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  • Child porn blocked by new 'fingerprint' system

    Organisations are being offered an unusual new anti-child porn system that can identify and block real, individual images by comparing them to one of the world's largest databases of such pictures. Organisations are being offered an unusual new…
    16 March 2010
    Tags: Spot • Pictures • Images • Databases • Blocked • Block

  • Mozilla pushes Firefox 3.6 update to users

    The latter, however, doesn't necessarily block future offers. Mozilla has begun offering Firefox 3.6 to users running older versions of the open source browser. Mozilla has begun offering Firefox 3.6 to users running older versions of the open…
    15 March 2010
    Tags: Mozilla • Invitation • Firefox • Browsers • Block • Activities

  • Reader exploit prompts Adobe update alert

    How quickly the 9.3.1 version is pushed to desktops will depend on the system in question and which version it uses as current'.Other than opening PDFs judiciously, the only way to block the attack without updating is to de-activate Javascript in…
    09 March 2010
    Tags: Reader • Flaw • Exploit • Discovery • Check • Adobe

  • US lifts Internet sanctions on Iran, Sudan, Cuba

    Today's actions will enable Iranian, Sudanese and Cuban citizens to exercise their most basic rights.Instant messaging, email and other Internet communications programs will enable the "free flow of information" in the three countries, he added.US…
    09 March 2010
    Tags: Spread • Rights • Prevent • Instant Messaging • Communication

  • Government could block copyright infringing websites

    The government has amended the Digital Economy Bill to give high court judges the power to block any website with a "substantial" amount of copyright infringing content, such as YouTube. The government has amended the Digital Economy Bill to give…
    05 March 2010
    Tags: Economy • Court • Copyright • Block • Bill • Action

  • Microsoft plans 8 Windows, Office fixes next week

    At the time, Microsoft acknowledged that a bug in SMB (Server Message Block), a Microsoft-made network file and print-sharing protocol, could be used by attackers to cripple Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 machines.Newer advisories, such as…
    05 March 2010
    Tags: Network Security • Excel • Editions • Bugs • Bug • Attackers

Latest Features

  • Five doomsday scenarios for IT apocalypse

    It only takes one to do it, and from there the route to the data centre is a quick one.How to avoid this fate: To avoid getting nailed by rogue apps, companies need greater visibility into their networks to expose any apps that are running and…
    17 March 2010
    Tags: Wall Street • Stopped • Scenarios • Scenario • Rogue • Disaster Recovery

  • Firefox add-ons that protect your privacy

    Although it does use a region-specific block list, you can configure filters with great flexibility, blocking or allowing content as you see fit. Here are seven Firefox add-ons that will help. As strange as it might sound, there are times when I…
    15 March 2010
    Tags: Remove • Protecting • Privacy • Addons • Addon • Activities

  • iPhone app purge: Are template-based apps next?

    The application does support offline viewing, which may be enough to have an updated version approved, but the app doesn't have other features that would appeal to Godin fans, like in-app purchasing for Seth's books or landscape view.A similar…
    09 March 2010
    Tags: Store • Functionality • Feeds • Campaign • Apps • App

  • HTC's New Smartphones and Sense User Interface

    Shaped from a single block of aluminum, the Legend has a seamless, smooth surface with separate front and back pieces. I find these social network feeds a bit annoying, but I suppose if you're an avid social networker seeing all of these updates in…
    16 February 2010
    Tags: User Interface • Seamless • Mini • Hd • Carriers • Asia

  • Fact, fiction and the Internet

    The objective could also be to block legitimate access to information as well as or instead of impersonation.Regulation of data is nowhere near keeping up with the Internet age. In their simplest form, many social networking sites are not much more…
    01 February 2010
    Tags: Social Networking • Facebook • Institutions • Age • Realise • Friends

  • Lessons for companies from the Google China attack

    So companies need to have tools for monitoring anomalous behavior on their network, and for detecting unusual long term persistent network connections and other "outlier behavior" Skoudis said.Companies might also want to consider using more…
    20 January 2010
    Tags: Theft • Targets • Downloading • Crime • China • Activity

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How-Tos

  • How to protect your banking online

    One is called a "debit block", used to stop any transactions from going through except those that are preauthorized. Craig Priess of Guardian Analytics offers practical defensive steps. The rise in popularity and the pervasive nature of online…
    09 March 2010
    Tags: Victim • Transfers • Transactions • Procedures • Assume • Alerts

  • Five free tools to spring clean your Twitter account

    You can sort your contacts based on any of these characteristics, and by clicking a box, you can either mass follow, delete or block them.5. Five free tools to spring clean your Twitter account Kristin Burnham Block the spammers, and unfollow those…
    26 February 2010
    Tags: Wish • Scan • Ratio • Date • Accounts • Account

  • How to set up Cisco Flexible NetFlow (with Lego)

    Continuing its role as "NetFlow's technology evangelist," Plixer developed the following tutorial on how to setup standard fields in FNF for inclusion in my ever growing collection of Cisco How-To Tutorials.However, please keep in mind that…
    25 February 2010
    Tags: Setup • Learn • Flow • Collect • Cache • Blocks

  • How to fix the most common Internet problems

    My solution was to train myself over many years to open pretty much everything in its own tab.A Frame to Block Your ViewI thought browser frames went out with Netscape Navigator, but once again our web browsers are being invaded by the DiggBar and…
    16 February 2010
    Tags: Friends • Engines • Bar • Ads • Addon • Ad

  • Google Buzz privacy: How to take control

    You can still edit this setting from within your Google Profile.Easier to block peopleFor some reason, Google Buzz didn't let you block people who hadn't created a public profile. Now, it's easy to block unwanted followers by clicking the "block…
    15 February 2010
    Tags: Signed • Profiles • Privacy • Names • Gmail • Clicking

  • How to get Google Buzz now

    If you want to block users, you'll have to do it from their Google Profile page, not from the Buzz Followers list.Share your Google Buzz tricks (and opinions) in the comments! So you're pining for Google Buzz, the social-feed addition to Gmail…
    10 February 2010
    Tags: Safari • Profile • Maps • Bar • App • Agent

Reviews

  • Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010 review

    UAG gives the administrator the option to define access controls on every resource individually, as well as to create virtual systems (UAG calls them "trunks") that have separate sets of resources, portal configurations and access controls.For…
    08 March 2010
    Tags: Portal • Microsoft Windows • Endpoint • Credentials • Checking • Active Directory

  • Comodo Firewall review

    If you know the application, allow it to make the connection; if you don't, tell the firewall to block it. If you're looking for maximum protection from a firewall, and are willing to put up with a number of annoyances, you'd do well to install…
    11 February 2010
    Tags: Installing • Installation • Firewalls • Dns • Defense • Balance

  • Encryption software group test

    There are two general categories of private key algorithms: stream ciphers and block ciphers.A stream cipher encrypts each byte of the data stream individually. The RC4 cipher and the one-time pad (OTP) are also stream ciphers.On the other hand…
    10 February 2010
    Tags: Scheme • Removable • Keys • Hard Drives • Encrypted • Encrypt

  • Kaspersky Lab AntiVirus 2010 review

    Here Kaspersky came in third with a 66.83 percent block rate.Like Norton, Kaspersky did very well in rootkit detection: It managed to detect, block, and remove all ten stealth malware samples that we threw at it.
    20 January 2010
    Tags: Antivirus • Apps • Malware • Detection • App • Detected

  • Panda Antivirus Pro 2010 review

    Its 99.8 percent block rate placed it third in that category, behind only the G-Data and McAfee apps. However, it didn't fare as well in tests that gauge how well a program can identify and block new malware that doesn't yet have a signature.
    20 January 2010
    Tags: Antivirus • Apps • Detection • Signature • Block • Standalone

  • Alwil Avast! 4.8 Professional Edition review

    Avast's ability to block Trojans, worms, and other baddies in AV-Test.org's huge "zoo" of collected malware wasn't bad, its detection rate stands at 97.8 percent, and the program proved particularly adept at blocking worms with a 99.5 percent…
    20 January 2010
    Tags: Rate • Scanning • Edition • Signature • Clicking • Pop

White Papers

  • Threats in a Web 2.0 world Will your IT policy protect you?

    MIMEsweeper solutions use proven content filtering technology to block everything from loss of productivity to public defamation, breach of confidentiality and intellectual property leaks. Web 2.0 is here.
    04 June 2007
    Tags: Protect • Intellectual Property • Policy • Filtering • Block

  • MySQL and DRBD High Availability Architectures

    In a nutshell, DRBD is a block device which leverages synchronous replication transparent to the application, database or file system. In this paper we explore how to design clustered, high availability MySQL systems based on open source software…
    01 June 2007
    Tags: Mysql • Architectures • Automated • High Availability • Heartbeat

  • The Application Transformation Imperative

    However, while many large traditional operators are currently overhauling their back-end architectures in order to align themselves to the needs of the new telecoms market, there is a major stumbling block in their quest to reinvent themselves…
    14 May 2007
    Tags: Service Providers • Centric • Operators • Telecoms • Transforming

  • SAS I/O Performance

    Usually maximum data rates are seen with sequential data streams that are either entirely Read or entirely Write operations, and have data block sizes of 64 KBytes or larger. Much has been written about the benefits of SAS and SATA compared to…
    17 April 2007
    Tags: Sas • Boot • Scsi • Arrays • Throughput • Data Storage

  • REGULATION NMS

    The protection also closes Intermarket Trading System Plan (ITS) gaps that allowed tradethroughs on block transactions greater than 10,000 shares and on 100-share quotations in exchange listed securities.Trade Through protection is not extended to…
    11 April 2007
    Tags: Automated • Markets • Trading • Trade • Centers • Nms

  • Introducing File Area Networks

    File data is generally distinguished from raw block data which might be used for a back-end database on a business system, or enterprise email server.All file data is ultimately stored as block data on the other side of a filesystem, whether it is…
    02 April 2007
    Tags: Accessed • Fan • Blocks • Block • Raw • Filesystem

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