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Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology. Comodo Firewall Pro 3.0 aces all basic personal firewall ...

Modern versions of Windows have a pretty impressive built-in firewall that does a fine job of fending off any outside attacks. Third-party vendors have to give users a good reason to switch away from ...

When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years. That’s how I met PCMag’s editorial team, who brought me on board in 1986. In the years since that ...