There is no kill switch for the Internet, no secret on-off button in an Oval Office drawer. Yet when a Senate committee was exploring ways to secure computer networks, a provision to give the president the power to shut down Internet traffic to compromised Web sites in an emergency set off alarms. Corporate leaders and privacy advocates quickly objected, saying the government must not seize control of the Internet. Lawmakers dropped it, but the debate rages on. How much control should federal authorities have over the Web in a crisis?

NewWayService is a software solution for service management. Easy to use, this tool allows you to quickly track your work orders in a user-friendly environment. It adapts to your needs and allows you to manage work orders, actions, worked or billed hours, customers and contacts, banks of hours, technicians, products and serial numbers, spare parts, appointments, and schedules.

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AlienFiles creates professional-quality listings for your eBay auctions. The easy to use editor has all the tools you need to design great looking listings quickly and with no technical knowledge. Over 30 images of your item can be added to your listing, which makes it possible to add your images to eBay for free. AlienFiles lets you add other file types to your listings as well. For example: Video, Audio, Office Files, PDFs and Flash Banners.

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ProposalSmartz Desktop appears as an add-on to the Word tool bar. The software is easy to use with a tabbed interface. Rather than starting from scratch and taking hours to flesh out your proposal you can now access our bank of ready content and edit as per your need. Select from a variety of templates like Executive Summary, Company History, Proposal Objective, Industry Trends. Each template has individual content that you can edit as per your need. Choose from a range of attractive display themes and covers to showcase your proposal.

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ScheduFlow 2008 is a networkable appointment scheduling software for managing schedules, calendars, contacts, and booking appointments. It replaces your paper-based appointment book. Schedules can be viewed in Day, Week, Month, Timeline, 3D Carousel Card View. Users can share schedules on multiple computers on a local network or through the Internet.Schedules entered on one computer will immediately become visible for other users on the network.

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Text Speaker will convert any text document to MP3 audio. Create your own audio books. To hear text, just open a Microsoft Word, Rich Text (RTF), HTML, or text (TXT) file. Click Speak to hear a clear, understandable human-sounding voice read the document, or click Convert to Audio to create a WAV or MP3 file to listen to later. Create narration for your tutorials and marketing videos, proofread documents, or create voice menu prompts for your phone messaging system. No need to rent a studio or hire announcers: the program turns your script directly into finished audio files.

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The easiest online meeting service just got easier. Thousands of people have discovered a way to do more and travel less by conducting meetings online with GoToMeeting. If you havent tried GoToMeeting free, now’s the time, because GoToMeeting now offers complete Mac compatibility and fully integrated voice over IP. You can host meetings from a Mac or a PC. Plus with the new Total Audio feature, you have more audio options by being able to conference through a phone, or the Web.

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Create professional and secure PDF documents from any Windows application with Sonic PDF. Sonic PDF’s easy to use interface lets users create PDFs from either, the print dialog within their application or through the easy to use Sonic PDF toolbar. The advanced security settings within Sonic PDF allow users to prevent printing, copying and pasting of text and graphics, and other alterations, such as adding/removing pages or commenting. Sonic PDF also includes PDF editing, combining and branding capabilities.

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QuickBooks Simple Start is easy-to-use, free accounting software designed to help you manage your small business better. It’s from Intuit, the makers of TurboTax and Quicken. Simple Start makes estimating, invoicing, accepting payments, and keeping track of your finances quick and easy. Let Simple Start help you be ready at tax time, stay organized, and look more professional.

Simple Start is for first-time QuickBooks users and can’t import data from prior versions of QuickBooks Basic, Simple Start, Pro or Premier Editions, Quicken or Peachtree. Version 2009 lets users track up to 20 customers and import data from Microsoft Excel 2000/2002/2003/2007.

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Abl2Extract is a powerful PDF Converter tool that lets users convert their PDF data into formatted MS Excel spreadsheets, editable MS Word documents, forms, powerpoint presentations, Autocad (DWG, DXF), Open Office, image formats (jpeg, bmp, png, tiff, etc.), HTML and more. A2E has its own proprietary PDF viewer that allows users to select exactly what they want to convert.

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