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Google introduced a new mobile service named Near Me Now, that helps you find services near your current location. Such services include ATMs, restaurants, hotels or bars. All you have to do is click the Near Me Now button on Google Search and the results will be served immediatelly. There is also an Explore Right Here option that narrows down the search a couple of city blocks or lets you know the user’s opinions on those new found services.

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NoRedirect-BlockedNoRedirect is a Firefox/SeaMonkey extension that lets the user take control of HTTP redirects. It can be used to interdict an ISP’s DNS search redirection hijacks, preview/screen “shortened” URLs, stop the annoying redirection of “smart” error pages, etc. Shortly, the NoRedirect Firefox Extension is a very helpful FF extension, grating the user some control over many of those “spamy” redirects.

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avg_logoAVG Technologies, formerly Grisoft, the people behind AVG, the popular freeware antivirus, just released LinkScanner, a browser plug-in designated to protect  your daily internet browsing adventure. AVG LinkScanner protects you from visiting malicious websites, kinda the same job as SiteAdvisor, the direct competitor from McAfee. AVG LinkScanner scans all the search results from the popular search engines such as Google, Yahoo and displays an icon if the web address is safe or not for you to visit.

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Lavasoft, the makers of Ad-Aware, the top anti-spyware solution, decided it’s time to give birth to another baby, the Anti-Virus Helix. Lavasoft Anti-Virus Helix is the company’s first anti-virus solution and it’s aimed to become a hit, just like its big brother Ad-Aware. Anti-Virus Helix comes bundled with all the needed anti-virus components such as malware/pop-up blocker, a full scanner, a web and email protection module and of course, a malware remover.lavasoft_helix_status

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