yeah, I would assume so, if it is being updated automatically.

@Gina: No, it doesn't. It installs FF3 in a different folder, and I can still run launch FF2. It just copies the bookmarks, extensions into FF3, rather than overwriting FF2. Which is why I'm confused: if it DID overwrite FF2, a straight upgrade, then that would be better imo.

so, if I install FF3, into say, a "Firefox 3" folder, and it imports all my bookmarks and extensions etc, is it safe to delete Firefox 2? By that, I mean will uninstalling Firefox 2 remove all the extensions that FF3 is now using, or does FF3 make its own copy of them.

Personally, and call me nuts if you want, but I wish that there was a way of installing FF3 OVER FF2, like an upgrade. Guess the RC1 will have that feature maybe.

Sygate Firewall on my XP, Comodo on my Vista.

I switched ISPs a few years ago, and (with the UKs red-tape system) it took them eight days to reconnect me. Worst eight days ever. By day three I couldn't even bring myself to switch on the machines. Kind of like having your dvd collection taken away, its pointless sitting there fiddling with an empty machine.…

@r00fus: yeah, but the arguement is that, if you have a new uber-pc, why would you want an old Mac? It's like telling someone to get a Megadrive when they have a new PS3.

afaik, AVG is always running.. it has popped up out of the blue in the past to warn me of a dodgy attachment.

@JMC: I'm not convinced by that. Let me put my foil-hat on for a sec. Just because something is "open source", and the source code is freely available to download and inspect, don't just assume that armies of tech-heads actually ARE downloading and inspecting the code. Would you understand a backdoor in ten-thousand…

I use the Album Art Downloader program (Windows, .net3 required) :

my vote goes to OneNote 2007. How I ever got anything done without it is beyond me (it has changed my environment from piles of notebooks and paper and post-it notes to a nice clean space with a potted plant on the side).

Works fine. Except it is a passive client - there is no way (I can see) to delete AIM contacts, or interact with your AIM account in any other way than chatting. Better than nothing, but..... needs to have more integration, such as adding your AIM contacts to your Googlemail contacts etc.

@Dooga: that is the scenario, but realistically, since Facebook deals with such personal information, are you really going to add random people you don't know? I guess the answer must be "yes", which is quite bizarre. I'd be more concerned about Beacon companies harvesting emails for mass spammage.

I don't know ANYTHING anymore. All my phone numbers are in Outlook and my phone. My bank details are filed away in a locked filing cabinet. The Password Hasher takes care of my online passwords. The only two numbers I am asked for regularly are my phone number and my credit card number, so I should make an effort to…

@Woodwater: not at all. I know people I was in college with, and we've lost touch (this was before the internet). Not everyone (outside of the USA) is on Facebook.

I use Fonebook to sync Facebook contacts with Outlook Contacts

dunno, I tried looking, and for some reason Silverlight doesn't work in IE7, but it works fine in Firefox. Go figure.

A compulsion to surf the Internet and check e-mail stirs up a "desire to be in the know, to not be left out, that ends up taking up a lot of our time"

alternatively, there is Floola:

Never tried Zone Alarm, happy with Sygate PF AVG AV and Spybot on my XP. Also installed is AVG Anti-Spyware and Lavasoft Ad-aware. Do I need another one?