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GDC: OnLive Takes Gaming To The Cloud Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 6:17AMGDC: OnLive Takes Gaming To The Cloud
Avoid identity theft during tax season Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 4:02PMMortgage Minute By Randi Ellis iServe Residential Lending, Fortuna Identity theft affected 10 million Americans last year, an increase of 22 percent from the previous year, according to Javelin Strategy and Research.
10 ways you might be breaking the law with your computer: UPDATED Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 2:15PMLegislation that affects the use of Internet-connected computers continues to grow in its reach and its complexity. To help you avoid any infractions, we've revised this list to include new and pending laws and recent rulings.
HP Offers iPad Alternative Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 7:18AMHP Offers iPad Alternative
Brining bullying into the open Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 5:23PMUnfortunately, most parents realize that bullying has come a long way since they were students in school. With the state Senate set to vote on a bill requiring schools to take a tougher stance on bullying and cyberbullying this week, the Dover PTO’s presentation last Tuesday on bullying was timely and informative.
Bringing bullying into the open Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 5:06PMUnfortunately, most parents realize that bullying has come a long way since they were students in school. With the state Senate set to vote on a bill requiring schools to take a tougher stance on bullying and cyberbullying this week, the Dover PTO’s presentation last Tuesday on bullying was timely and informative.
IBM Reloads Enterprise Branding Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 7:22AMIBM Reloads Enterprise Branding
Vodafone HTC Magic shipped with Conficker, Mariposa malware Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 7:11AMResearchers from PandaSecurity have detected Conficker and Mariposa malware samples shipped on a recently purchased Vodafone HTC Magic smartphone. by Dancho Danchev
Windows Security Essentials Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 4:51PMViruses and trojans, malware and bloatware. Let’s face it, the Internet is more dangerous and contagious than Van Wilder’s bedroom. Your computer, if it’s a PC, likely came with some trial-version of a mainstream anti-virus solution such as Norton Internet Security or McAfee Internet Security.
"How to Become the World's No. 1 Hacker" Now Available for the Amazon Kindle Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 11:44AMATLANTA -- CEO of LIGATT Security International , Gregory Evans, announced today his new book, "How to Become the World's No.1 Hacker, Short and Simple" is now available on the Amazon ebook reader called the Kindle; a wireless reading device.
Software Patching Too Much Trouble For Most Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 6:17AMSoftware Patching Too Much Trouble For Most
Not Totally Safe With Anti-virus Software Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 2:49AM"; set_background(""); return txt; } // Sets the background picture, padding and lots more. :) function ol_content_background(text, picture, hasfullhtml) { if (hasfullhtml) { txt = text; } els...
General : Not Totally Safe With Anti-virus Software Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 12:45AMKUALA LUMPUR, March 8 (Bernama) -- If you think your computer and its data are completely safe with periodically updated anti-virus software, you are wrong, a computer virus expert revealed.
Police arrest Mariposa botnet masters, 12M+ hosts compromised Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 7:52AMSpanish Ministry of Interior arrests 3 botnet masters operating a 12M+ infected hosts botnet that managed to steal sensitive data from 800,000 users across 190 countries, some of which include Fortune 1000 companies and 40 major banks.
NationalCreditReport.com Offers Simple Tax Saving Tips That Can Improve Credit Scores Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 9:25AMCredit monitoring services company reminds people not to let tax season negatively affect their personal credit report
Fake e-mails target tax filers Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 3:15AMWith tax season in full swing the risk of fraud is on the minds of local tax agents — and should be on the minds of anyone who has to file taxes as well.
Scam Alerts: Protect yourself from botnets with cautious approach to e-mail links Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 12:44AMI'll admit, my mind can be a quirky place. For instance, I hear "botnets" and I think robot girls in one of the Austin Powers movies. (No, I didn't commit much of any of those movies to memory - but I should probably be thinking fem-bots, right?).
How to click a website button you can't see Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 5:43PMQ My son bought me a Dell Inspiron Mini PC, which works well but has one problem. When I receive an e-mail with a .pdf attachment and try to open it, the Adobe Reader software comes on the screen and ...
How to click a website button you can't see Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 5:00PMQ My son bought me a Dell Inspiron Mini PC, which works well but has one problem. When I receive an e-mail with a .pdf attachment and try to open it, the Adobe Reader software comes on the screen and asks me to accept its terms of use. But I can't scroll to the bottom of the form where the "Accept" button is. It seems that my screen is too small. What can I do?
How to click a website button you can't see Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 4:52PMQMy son bought me a Dell Inspiron Mini PC, which works well but has one problem. When I receive an e-mail with a .pdf attachment and try to open it, the Adobe Reader software comes on the screen and asks me to accept its terms of use.
Suddenlink launches fastest internet in Sulphur, Lake Charles Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 12:24PMSuddenlink Communications announced on Friday increased speeds of its existing Internet services, with no change in price, and also launched a new service that is the fastest residential high speed Internet service in Lake Charles and Sulphur.
Data security issues dominate CeBIT in Germany - Summary Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 12:24PMHanover, Germany - Data security issues dominated the CeBIT trade fair, which began a five-day run in Germany Tuesday with its main focus on business software to run banks, laboratories, warehouses and other enterprises. Anti-virus company Symantec w...
Affinion Security Center Annual Survey Finds That Consumers Are More Worried About Tax and Employment Identity Theft Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 10:19AMAffinion Security Center, a leading provider of identity theft protection, detection and resolution services, announced today the results of its annual tax and employment identity theft survey.
Top 10 type of scams Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 7:00AMTHE top 10 type of scams by fraudsters exploiting Australians to the tune of nearly $70 million last year have been revealed.
Online scams net $70m from unwary Aussies Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 10:16PMFrom pedigree puppies to Patrick Swayze, fraudsters swindled nearly $70 million from Australians last year by exploiting a wide swath of online scams.
Sounds stupid, but we could do with more dimwit MPs Saturday, February 27, 2010 @ 6:25PMWe need more congenitally stupid people in government; they are a much-undervalued commodity. Clever people? Yep, we have those — Mandelson for a start, and see where that gets you.
may be a silly question Saturday, February 27, 2010 @ 2:04AMThere's no such thing as bad weather. It's just about the right clothes. The Page File is an area of your hard drive that Windows sets aside to use as virtual memory to be used when your physical memory gets low. Are you running any programs when you notice that your Page File usage is high?
Kaspersky Lab Automates Internal IT Processes with Assyst from Axios Systems Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 5:30AMKaspersky Lab, a leading developer of secure content management solutions, chooses assyst to create a single global Service Desk, formalize internal IT processes and implement Service Catalog
Sophos Security And Data Protection To Be Offered On Lenovo PCs Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 12:40AMIT security and data protection firm Sophos recently announced that global PC maker Lenovo will operate as a Sophos global channel partner by offering Sophos security and data protection technology bundles with new Lenovo Think-branded PCs to corporate customers.
Does that new Windows Activation update really 'phone home'? Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 4:24PMThis week, Microsoft began rolling out the Windows Activation Technologies update that it promised earlier this month. Some privacy advocates claim that the update "phones home," an expression that traditionally has been tied to spyware. I disagree with this characterization but recognize that reasonable people can find privacy concerns. Here's...
West Coast Labs Grants Checkmark Platinum Product Award to Prevx 3.0 for Completing Real-Time Testing Program Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 8:12AMInternet and PC security specialist Prevx has today announced it has received the Platinum Product Award for participation of its Prevx 3.0 anti-malware solution in the West Coast Labs Real-Time Testing program and Checkmark Certification program.
Alex Quinonez of Cyberoam Recognized as a "2010 Channel Chief" by Everything Channel's CRN Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 7:06AMStrong Leadership With Drive for Making Reseller Margins Cited
Alex Quinonez of Cyberoam Recognized as a "2010 Channel Chief" by Everything Channel's CRN Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 7:00AMWOBURN, MA--(Marketwire - 02/25/10) - Cyberoam ( www.cyberoam.com ), a leading provider of identity-based Unified Threat Management (UTM) security appliances, today announced that its own Alex Quinonez, VP of Americas, has been named a 2010 Channel Chief by the Everything Channel's CRN. Channel Chiefs are leaders in creating effective channel programs for solution ...
Symantec survey finds 100% of businesses hit by a cyber loss in 2009 Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 4:35AMNorton Anti-virus developer, Symantec, found that 100% of the businesses they surveyed regarding Internet security had been hit by a cyber loss last year - that's right, every single one.
Mac malware: myth or reality? Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 11:07AMLaurent Marteau, Computing , Tuesday 23 February 2010 at 11:50:00 Many people are in denial about the severity of Mac security threats When reading comments on articles about Mac security, you find many people who are in denial about malware that targets the Mac. Granted, there are far fewer viruses, worms and Trojan horses affecting Macs than Windows PCs, but the risk is real, and it’s getting ...
Sophos Security and Data Protection to be Offered on Lenovo PCs Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 9:00AMBOSTON----IT security and data protection firm Sophos today announced that global PC maker Lenovo will operate as a Sophos global channel partner by offering Sophos security and data protection technology bundles with new Lenovo Think-branded PCs to corporate customers.
University Hospital of Zurich Deploys Proofpoint for Inbound Email Security and Secure File Transfer Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 7:00AMSUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwire - 02/24/10) - Proofpoint, Inc. ( http://www.proofpoint.com ), the leading provider of SaaS and on-premises email security , email archiving and data loss prevention solutions, today announced that University Hospital of Zurich (USZ), one of the largest and most important teaching hospitals in Europe, has deployed the Proofpoint Messaging ...
“3BB” and “BitDefender” unveil their impressive bonded alliance through the launch of a “Broadband Internet with ... Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 3:19AM3BB together with its trusted ally BitDefender (Thailand) Co., Ltd. have launched their newly special “Broadband Internet with Maximum Security” campaign, hoping to gain more success in the broadband
Keep your guard up when filing electronically Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 1:11AMBefore you start inputting your financial data online this tax season, make sure your personal information is secure. Here are some tips to help ensure your electronic tax return makes it to Uncle Sam's inbox, while minimizing the potential for fraud.
Dale Dixon: 5 steps small businesses should take to protect their data Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 11:57PMIt's easy for small business owners to think they are invisible to data thieves and hackers, but they are actually in the crosshairs. That's why the Better Business Bureau partnered with leading security experts to show small business owners that implementing a strong data security strategy doesn't have to take a lot of time or resources.
Hackers in China Feast on a Lucrative Market Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 2:05AMAmid the Google cyberattack controversy and China's recent show of anti-hacking force, Chinese web sites continue to provide hacker training and spyware with impunity. Trojan horse attackers derive 95 percent of their revenues from selling virtual items and online game accounts.
Chinese consultant wrote code used in Google attack: FT Monday, February 22, 2010 @ 12:46PMUS analysts believe a Chinese freelance security consultant with government ties was the author of the code used in cyberattacks on Google and other companies, the Financial Times reported on Monday.
My Money: Reducing the risk of electronic transactions Monday, February 22, 2010 @ 8:46AMIt was scary stuff for the hundreds of Windsor area residents who had money drained from their accounts Valentine's Day weekend after their debit card information was skimmed by organized criminals.
Microsoft’s new tool in the fight against malware free for Thai consumers Monday, February 22, 2010 @ 1:30AMMicrosoft Security Essentials, Microsoft Corp.’s new no-cost, core anti-malware service that helps protect consumers against viruses, spyware and other malicious software is now available in Thai-lang
Utah bill is another attempt to regulate Internet practices Saturday, February 20, 2010 @ 4:40PMWith an unsuccessful history of trying to regulate aspects of the Internet, the Utah Legislature is back again this year with a new measure. This time, however, the proposed law is fairly benign, with broad backing from an array of Internet, technology and other companies.
JustAskGemalto.com Releases Digital Security Interview Discussing Online Threats Facing Businesses and Consumers and ... Friday, February 19, 2010 @ 3:41PMComputerworld Expert Video Available on JustAskGemalto's YouTube Channel
JustAskGemalto.com Releases Digital Security Interview Discussing Online Threats Facing Businesses and Consumers and ... Friday, February 19, 2010 @ 3:28PMAUSTIN, TX--(Marketwire - 02/19/10) - Cyber security is steadily becoming a growing cause for concern in our personal lives, professional organizations, and civil infrastructure. Congress , the Senate , and the Obama Administration all have recently advanced legislation pertaining to cyber security; however, there is much more work that needs to be done. According to Jai Vijayan , senior editor ...
DynaSis Warns of Fake Anti-Virus Software, Releases Prevention Tips Friday, February 19, 2010 @ 8:16AMDynaSis, an IT services company serving small and midsized businesses in Atlanta, is warning its clients of an increase in the use of fake anti-virus software as a form of malware attack. In response to this growing trend, DynaSis today released a list of prevention tips and methods of spotting a rogue antivirus program. (PRWeb Feb 19, 2010) Read the full story at http://www.prweb ...
Cyberoam Launches Virtual SSL VPN Appliance Friday, February 19, 2010 @ 7:12AMFree 30-Day Offer; Latest SSL VPN Launch Showcases 3 Ways to Manage Remote Workforce -- VMware-Based Virtual Appliances, Dedicated Appliance and Software Installer
Cyberoam Launches Virtual SSL VPN Appliance Friday, February 19, 2010 @ 7:01AMWOBURN, MA--(Marketwire - 02/19/10) - Cyberoam ( www.cyberoam.com ), a leading provider of identity-based Unified Threat Management security appliances (UTM), has announced the integration of its SSL VPN solution on a virtual platform, in addition to offering it as a dedicated appliance and through an installer on customer machines. With this virtual appliance ...