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- Creative unveils third-gen Vado HD mini-camcorder; selling at $179.99
- ISWhat these handheld video recorders need is image stabilization. I have a Vado HD and it is tough to hold it steady and nauseating to watch if not perfectly still.noOptical stabilization is too space-consuming and complicated for a device like this. Digital stabilization wastes valuable space on the sensor...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-24
- Exploit published for critical IE 7 zero-day flaw
- Do you mean:"The vulnerability was confirmed on fully patched Windows XP SP3 systems with Internet Explorer 6 and [b]7[/b]."Also how effective is the exploit with Protected Mode and limited user account usage? I'd like to see more information on how these two mitigation techniques work against exploits. I suspect the...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- StuffIt Deluxe 2010 (Windows)
- Utilize StuffIt Deluxe's advanced compression to shrink photos, music and other documents without reducing quality. Securely upload, access and share your files from anywhere, including BlackBerry, iPhone, Windows Mobile and Smart Phones. StuffIt provides full support for all popular archive and compression formats, so you can easily exchange files with...
- Software downloads 2009-11-23
- Cisco launches iPhone security app
- Cisco is offering a free iPhone app that will allow people to get customized alerts on new security threats and other information for safe web browsing. Cisco is offering a free iPhone app that will allow people to get customized alerts on new security threats and other information for...
- News items 2009-11-20
- Three new codenames and how they fit into Microsoft's cloud vision
- They are named V / W / TThey came up with some good names:VirusWormTrojan;)Wow! Did you figure that out all by yourself? You get a gold star! [nt].Windows 'BOT CLOUD' now that is NEW!Instead of the MILLIONS of compromised Windows servers/desktop world wide and growing.The Windows cloud will pollute the...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-17
- Next year is THE year for cloud computing
- Not if SunGard is involvedIf the "cloud" runs out of SunGard data centers, I wouldn't rely on it for much...Next year is THE year cloud computing diesNext year might be the year that companies realize cloud computing is a step backward to the dinosaur days of computing. Next year might...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-17
- Thousands of web sites compromised, redirect to scareware
- RE: Thousands of web sites compromised, redirect to scarewareI'm glad Microsoft Windows goes the extra mile to protect users from this kind of mischief. In Microsoft Windows I can set security zones in the Internet Options window so that only trusted sites will load, or set it so internet...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-17
- Thousands of web sites compromised, redirect to scareware
- Security researchers have detected a massive blackhat SEO search engine optimization campaign consisting of over 200,000 compromised web sites, all redirecting to fake security software, commonly referred to as scareware. by Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-11-17
- Beware: Spam on Facebook and Twitter has reached epidemic
- another spammer paradise...tell me something I don't know.Duh reallyDuh really,you got payed to tell us were getting spammed?? Well actually you get spammed i don't subscribe to twitter or face book. I just simply email friends and family and guess what,i don't get spammed doing it that way,who woulda known!How...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-17
- Man-in-the-middle attacks demoed on 4 smartphones
- Security researchers test four smartphones (Nokia N95, Windows HTC tilt, Android G1 and Apple iPhone 3G S) and demonstrate man-in-the-middle attacks conducted through compromised Wi-Fi spots. by Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-11-13
- Friday Challenge: What's your take on OS/browser market share trends?
- Firefox is taking over...With Firefox the days of vendor lock-in withIE required are over, like banking sites theyare cross-platform as they should be.I use CentOS/Fedora/RHEL and use I am able todo all of my job functions and use any applicationI want without the fear of security holes andthreats from a...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-13
- End-to-end encryption is the key to protecting data and reputations
- In order to avoid the financial and brand damage associated with data breaches, businesses need to consider deploying end-to-end encryption as a tamper proof way of securing data. Commentary - Media outlets around the globe highlight new data breaches at an alarmingly regular rate. Forrester estimates that the cost...
- News items 2009-11-11
- Counting vulnerabilities is pointless
- Suddenly it doesn't matter any more? Vulnerability count is an indication of software qualityIt goes directly to the process the vendor went through to root out vulnerabilities before shipping. At least if you compare products with the same general purpose and which receives the same amount of scrutiny.Time to fix...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-09
- News to know: AT&T, Verizon; T-Mobile; Microsoft CRM; Win7; datacenters; Sony-Ericcson
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Sam Diaz: AT&T sues Verizon Wireless, calls map ad "misleading" but doesn't dispute accuracy Matthew Miller: T-Mobile experiences...
- Blog posts 2009-11-04
- Skype open source? Ain't gonna happen
- EncryptionEven if Skype could legally release source code, it would not do so. Skype encryption is so good that no one, except perhaps some governments working in secret, have broken it. The company is not about to give that asset away for free.If Skype were to release source code, the...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-03
- iHacked: jailbroken iPhones compromised, $5 ransom demanded
- ... WHAT?Who in their right mind keep a server running with default usernames/passwords on the default port....I doubt that jailbroken iPhones are alone in this. It's possible, specially if iPhones have a ssh server running, that this could happen on non-jailbroken iPhones also.Just one question...Has this person been remanded yet?...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-03
- iHacked: jailbroken iPhones compromised, $5 ransom demanded
- Yesterday, a "Your iPhone's been hacked because it's really insecure! Please visit doiop.com/iHacked and secure your phone right now!" message popped up on the screens of a large number of automatically exploited Dutch iPhone users, demanding $4.95 for instructions on how to secure their iPhones and remove the message from...
- Blog posts 2009-11-03
- Toshiba Satellite L455-S5975
- We've said it before, and we'll say it again: especially in this economy, it's hard to hate a laptop that only costs $350. It's even harder to hate a Windows 7 laptop that costs that much. The Toshiba L455-S5975 is, by 50 dollars, the least expensive notebook computer in our...
- Product reviews 2009-11-02
- Scams surfacing on Twitter, Facebook
- Twitter users warned about direct messages that said: "I make money online with google. i learned how here [link]." Facebook users were getting a bogus link from a friend. Twitter and Facebook users were getting hit with scams on Monday. Twitter users warned about direct messages...
- News items 2009-11-02
- New Trojan encrypts files but leaves no ransom note
- Symantec is warning about a new Trojan horse that encrypts files on compromised computers but offers no ransom note like other software designed to hold data hostage for a fee. Symantec is warning about a new Trojan horse that encrypts files on compromised computers but offers no ransom note...
- News items 2009-11-02
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