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Advanced PDF Password Recovery 4 (Windows)

Advanced PDF Password Recovery unlocks PDF documents and removes editing, printing and copying restrictions instantly. Get access to encrypted and password-protected PDF documents quickly and efficiently. The multi-threaded low-level code is optimized for modern multi-core PCs, ensuring the best performance. The program instantly removes all restrictions and unlocks the protected...

Tags: Password, Recovery, Adobe PDF, Microsoft Windows, Key Search Attack

Software downloads 2008-02-21

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News to know: Droid, Moffat, Android, Amazon, 3D HDTV, Net Neutrality

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. Andrew Nusca: Verizon unveils 30-second ad for Droid Android phone; slams iPhone Jason Perlow:DROID aims to make Apple...

Tags: Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Software, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Sam Diaz, Matthew Miller, Net Neutrality, Amazon.com Inc., Google Inc.

Blog posts 2009-10-19

News to know: Windows 7; IBM; Sony; Apple

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. Ed Bott: Measuring Windows 7 performance Dancho Danchev: Click fraud facilitating Bahama botnet steals ad revenue from Google ...

Tags: Sony Corp., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Sony Vaio, Apple Inc., Laptop Computer, IBM Corp., Eaton, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-10-09

First Look: Ubuntu 9.10 beta "Karmic Koala"

wow... seriously?NOTE: This was supposed to be in response to the "good for poor people" comment, but I screwed up:Do you have any basis for your claims? Have you even used Linux, let alone this version of Ubuntu which is still just a Beta? Why does cost/money...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Microsoft Office, Ubuntu

Discussion threads 2009-10-02

Chinese hackers launch targeted attacks against foreign correspondents

According to an assessment published by the Information Warfare Monitor, Chinese hacktivists politically motivated hackers have recently launched a targeted malware attack against foreign news correspondents attempting to trick them into executing a malware-embedded PDF attachment (Interview list.pdf), coming from a non-existent editor working for The Straits Times. ...

Tags: China, Malware, Hacker, Attack, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-09-29

How Internet surveillance, IT sleuth work helped indict suspected terrorist Zazi

Kinda eerieMakes me wonder if I should delete that "Socialism" picture of Obama as the Joker from my machine.There are 2 Issues HereThe first is whether such forensics have a legitimate place in law enforcement and the second is whether these methods can be misused. I believe that the...

Tags: Blogging, information technology, Zazi, Internet Surveillance, Internet

Discussion threads 2009-09-25

Google seeks OEMs for Chrome browser; Sony signs on

Google has partnered with Sony to promote its sleek but little-used Chrome browser, according to the Financial Times. The company is also in talks with other computer manufacturers, according to the report. The move marks increased effort on...

Tags: Sony Corp., Google Inc., Web Browser, Chrome, Web Browsers, Internet, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-09-01

What's Microsoft's next billion-dollar business? (Hint: it's not search)

What's Microsoft's next billion-dollar business? (Hint: it's not search)Typo"Business Productivity Online Services, Windows Azure, desktop virtualization, storage Data Protection Manager and identity ser[b]v[/b]ices."Me: I would really work much harder on mobileI think Microsoft is doing the right thing in the Enterprise space. I even think it is a...

Tags: Research & Development, Collaboration, Groupware, Content management, Enterprise software, NOW IT, Microsoft Corp., billion-dollar business, R&D, Microsoft SharePoint

Discussion threads 2009-08-03

Stellar Phoenix Mac Data Recovery 4.0 (Mac)

Stellar Phoenix Macintosh Data Recovery Software is designed to recover lost data, photo, audio and video files lost due to logical crashes. Software recovers and restores lost data from corrupt, damaged, deleted HFS+, HFS and HFSX volumes of Mac OS. Storage media is susceptible to damages due to various reasons...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Recovery, Phoenix Technologies, Apple Mac OS, Tools & Techniques, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-07-27

Microsoft gets its edge back

Is it just me or is Microsoft a little more competitive than it has been in recent years? Microsoft has gotten under Apple's skin---at least its lawyers---got Google's attention with Bing and is even doing the Web app thing. Microsoft almost seems to be enjoying itself as honchos like Kevin...

Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Bing, Linux, Retail, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-16

Google ChromeOS: Have people taken leave of their senses?

Reading the commentary from the likes of TechCrunch, Mashable, The Guardian and even our own esteemed Sam Diaz on the pre-launch (you've got another YEAR to wait) you'd think the Google ChromeOS was the closest thing to the second coming of Jesus Christ. Get a grip people. First up MG...

Tags: Google Inc., Operating System, Microsoft Corp., Netbook, Register, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Linux, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Open Source, Hardware, Software, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-07-08

My Bing experiment: Can it be the default search engine?

My Bing experiment: Can it be the default search engine?Current default search?So, after a week of Bing are you sticking with it or did you change back to Google?RE: My Bing experiment: Can it be the default search engine?I made Bing my default search engine the day it was released...

Tags: Web browsers, SEARCH, Bing, Google Inc., search engine

Discussion threads 2009-06-09

Cloudy day: Google, Gmail sucking wind or down; Packets lost in key cities

Cloudy day: Google, Gmail sucking wind or down; Packets lost in key citiesRE: Cloudy day: Google, Gmail sucking wind or down; Packets lost in key citiesI can't function like this; I need Google! Thanks for reporting this news, it's nice to know it's not me, I guess.So lets see.....No downtime...

Tags: E-mail providers, cloud computing, Google Inc., Cloudy day, Google Gmail, key city

Discussion threads 2009-05-14

BBC team buys a botnet, DDoSes security company Prevx

BBC team buys a botnet, DDoSes security company PrevxDid the BBC break the law?Surely what the BBC did was in contravention of the UK Computer Misuse Act?They made unauthorised changes to people's computers without their permission. Sophos has been asked many times by the media to take part in...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Team management, SECURITY, Spam, team, British Broadcasting Corp., botnet, BBC team

Discussion threads 2009-03-12

Conficker worm to DDoS legitimate sites in March

Among the key innovations of the Conficker worm (W32.Downadup) was the pseudo-random domain generation algorithm used for the generation of dynamic command and control locations in order to make it nearly impossible for researchers and the industry to take them down.  However, once the domain registration algorithm was successfully reverse...

Tags: Domain, Worm, Distributed Denial Of Service, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-03-03

What if there were no Google? A lesson in monoculture

What if there were no Google? Now now, stop laughing -- seriously! What if Google and all of its products and services ceased to exist tomorrow? How would you operate? The Next Web's Devid Petherick asks that very question, and it's...

Tags: Google Inc., Monoculture, Next Web, Gchat Protocol, Microsoft Windows, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-02-03

Google's flub: Do we have a Web monoculture too?

Google had a rough weekend and a human error caused the search giant to list the entire Web as malware for an hour or so. The screw-up is likely to raise questions about the risks of having a monoculture dependent on any one technology supplier. On Saturday,...

Tags: Google Inc., Web, Monoculture, Screw-up, Microsoft Windows, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Channel Management, Viruses And Worms, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-02-02

Cyber Criminality - Is Your Worst Nightmare Coming True?

To summarize, cyber-crime has turned into a well-developed underground market of massive magnitudes. Attack methods are getting more sophisticated every day and organizations of all sizes are potential targets. So what can be done to protect the valuable assets? First of all, it is important to take an overall approach...

Tags: Vulnerability, Outpost24, Attack Method, Security

White papers 2009-01-22

Trusteer launches search engine for malware configuration files

Trusteer's recently launched "Attack Trace" search engine aims to help financial institution by letting them search through the configuration files of popular banker malware SilentBanker, WSNPOEM/Zeus/PRG/Zbot and Torpig in order for them to verify whether or not their sites are targeted. And while the search engine is a marketable way...

Tags: Search Engine, Financial Company, Malware, Trusteer, Banker Malware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Search, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-12-05

Harden Facebook? Sure, but where to start?

* Ryan Naraine is traveling. Guest editorial by Paul F. Roberts You may have heard the news that everybody's favorite social network, Facebook, won a big legal settlement on Monday against spammers who were using the 100 million strong network to distribute what the...

Tags: Facebook, Application, Network, Attack, Social Networking, Networking, Security, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-12-05