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- Tunebite 7.0.3 (Windows)
- Tunebite is the best solution to remove copy protection from music, audio books, and films & then convert it to one of 100 file formats. Since 2004, Tunebite has been mentioned and singled out for excellence in more computer trade publications than any other legal software solution that removes DRM...
- Tags: Audio, Microsoft Windows, Video, Audio Book, Music, RapidSolution Software, Tunebite, Corporate Communications, Marketing
- Software downloads 2009-11-18
- 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...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Twitter Inc., social site, moral code, spam, Facebook
- Discussion threads 2009-11-17
- Microsoft Patents Sudo - So Sudo me!
- i do think that it time for some rule and regulation .and some major MS legal bashing . anti-trust Adrian this is shameless self promotionYou would not even have this if a reader had not given it to you. Means nothing but what youre getting out of it, HITS....
- Tags: Idiocy, patent, Microsoft Corp., Adrian
- Discussion threads 2009-11-12
- 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...
- Tags: PCI, Organization, Data Breach, PCI DSS, Encryption Key, encryption, security, Paul Meadowcroft Thales, Special to ZDNet, Paul Meadowcroft, Thales, Special to ZDNet
- News items 2009-11-11
- Signature995 9.0 (Windows)
- Signature995 allows you to securely transmit and digitally sign PDFs, Office documents and zip archives quickly, affordably, and easily. It uses native PDF 128 bit RC4 encryption to restrict users from printing, copying text and images and modifying PDF files. Signature995 uses Microsoft Cryptographic technologies to provide 128-bit DES encryption,...
- Tags: Adobe PDF, Microsoft Windows, Encryption, Signature995
- Software downloads 2009-11-04
- MAC M4P Converter for iTunes 6.0.0 (Mac)
- MAC M4P Converter is an audio and music files M4P to MP3 converter. It converts any DRM protected iTunes music files (such as M4P, M4A, M4B) and unprotected music (such as MP3, WAV, AAC, OGG, AA, aif) to plain MP3, WAV or AAC formats. Then you can share these converted...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, MAC, Digital-rights Management, MP3, Apple iTunes, AhaMediaSoft, MAC M4P Converter, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Digital Media, Digital Music, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2009-11-02
- 'Smoking gun' emails in Viacom-YouTube case
- Is this a smoking gun in the Viacom-YouTube suit? News.com's Greg Sandoval reports that evidence has surfaced that may undercut YouTube's argument that it has safe harbor protection under the Digital Millenium Copyright Act: Internal YouTube e-mails indicate that YouTube managers knew and discussed the existence of...
- Tags: YouTube Inc., Viacom Inc., E-mail, Advertising & Promotion, Online Communications, Marketing, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-10-07
- What will the fallout be from Microsoft Security Essentials?
- a new antitrust lawsuitthis is a shining example of monopoly squashing competition on price.Incorrectas the product isn't being bundled. Additionally if your car maker sold you seat belts prone to failure you wouldn't expect to pay someone else to fix them.I agree about validation.It would realy help to stop...
- Tags: Corporate law, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, UNIX, MSE, Microsoft Corp., Linux, antitrust, security
- Discussion threads 2009-09-29
- The Android-Cyanogen kerfluffle
- The Day that Android Died.The applications that he was distributing sort of were applications that were already on the users phone.But in order to install the new rom you need to erase all and start from fresh, there is no easy way to leave them untouched on the phone, so...
- Tags: Linux, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Google Inc., operating system
- Discussion threads 2009-09-29
- Data governance and IBM System z - Your key to business optimization
- The pressure's on and it's staying on. How well you manage your data and deliver it can make the difference between business success or failure. The usage, sharing and processing of electronic data continues to rapidly increase, yet many corporations still complain about being data rich but information poor....
- Tags: Webcast, Optimization, IBM Corp., Data Governance, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Strategy, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Management
- Webcasts 2009-09-29
- Identifiers and Authentication - Smart Credential Choices to Protect Digital Identity
- In a digital age, the reality is that simple identifiers (e.g., e-mail addresses, login names, and identification numbers) are used without any protection and should be considered public information even though they point to a specific individual. In addition to the increase in public exposure of such data, the provisions...
- Tags: Smart Card, Authentication, Digital Identity, Smart Card Alliance, Smart Cards, Authentication/Encryption, Digital Security, Security
- White papers 2009-09-25
- FCC's Net neutrality push: Is wireless access different?
- Stop coddling wireless companiesThey are no longer fledgling upstarts but the new normal. It is simply mind-boggling why they get away with a much looser regulatory framework than landlines. Why is it, for instance, that you do not have a choice of carrier for international calls the way you do...
- Tags: NETWORKING, INTERNET, Wi-Fi, Wireless and Mobility, VOIP, FCC, wireless access, network, wireless, Net Neutrality
- Discussion threads 2009-09-22
- Feds launch Apps.gov; Cloud computing players salivate
- Any bets on how long it takes someone to hack in and screw it up? nt...Why don't I feel good about this???Hmmm... Could it be that some government a55-clown could store sensitive data in the cloud... And that there are tons of other countries with extremely skilled hackers that would...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Virtualization, Apps.gov, agency, cloud computing
- Discussion threads 2009-09-15
- OIN suggests patent reform on the fly
- "Bergelt thinks"That does say it all.It would appear that I was right: IBM is a cofounder of OIN, which would indicate that IBM does indeed wish to control Linux thru patents, using the OIN as a front, or "white hat" as it were.This is the game IBM is playing, I...
- Tags: OIN, patent, software patent, Linux, software
- Discussion threads 2009-09-15
- Google: Books deal is good for everyone
- Tell me how you really feel.Considering you didn't really add anything to their bullet points, am I to assume you are Google's press secretary? Would it have not been better to Twitter the URL to the original statements if you aren't the benevolent dictator's press secretary?Press secretary? Hardly.Read the...
- Tags: Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-10
- Makers offer little help for lost or stolen devices
- Credit card number of thiefI assume that the person using a stolen Kindle must have to provide Amazon with a credit card, in order to buy content (assuming the previous owner's credit card was disabled). If so, that means that Amazon even knows who the thief is.I supposeIf the manufacturers...
- Tags: Sales channel, Amazon.com Inc., subpoena
- Discussion threads 2009-09-07
- Third Circuit upholds online gambling ban
- Court made the wrong decision in this caseIf I am remembering correctly, equal things are supposed to have equal protection under the law.... what's so bad between online gambling and regular casino gambling, with the latter coming out as 'better'?The real reason that the government wants to ban online gaming...
- Tags: Third Circuit
- Discussion threads 2009-09-02
- German court orders Google to change TOS - a little late
- A little late, but, great to hold Googles feet to the fire on privacy and ownership issues. We can not just depend on Google's "do no evil" clause, we must be vigilant against Google and all other providers.True......but as soon as Google made the change A YEAR AGO, don't you...
- Tags: Google Inc., TOS
- Discussion threads 2009-09-01
- How desktop virtualization will end IT client hardware maintenance (and kill off Best Buy's Geek Squad)
- In one fell swoop, John Whaley might end IT client hardware maintenance. And he might kill off the Geek Squad, too. Whaley, the chief technical officer of desktop virtualization company MokaFive, says desktop virtualization is becoming more widely adopted in...
- Tags: Best Buy Co. Inc., Information Technology, Environment, Server, MokaFive, JW, Management Cost, Desktop Virtualization, Virtualization, Desktops, Hardware, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-08-28
- Obama upholds Bush laptop search policy - with new safeguards
- Really at this point, can anybody be surprised to read this, in today's Washington Post: The Obama administration will largely preserve Bush-era procedures allowing the government to search -- without suspicion of wrongdoing -- the contents of a traveler's laptop computer, cellphone or other electronic...
- Tags: Policy, Laptop Computer, Obama, Government, Notebooks, Vertical Industries, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-08-28
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