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With the global economy in recession, more and more people are finding themselves unemployed as companies find themselves hard put to operate. Some business have gone bankrupt, while others have downsized their operations to avoid being in the same scenario.

Having a business nowadays is no longer a luxury as it used to be. It is no longer an option for those who want more control of their time and resources. For some, it has become a difficult reality, and it spells the difference between having food on the table or seeing your whole family hungry.

But what are the best home businesses that right now? Here are our top 5 picks for the best businesses you can run from home.

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Rumors are spreading that a new version of the Conficker worm will be causing widespread havoc again on April 1, its anniversary date. Media reports have related that Conficker could be activated on that day giving a hacker access to millions of computers affected by the worm. Others reported that the French military has grounded a few of its fighter planes due to the threat.

While the media are concocting doomsday scenarios, worm and virus experts are shrugging off the threats. Anti-virus company F-secure has already said that there is no likelihood of a widespread, global attack. Only those that are still infected by the Conficker worm will be affected, if such an event should happen.

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Mozilla recently launched the first release of its mobile browser, Fennec. Touted to be the mobile Firefox, Fennec is currently in rough beta and understandably, it has a lot of bugs and things that need to be worked out.

At first look, however, Fennec is quite impressive, very easy to use even with the smaller screen space of a Smartphone. I particularly liked the integration of touch screen features. It allows you to zoom, scroll and pan using your fingers or stylus. You can also “flick” the page you are on to transfer to another tab.

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Ready for IE8?

Microsoft’s latest browser upgrade, Internet Explorer 8, is here. The official market release schedule is 4PM GMT on Thursday, 19th March. However, a release candidate has already been made available to the public since January, allowing people to download, install, and play around with the new browser.
I myself have not tried it, as I have been a long-time Firefox user (with occasional forages into Google Chrome). I had abandoned Internet Explorer since IE6. I have IE7 installed but have never felt like actually using it. But this newest offering from Microsoft has me curious, especially with the promise of a faster, safer, and more enhanced browsing experience.

On that note, here are 5 features of IE8 that have caught my interest.

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Everybody’s doing it, or so it seems. Just open your computer, connect to a P2P network, and you get movies from around the world, even the more recent ones, available for download. For free.

But the question remains whether it is legal or not.

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