· 27.3 million Americans have been victims of identity theft in last five years, including 9.91 million people or 4.6% of population in last year alone.

Keep reading to learn how to keep from becoming a victim of Identity Theft.

Have you noticed your computer running slower than ever?

The reason for that may have to do with online advertisers adding Spyware, or Adware to your computer without your knowledge.

Exactly what is Adware?

Adware works very much like Spyware.

Adware is software that will show you popup ads over and over. These files can also be extremely dangerous to your PC and could cause major problems with your Computer.

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** FireFox Web Browser **

Security problems always seem to plague Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) Web browser.

In fact, last year problem got so bad, it forced Microsoft to release one of largest free software upgrades (Service Pack 2) in history of computing.

According to both OneStat.com and Webside Story, two of Web's leading Web analytics companies, Microsoft's IE market share has dipped below 90%.

See actual stats from WebSide Story Here: http://www.websidestory.com/services-solutions/datainsights/spotlight.html

In response to serious security threats to Internet Explorer, an upstart browser named FireFox from Mozilla.org took off like a rocket ship in late 2004.

Available free from www.Mozilla.org, FireFox offers not only a full-featured Web browser without security problems, but also a number of features not available on Internet Explorer.

Probably most popular feature Firefox offers over IE is "Tabbed Browsing," which enables you to open multiple Web pages without opening multiple windows.

Firefox also limits harmful Active-X controls and pop-up windows.

Firefox tends towards a less forgiving attitude on HTML coding and may display some Web pages awkwardly, where IE displays most pages as designer intended.

Despite this, Firefox makes an excellent browser and Microsoft should take heed that market dominance doesn't last forever once consumers see a viable alternative.

And lesson in all of this for all you would-be entrepreneurs out there with next great idea?

It doesn't matter how big or small your organization, it always comes back to a simple formula: Meet needs and solve problems of a specific niche audience better than next guy and you'll be winner!

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