.com.au)
> Dell with extended support - hassle free good products and onsite support - less headaches (http://www.dell.com.au)
Anti-virus / Anti-spam / Firewalls
> Anti-virus - Norton Anti-virus - a heavy product but very effective. Purchase
> Anti-virus - AVG - free, good (Link...)
> Firewall - ZoneAlarm - free, good (Link...)
> Anti-adware clean - Lavasoft Ad-aware, ok, free (Link...)
> Anti-spam - Spybot Search and Destroy, free, good (Link...)
> Anti-spam for Outlook - Spam Bayes - free, good (Link...)
Browsers
> Mozilla Firefox - free, secure, fast, plenty of features, opensource. download...
> Opera - free, similar to Firefox download...
DVD Burner
> Benq 1640 - fast, reliable, effective with Genie Backup Pro (listed in the Backup section)
Windows 2000
> Download Windows 2000 Resource Kit Tools - here and here also.
Utilities
> Ultra VNC (link...)

Disaster Recovery / Backups
Home / Small Business Backup
> Genie Backup Pro (http://www.genie-soft.com)
Internal DVD Burners
> Benq 1640 - fast, reliable, effective with Genie Backup Pro
> LG GSA-H10N - fast, reliable, effective with Genie Backup Pro
    (specifications/firmware... review 1...review 2...)

Multimedia
Audio Streaming
> MP3 Sound Stream - simple, fast, effective online streaming of audio to build into your website. Uses flash - no need for media players such as Real, Windows etc - (http://www.mp3soundstream.com)

Review Sites
CD / DVD
> CDRInf - the hardware authority (http://www.cdrinfo.com)

IT Shops Online (Australia)
> U Mart: (http://www.umart.net)
> EYO (Padstow, Sydney) (http://www.eyo.com.au)
> Computer Market (Artarmon, Sydney) (http://www.computermarket.com.au)
> City Software (http://www.citysoftware.com.au)
> C World (http://www.cworld.com.au)

Global or Interstate Roaming For Dial-up Internet (pre-paid hours)
US / Canada + International
> Budget Dial-up (http://www.budgetdialup.com)
Australia
> IDX - good chunk of hours deal (http://www.idx.com.au)
New Zealand
> Earthlight - good chunk of hours deal (http://www.earthlight.co.nz)


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