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Ambulance Victoria Improves Emergency Care With Mobile Solution

AV provides up to 450,000 emergency transport services and approximately 270,000 less urgent services each year. The urgent nature of the work means it is not enough to be efficient. AV requires tools that give paramedics and their managers all the knowledge they need to provide optimum patient care. That...

Tags: Patient, Oracle Corp., Mobile, Ambulance Victoria, AV

Case studies 2009-09-01

Heuristic Analysis - Detecting Unknown Viruses

Some of the most persistent myths in computing relate to virus and anti-virus AV technology. The widely-held belief that AV software can only detect specific, known viruses has been around since the early days of AV research. It wasn't altogether true then; some of the first AV programs weren't intended...

Tags: Eset, Virus, AV, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security

White papers 2009-04-16

AV in the cloud... wait, what?

So, in a move that I can't currently understand, Trend Micro CEO Eva Chen has thrown out some buzz words claiming that they will move their anti-virus software into the cloud.  Wait... she said what now?  I'm not really sure what that actually means, because the article is very vague...

Tags: Shutter, Trend Micro Inc., Hacker, Cloud, AV, Hacking, Security, Viruses And Worms, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-06-24

Minimizing XP SP3 woes - UPDATED

I'm getting sporadic reports of Windows XP users having problems installing XP SP3 on some systems. Here are some tips to help make the install process a little smoother. Disable AV software It seems that some antivirus AV software causes the SP3 install to hang, while...

Tags: Service Pack, Microsoft Corp., AV, Service Pack 3 Setup, Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-05-09

Beyond Signature-Based Antivirus: New Threat Vectors Drive Need for Proactive Antimalware Protection

Trojans, viruses, worms, and other types of malicious code continue to be the most serious threats facing corporations today. Organizations are increasingly asking for more proactive virus-detection techniques because of the rising number and severity of threats entering corporate networks. Forward-looking companies are beginning to realize they cannot rely upon...

Tags: Antivirus, International Data Group, AV, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security

White papers 2007-07-01

Additional Resources

Sony Vaio FW560F/T (brown)

Editors' note: This review is part of our 2009 Retail Laptop and Desktop Holiday Roundup, which covers specific fixed configurations of popular systems found in retail stores. Several months ago, one of our favorite retail laptops was the Sony Vaio FW480J/T. Besides offering no-hassle Blu-ray playback and a large...

Tags: Desktops, Notebooks, Sony Vaio, laptop computer, game, Intel Core 2 Duo, Sony Corp.

Product reviews 2009-11-25

"Turkey Day" tech support survival kit

Not bad, AdrianI agree about the Microsoft Security Essentials, as it is now my standard install. I typically find a nice performance improvement after removing whatever security suite they have and installing MSE.For scanners, I use Malwarebytes. It is small and easy to run, and finds and removes...

Tags: MSE, VIPRE, Defraggler

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Avira AntiVir Personal - Free Antivirus 9.0.0.415 (Windows)

Avira AntiVir Personal Free Antivirus is a comprehensive, easy to use antivirus program, designed to offer reliable free of charge virus protection to home-users only. Avira offers: Extensive Malware Recognition of viruses, Trojans, backdoor programs, worms; Automatic incremental updates of antivirus signatures, engine and entire software; Permanent virus protection, with...

Tags: Virus Protection, Antivirus, Microsoft Windows, Virus, Avira, Avira AntiVir Personal Free Antivirus, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security

Software downloads 2009-11-24

New iPhone worm found in the wild

But I thought Apple OS X was immune from ALL such things. nt...When you jailbreak your iPhoneyou give it the ability to run things other the "Apple Only" software.Any I thought Zdnet was immune to trolling?Just kidding. I knew it wasn't.I don't think that Apple ever claimed their OS...

Tags: Smart phones, Cyberthreats, SECURITY, Operating systems, iPhone platform, Apple iPhone, worm, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Turtle Beach Ear Force X41 - headset

Wireless headphones have been around for a while, but it's only been in the past few years that quality has gotten high enough for discerning listeners to consider using them. Many manufacturers, for instance, have turned to infrared IR technology for wireless signal transmission, which powered the Turtle Beach X4...

Tags: Game players, Consumer electronics, Turtle Beach, headphone, X41, Microsoft Xbox, headset

Product reviews 2009-11-20

Logitech Harmony 700

When Logitech released the Harmony One in early 2008, it instantly became one of our favorite universal remotes to date. But at $250, it wasn't exactly an impulse buy for the average consumer. With the Harmony 700, however, Logitech has delivered a model that offers the bulk of the...

Tags: Monitors & displays, Cable, setup process, Logitech, Harmony 700

Product reviews 2009-11-18

RER WMV Converter 3.7.2 (Windows)

RER WMV Converter is outstanding WMV conversion software for you to convert almost any video format to WMV and convert WMV to all popular video/audio formats, such as MP4, MOV, 3GP, 3G2, MPEG, MPG, VOB, AVI, FLV, H.264, MJPEG, MP3, WMA, with unimaginable fast speed and high quality. with the...

Tags: WMV, Microsoft Windows, Video, H.264, RER Soft, RER WMV Converter, Digital Video, Corporate Communications, Personal Technology, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-11-17

RER VOB Converter 3.7.2 (Windows)

RER VOB Converter is outstanding VOB conversion software for you to convert almost any video format to VOB and convert VOB to all popular video/audio formats, such as MP4, MOV, 3GP, 3G2, MPEG, MPG, VOB, AVI, ASF, WMV, FLV, H.264, MJPEG, MP3, with unimaginable fast speed and high quality. with...

Tags: FLV, WMV, AVI, MPEG, Microsoft Windows, Video, H.264, RER Soft, RER VOB Converter, Digital Video, Corporate Communications, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Marketing, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-11-17

RER MPEG Converter 3.7.2 (Windows)

RER MPEG Converter is powerful MPEG conversion software for you to convert almost any video format to MPEG-1/2, MPEG, MPG and convert MPEG-1/2/4 to all popular video formats, such as MP4, MOV, 3GP, 3G2, VOB, AVI, ASF, WMV, FLV, H.264, MJPEG, MP3, with unimaginable fast speed and high quality. with...

Tags: FLV, WMV, MPEG, Microsoft Windows, Video, RER Soft, RER MPEG Converter, Digital Video, Digital Media, Corporate Communications, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-11-17

RER MKV Converter 3.7.2 (Windows)

RER MKV Converter is outstanding MKV conversion software for you to convert MKV to all popular video/audio formats, such as MP4, MOV, 3GP, 3G2, MPEG, MPG, VOB, AVI, WMV, FLV, H.264, MJPEG, TS, with unimaginable fast speed and high quality. with the simplest user-friendly interface, you can do the job...

Tags: FLV, Archos, WMV, Microsoft Windows, Video, H.264, RER Soft, RER MKV Converter, Digital Video, Corporate Communications, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Marketing, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-11-17

Vizio VO320E

Photo gallery: Vizio VO320EVizio chose to adorn its VO320E 32-inch LCD with claims of environmental consciousness, saying the little set exceeds Energy Star guidelines by 15 percent. But that's not a very high standard, and according to our tests the Vizio, while definitely no power hog, sips just...

Tags: TVs, Monitors & displays, Vizio, Vizio VO320E

Product reviews 2009-11-16

Toshiba 32AV502U

Photo gallery: Toshiba AV502U seriesWhen we say the Toshiba AV502U series can produce relatively deep black levels, the key word is "relatively." It's perhaps more accurate to say that its shade of black outdoes most other less-expensive, lower resolution small-screened LCDs we've seen by a narrow margin. It...

Tags: Monitors & displays, TVs, TV & Home Theater, menu system, Toshiba AV502U, Toshiba Corp., LCD

Product reviews 2009-11-16

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...

Tags: Web browsers, Operating systems, COMPANIES, Other Countries, Web browser, Friday Challenge, operating system, Mozilla Firefox, browser market share, security hole, security, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-11-13

Canon PowerShot S90

The Canon PowerShot S90 is designed for photography enthusiasts and it carries a hefty price tag to prove it. It also has some of the best controls you'll find on a compact camera for manual and semimanual shooting modes. Its lens and photo quality are top notch, too. Actually, about...

Tags: S90, Canon PowerShot S90, Canon Inc., Canon PowerShot, camera

Product reviews 2009-11-12

My scareware night and how McAfee lost a customer

With their Comcast and AT&T dealsMcAfee has a huge market share hereit pretty much does nothing to prevent being infected by these rogue antivirus attacks.I have found Combofix (http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/combofix/how-to-use-combofix)is the most effective tool to remove these things but even that isn't 100%.Usually you will want to rename it before you...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, SECURITY, Vista/7, software, McAfee Inc., AV Software, Malwarebytes

Discussion threads 2009-11-12