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Roundup at the 180 corral

I was out of town all day yesterday and missed many wonderful 180solutions blogging opportunities. My fellow zealot bloggers have kept the fires burning, however. I previously blogged about the 180solutions lawsuit against ZoneLabs. The complaint centers around Zone Labs labeling of 180's software as "high risk" and "trying...

Tags: Zone Labs Inc., 180Solutions

Blog posts 2005-12-06

180solutions on anti-spyware

180solutions on anti-spywareInteresting ...Suzi,As it happens, tomorrow I'm going to Seattle for an INTERFACE I.T. conference. One of the mini-seminars I'll be attending is "Understanding and Combating Spyware," presented by Trend Micro. I've been wondering with interest whether anyone from 180 Solutions will show up. 180 doesn't...

Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, 180Solutions, anti-spyware

Discussion threads 2005-11-30

180solutions on anti-spyware

Keith Smith, CEO of 180solutions, writes about anti-spyware, Scanning for Fear. The problem is Mr. Smith gives no details or examples. He refers to adware programs as "downloadable applications" and anti-spyware programs as "scanning applications".180solutions has a full-time team dedicated to working with the scanning applications in...

Tags: 180Solutions

Blog posts 2005-11-29

Additional Resources

Microsoft Student Technology Day UK

Note Wednesday 1st October 2008, a little over 3 weeks away from today in your diary. Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft and a whole load of influential partners and companies will be in London for the Microsoft Student Technology Day. It's a day about and for students,...

Tags: Entrepreneurial, Microsoft Corp., Entrepreneurship, Management, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Should political postings stay or go? A survey.

I've been blogging for ZD Net for several years, writing for ZD publications for almost 20 years. I've always found readers to be intelligent and thoughtful, which is why I continue to do this while doing other things as "work." My posting, A virus in your genes, think about that,...

Tags: U.S., R&D, Discovery, Blog, Politics, Survey, Creationism, Rational Rants, Research & Development, Blogging, Business Operations, Internet, Mitch Ratcliffe

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Handicapping the Fall Enterprise Software Race: SAP vs. Oracle vs. Microsoft

It's leapfrog time in enterprise software land, and the next frog to jump will be Oracle, which is hosting industry analysts next week in Redwood Shores and then hosting the entire world at its much-too-massive Open World Conference in San Francisco the following week. Oracle is...

Tags: Strategy, Small And Medium Enterprise, Oracle Corp., SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., Smb/Sme, Enterprise Software, Software, Joshua Greenbaum

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Microsoft finally earns a passing grade (barely) for WGA

Microsoft launched its Windows Genuine Advantage WGA anti-piracy program in early summer 2006. Its first year was, to put it charitably, a disaster. An epic fail. A big fat F on the year's report card. Things didn't get much better in 2007, either, as a server failure and other outages...

Tags: Report, Activation, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Microsoft Windows Vista, Product Key, Microsoft Corp., Forum, Product ID Number, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Malware and spam attacks exploiting Picasa and ImageShack

In the wake of the recent malvertising attacks where malicious flash ads were appearing at trusted web sites, evidence from multiple vendors and researchers indicates that spammers and malware authors have once again switched tactics, and are one again abusing legitimate services such as Google's Picasa and ImageShack. Whereas the...

Tags: Technique, Spammer, Malware, Google Picasa, Attack, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Security, Viruses And Worms, Spam, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Chrome and why Gates was right to be paranoid

Chrome and why Gates was right to be paranoidGo on Google, kill them off once and for alllet's rid the world of these sloppy fat liars and have technology once again !!!!RE: Chrome and why Gates was right to be paranoidThe browser came about because IE 8 really scared the...

Tags: Web browsers, Chrome, Google Inc., Web browser, Microsoft Internet Explorer

Discussion threads 2008-09-03

Five reasons why Chrome will crash and burn

Five reasons why Chrome will crash and burnRE: Five reasons why Chrome will crash and burnThe key reason they developed their own browser was for mobile browsing, which is expected to be more and more dominant in coming years. Chrome would be a good browser for the Google Android...

Tags: Web browsers, Web browser, Chrome, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-09-03

Five reasons why Chrome will crash and burn

Google dipped its mighty toe into the increasingly crowded world of internet browsers today with the announcement of its open source offering, Chrome. After all the polished promises of a streamlined new way to tame the web, the blogosphere was ready to predict Chrome would inspire everything from the...

Tags: Google Inc., Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browser, Chrome, Web Browsers, Internet, Google, browser, Internet Explorer, Microsoft, Firefox, Nick Heath, silicon.com

News items 2008-09-03

Mozilla CEO: No worries about Google Chrome

Mozilla CEO John Lilly said he has no worries about Google jumping into the open source browser market. In a blog posted on September 1 before the beta release of Google's Chrome yesterday, Lilly noted that Mozilla's Firefox has plenty of competition and reminded the public that...

Tags: Google Inc., Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Corp., Web Browsers, Internet, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-09-03

(Images: How Google's Chrome browser shines)

(Images: How Google's Chrome browser shines)You can't have used it yet!Admittedly, what Chrome does, it does well. The point is that it doesn't do much at all! In fact, it looks like an alpha product rather than a beta. Seems desperate to me, given that the bones of the product...

Tags: Web browsers, Google Chrome, Google Chrome browser shine, browser shine, Web browser, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-09-03

Hotspot Shield (zip)

Hotspot Shield is a freeware which ensures anonymous and censor-free internet usage. With Hotspot Shield you can even access blocked websites. For example: Skype is blocked in certain parts of the world. With Hotspot Shield, anyone can access Skype and any other site they choose. The free software ensures censor-free...

Tags: HotSpot, Hotspot Shield, Wireless

Software downloads 2008-09-03

Data Doctor USB Activity Monitor (zip)

Network USB drive activity monitoring software captures and saves USB mass storage device activities on your local area network and prevents unauthorized illegal access of USB devices in real time. Data theft protection tool successfully captures, analyzes and records all data transfers (cut/copy/paste) between USB host controller devices and Network...

Tags: Software, Monitor, Network, Monitoring, USB, Data Recovery Software, Client Machine

Software downloads 2008-09-03

GOOG browser seeks to curb mounting traffic costs and cut payments to Apple and Mozilla

GOOG browser seeks to curb mounting traffic costs and cut payments to Apple and MozillaSure, this WILL reduce traffice costs, and it could reduce the ammount thatGoogle pays Mozilla. But, Google WILL keep funding Mozilla, and the main thing Google is worried about is MS controlling the internet and the...

Tags: Web browsers, payment, Apple Inc., Google Inc., Mozilla Corp., Web browser, Internet, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-09-02

(First look at Google Chrome)

First look at Google ChromeRE: First look at Google ChromeI guess I am an early installer of Google Chrome from South Africa, and all I get is the Aw! Snap message trying to get ZDNet and even South African sites like ananzi.co.za. I can't keep any web site...

Tags: Web browsers, PRODUCTIVITY, Google Inc., Google Chrome, First Look, Web browser

Discussion threads 2008-09-02

Google Chrome vulnerable to carpet-bombing flaw

Google Chrome vulnerable to carpet-bombing flawjust proves that no software can ever be without any flawsntmore typical ZDnet FUDChrome prevents access to user folders including the desktop using permissions. R-E-A-S-E-A-R-C-HRE: Google Chrome vulnerable to carpet-bombing flaw"Raff's code shows how a malicious hacker can use a clever social engineering lure...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Web browsers, SECURITY, Google Chrome, Google Inc., carpet-bombing flaw, flaw

Discussion threads 2008-09-02

Google Chrome is insanely fast ... faster than Firefox 3.0

Google Chrome is insanely fast ... faster than Firefox 3.0how about with Safari 3.x /4.x & OperaI would like to see comparison chart with with Safari 3/4 & operaRE: Google Chrome is insanely fast ... faster than Firefox 3.0Fast, yes, but without adblock or equivalent, too painful to use.Well,...

Tags: Web browsers, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-09-02

Can Google not do evil?

Can Google not do evil?So happy"We are so, so happy with Google Chrome," mumbled Mozilla CEO John Lilly through gritted teeth. "That most of our income is from Google has no bearing on this statement." - http://notnews.today.com/?p=57RE: Can Google not do evil?Your vision of Microsoft being the dark side and...

Tags: E-mail providers, cloud computing, Free trade, Google Inc., Google Chrome

Discussion threads 2008-09-02