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Can Windows 7 change the perception that Windows Firewall is security you use until you install protection that actually does something?

Like Rodney Dangerfield, Windows Firewall gets no respect. Little changed for it between XP and Vista, and, while it does its simple task well, its lack of ambition made it a punching bag for reviews of better personal firewalls. I can't tell you how many times I've written, "Sure, Product X stealths all your ports against hack attack, but heck, even Windows Firewall can do that." Though Windows 7 adds a few new features in the firewall and related network-safety areas, the firewall in Windows 7 doesn't deliver the big changes I had anticipated.

With Windows 7 just around the corner, there is much talk on the PC with touchscreen technology, but many devices have dominated the touchscreen.

When the time to find out which the best touchscreen comes, it's difficult to ascertain exactly what makes them so cool touch screens. Perhaps you have placed your finger on the screen is much more fun than playing a real key to get to wherever you go. Or perhaps change the image on an LCD screen you can display any button, and you can change from screen to screen, to create unlimited possibilities in a well-designed product, with little or no controls on the spot.