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Simpliciti Locked Down Browser (msi)

Simpliciti lockdown delivers powerful, fast and secure lockdown of your web site and kiosk/PC device so that it can be used for Public access or Kiosks. It Includes kiosk mode, attract mode and configuration mode. This is the most secure and easiest to configure solution on the market today. Includes...

Tags: Lockdown, Canada, Mode, Web Browser, Simpliciti Lockdown, Web Site Development, Security, Internet

Software downloads 2008-09-16

Lockdown (zip)

Lockdown is a Mac security application built from the popular iAlertU. With a new interface, splash screen, and icon, Lockdown makes securing your Mac while you step away even easier than ever. You can customize its detection features by activating your computer's motion-sensors, keyboard-sensors, external device sensors, MagSafe sensors, and...

Tags: Lockdown, Sensor, Computer, Foozoo Design, Productivity, E-mail, Online Communications

Software downloads 2008-09-03

Layer 2 security; the forgotten front

One of the fastest ways for hackers to breech security systems is to circumvent Layer 2 which is your LAN switching infrastructure. Unfortunately that also happens to be one of the most overlooked aspects of Information Security with most security audits focusing on policy and compliance issues on the...

Tags: LANs, Network technology, NETWORKING, LAN, lockdown, Layer 2, security

Blog posts 2007-01-31

LockDown (exe)

LockDown is a program designed to add that extra security to your computer, it utilizes a USB memory / storage device to authenticate users of the workstation. The idea is that a user must have a memory stick or other storage device loaded on their computer in order to be...

Tags: Lockdown, Storage Device, Idea, Storage, Workstations, Storage Management, Productivity, Hardware

Software downloads 2006-01-12

Additional Resources

Will Apple help Android succeed?

I have to wonder how Apple manages to have any sort of developer ecosystem, given how closed the company is and how it regularly treats its developers with what can only be described as contempt. I sincerely hope that Google (and T-Mobile) does a better job with Android's developer community...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Developer, Google Inc., Phone, Apple Inc., Android, Telecom & Utilities, Joe Brockmeier

Blog posts 2008-09-22

Dell Inspiron 910 customers can choose between XP and Ubuntu

Dell Inspiron 910 customers can choose between XP and UbuntuIt's also interesting that......[url=http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9112885]A third of new PCs are being downgraded from Vista to XP[/url].Why do you suppose that is? ;)At this price point, I just might buy my first small computer. Though, Imight wait for them to offer a little...

Tags: Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Notebooks, Ubuntu, Dell Inspiron 910, Dell Computer Corp., Dell Inspiron, Dell Inspiron 910 customer, Microsoft Windows XP

Discussion threads 2008-08-19

Compliance and IT

Compliance and ITOne Small Comment[i]for the average company with three or four sites and a few thousand employees[/i]The average company doesn't have a few thousand employees. 99% of all companies are SME's.AccuracyIf I only had a dollar for every time I was told the tracking data in some system...

Tags: compliance, IT IS, information technology

Discussion threads 2008-08-18

Sinofsky dishes on Windows 7

The incredibly tight veil of secrecy around Windows 7 is about to lift, at least a little. After months of information lockdown, Microsoft is ready to begin talking about the next version of Windows. The first bits of information come from the very top, with a new blog written by...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, PDC, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott

Blog posts 2008-08-14

When equivalence is the wrong question

When equivalence is the wrong questionSo, replace one tool with many?Since Microsoft Word can be used for a varity of tasks, and Writer can not, therefore one must use writer and a varity of other tools to do the work of one program.And here you claim that open source is...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Databases, Microsoft Access, tool, Murph, Microsoft Office, database

Discussion threads 2008-08-12

From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM Mainframe

From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM MainframeInsidious BMThe widespread Microsoft use combined with the creeping IBM invasiveness appears to indicate a competition within the organization which IBM is currently winning. Probably a comeback.Murph has also mentioned that there are substantial external contracts providing services and capabilities in...

Tags: Mainframes, Servers, mainframe, IBM Corp., data-processing, diamond, meat, Murph, IBM mainframe

Discussion threads 2008-08-08

Apache's open source governance model

Apache's open source governance modelI give Murph a 10 on this onentMike Cox couldn't beat this one...NTIIS dominates the market, of courseThough Apache has almost half the web servers in use, the more important number is the Fortune 1000 result. There Microsoft has 55% vs Apache's 25%, with Microsoft...

Tags: open source, Microsoft IIS Server, Apache Software Foundation

Discussion threads 2008-07-22

First impressions of the Nokia E71, a QWERTY device for the business user

First impressions of the Nokia E71, a QWERTY device for the business userJaw-dropping entertainmentI still can't beleive how sad some people are that they video themselves getting a phone out of the box... seriously.Details...Great intro, Matt. I'm pretty excited for this to be released.There are a few things that I...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Corporate communications, phone, Nokia E71, QWERTY, Nokia Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-07-10

Yahoo postpones shareholder meeting and more Microsoft tidbits

I've been out on tour for my new Microsoft 2.0 book this week and haven't been posting as regularly as usual. So here's a grab bag of a few Microsoft-related notes of interest. * Yahoo has postponed its shareholder meeting. Just when you thought the seemingly-never-ending Microsoft-Yahoo...

Tags: Shareholder, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack, Microsoft Windows, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Virtualization, Corporate Governance, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Operating Systems, Microsoft Office, Software, Emerging Technologies, Hardware, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Office Suites, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-05-23

Windows 7: The information lockdown

Windows 7: The information lockdownSeriously!They're not even saying anything when they should be going beyond open sourcing their new product! They should give it away, I mean, that's how everyone makes money isn't it?! Giving away your stuff? I mean, yeah, *I* can't do that because I need to pay...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Quick Look, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-05-23

Windows 7: Does the silence help anyone?

Microsoft is Fort Knox when it comes to details about Windows 7, but if you're a customer the radio silence isn't helpful. Why? If I'm an XP customer I want to know if it's worth skipping Vista and waiting for Windows 7, which is...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-23

Windows 7: The information lockdown

Microsoft is maintaining a cloak of silence around its next major release of Windows. ZDNet Editor in Chief Larry Dignan talks with blogger colleagues Mary Jo Foley, editor of All about Microsoft, and Ed Bott, editor of Microsoft Report, about the road map for Windows 7, including feature sets, timelines,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Fill In

Videos 2008-05-22

How much do you need to know about Windows 7 today?

My colleague Mary Jo Foley has her ear to the ground in Redmond, and when it comes to Windows 7 she's hearing ... nothing. Under new Windows boss Steven Sinofsky, she notes, the information lockdown is nearly airtight, and some customers are starting to complain: I'm hearing increasing dissatisfaction...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Sinofsky, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott

Blog posts 2008-05-22

Windows 'Fiji' beta testing has begun

Speaking of Microsoft information lockdown, there's been no word in ages from Microsoft about "Fiji," the next version of Windows Media Center Edition. But that isn't because Fiji has evaporated. In fact, the Fiji beta began a few weeks ago, according to a few sources with whom...

Tags: Media Center PC, Microsoft Corp., Tester, Fiji, Media Center PCs, Microsoft Windows, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-05-20

News to know: Netflix; Google Health; Storm Worm; Fixing Vista

Notable headlines: Dancho Danchev: The Storm Worm would love to infect you Mary Jo Foley: Windows 7: The information lockdown continues Microsoft releases Virtual PC 2007 SP1 Microsoft: Half of Exchange inboxes to be Microsoft-hosted in five years...

Tags: NetFlix Inc., Google Inc., Facebook, Microsoft Windows Vista, Health Care, Microsoft Corp., Worm, Vertical Industries, Microsoft Windows, Benefits, Healthcare, Open Source, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Human Resources, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-20

Windows 7: The information lockdown continues

Windows 7: The information lockdown continuesOnce burnedtwice shy. MS isn't going to risk the kind of PR flak that they caught over the slipped schedules, withdrawn features, etc. the last time around.My notoriously unreliable crystal ball predicts that the first anyone sees of their next platform will be when...

Tags: Operating systems, PDC 2008, Microsoft obviously, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, information lockdown, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-05-19