This article is about essential clean-up tools: the little life savers that will, in most cases, turn a computer nightmare around and get things up and running as they should.  

With spyware and adware infections occurring even more frequently than the computer virus problems we have all learnt to cope with, having these tricks up your sleeve will win many friends and favours. These tools can be conveniently downloaded using the Lunarsoft Anti-Malware Toolkit from www.lunarsoft.net, which I described in the second instalment of this series. (If you would like a complete PDF copy of the series, e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it and they will send it to you.)

Google on Monday unveiled a new service designed to provide information via SMS text message to mobile phone users in Africa. Google on Monday unveiled a new service designed to provide information via SMS text message to mobile phone users in Africa, where cell phones are prevalent but Internet penetration is low.

"At Google we seek to serve a broad base of people, not only those who can afford to access the Internet from the convenience of their workplace or with a computer at home," the Mountain View, California, company said in a blog post.