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ZDNet Dictionary Definition
- Malware
- MALicious softWARE Software designed to destroy, aggravate and otherwise make life unhappy. See crimeware, virus, worm, logic bomb, macro virus and Trojan.
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- Bustin' malware!
- Whenever a Windows PC starts to misbehave - running slow, crashing, locking up, displaying odd messages and so forth - there are chance that the problem is down to some sneaky malware that's made it onto the system. At these times there are a few tools that I bring out...
- Tags: Thoughts, Software, Security
- Blog posts 2007-07-09
- 10 million iPhones = An idea platform for malware
- Let's make a few assumptions. First off, let's assume that Steve Jobs is bang on right and the iPhone will be a massive success. Let's assume that it will be the biggest thing since the iPod. Let's also assume that Steve's right when he says that Apple can shift 10 million...
- Tags: Thoughts, Security, Industry, Gadgets, Apple
- Blog posts 2007-06-11
- Malware could turn innocent iTunes Plus users into file-sharers
- Freedom to Tinker raises an interesting concern that malware could be used to turn innocent iTunes Plus (Apple's DRM-free music offering) users into file-sharers. If a file is swiped from a customer's machine and then distributed, you'll know where the file came from but you won't know who is at fault....
- Tags: Thoughts, Apple
- Blog posts 2007-06-07
Additional Resources
- Facebook as social rule of thumb?
- This new course I'm taking introduces sociology, and I assure all you budding sociologists who read that this new-found knowledge isn't going to my head. It seems for many, especially students who are forced into a semi-confined place as others, take precedent, that Facebook confirms events within our lives. ...
- Tags: Facebook, Social Networking, Strategy, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Management, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- MobileTechRoundup show #150, More netbook talk
- James, Kevin, and I were quite happy to record MobileTechRoundup show #150 and celebrate 3 years of podcasting about mobile tech. Kevin continues to tease me with the MSI Wind and now I am even closer to switching from my Fujitsu U810 to the Wind thanks to Dynamism who sent...
- Tags: MobileTechRoundup, Dual-core, Lenovo Group Ltd., Kevin, WiMAX, Podcasts, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Internet, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-10-12
- A quick note on Columbus Day
- It's Columbus Day here in the States, so quite a few of us are off. I'm going to consider it a holiday and take the day off from blogging. I do have an interview with Joe Hartley, Sun's VP of Global Education and Healthcare, today, so check back...
- Tags: Holiday, Sun Microsystems Inc., Thin Clients, Virtualization, Blogging, Cloud Computing, Vertical Industries, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Benefits, Hardware, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Storage, Human Resources, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-10-12
- Will HTC be the first to launch a WiMAX-enabled mobile phone?
- Fellow Mobile Tech Roundup podcast co-host Kevin Tofel went to the Sprint/XOHM WiMAX launch event in Baltimore this week and wrote up his thoughts. The event was focused mainly on the devices that support the WiMAX network that was launched the week before and as a mobile guy I was...
- Tags: High Tech Computer Corp., Phone, Mobile, Radio, Cell Phone, Nokia N810, WiMAX, Advertising & Promotion, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Marketing, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Symantec shows Microsoft how to do UAC
- Symantec shows Microsoft how to do UACSo I don't have to wait for Windows 7?The need to wait or upgrade to Windows 7 is looking more dim for Windows Vista users. Microsoft just yesterday announced their intention to improve the user experience for UAC in Windows 7. But with third...
- Tags: SECURITY, Web browsers, EXPLORER, UAC, Symantec Corp., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-10-10
- An interview with Scott Brinker
- It's clearly a week for publishing podcasts. As well as David Provost, whom I mentioned yesterday, I've also just released a podcast with ion interactive's Scott Brinker. Scott has been blogging for a while about the impact that semantic technologies might have upon his area of interest,...
- Tags: Scott Brinker, Podcasts, Internet, Paul Miller
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- News to know: Apple's $800 laptop; MS and Mac Patch Days; Vista Home for business
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ryan Naraine: Mac OS X Patch Day: 40 security flaws fixed MS Patch Tuesday heads-up: 11 bulletins, 4 critical Ed Bott: Look who's buying...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Laptop Computer, H-1B, Notebooks, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, David Grober
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Buy an ASUS Eee Box mini PC, get free malware!
- Buy an ASUS Eee Box mini PC, get free malware!This is VERY interesting! eeePC Laptop users beware too!When I was downloading all the updates from ASUS's web site for my newly received eeePC, NOD32 stopped the Bluetooth update with the following:http://dlsvr04.asus.com/pub/ASUS/EeePC/EeePC1000H/Bluetooth_XP_080630.zip probably a variant of Win32/Genetik trojan connection terminated - quarantinedRE:...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Spyware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, ASUS, ASUS Eee Box mini-PC, Asus Eee Box, mini-PC, NOD32, Asus Eee, malware
- Discussion threads 2008-10-09
- Buy an ASUS Eee Box mini PC, get free malware!
- Proud owners of ASUS's Eee Box mini PC got more than they bargained for - malware. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: ASUS, Malware, mini-PC, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- Asus ships Eee Box PCs with malware
- Asus ships Eee Box PCs with malwareAsus ships Eee Box PCs with malwareThis is a deliberate attempt by Asus to get people to move away from Microsoft Windows and get the Asus eee's with linux installed. I hope Microsoft sues them for negligence. After that people will not want...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Microsoft Windows, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Operating systems, ASUS, Eee Box PC, malware
- Discussion threads 2008-10-09
- Apple set to release $800 notebook
- Apple set to release $800 notebookNot the first time sub $1000Apple had a $999 notebook at one time. Actually, I think the iBook had that price tag at one time. My only hopes is that this $800 Notebook doesn't come with the specs of a Asus Eee 701.RE:...
- Tags: Notebooks, MacMini, Apple-set, notebook, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-09
- Asustek to offer touch-panel Eee PCs?
- While the Web swoons over news of Apple's latest $800 market entry, Asustek is planning to launch touchscreen Eee PCs in the first quarter of 2009, which the company expects will help drive sales further, according to Samson Hu, general manager of Eee PC business at Asustek, by way of...
- Tags: AsusTek Computer, Keyboards, Notebooks, Sales Strategy, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Processors, Hardware, Peripherals, Notebooks & Tablets, Sales, Security, Semiconductors, Components, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- Asus ships Eee Box PCs with malware
- Asus has confirmed and apologized to customers (press release in Japanese; translated version) for shipping malware on the recently introduced Eee Box desktop computer : "According to an email sent out by Asus, PC Advisor reports, the Eee Box's 80GB hard drive has the recycled.exe virus files hidden in...
- Tags: ASUS, PC, Malware, UPC, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- plagiarism, Gibberish, IEEE, and the textbook business
- plagiarism, Gibberish, IEEE, and the textbook businessi tend to agree with your wifeThis is very poor english, but does express a meaning that make sense. You may disagree with what it says, but it is coherent. I wouldn't call the extracts you chose as plagiarism. Author used one transformed sentence...
- Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows, OOA/OOD/OOP, C/C++, Operating systems, plagiarism, textbook business, IEEE
- Discussion threads 2008-10-09
- F-Secure Internet Security 2009
- F-Secure Internet Security 2009 is a complete suite of antivirus, antispyware, antispam, antiphishing, and personal firewall tools for personal desktops. We've been hearing good things and looking forward to reviewing F-Secure for years, however, several little things bothered us about this release. F-Secure Internet Security 2009 costs more than the...
- Tags: Firewalls, Spyware, adware & malware, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, Cyberthreats, Network security, F-Secure Corp., F-Secure Internet Security 2009, F-Secure Internet Security
- Product reviews 2008-10-08
- Adobe posts workaround for clickjacking flaw, NoScript releases ClearClick
- Adobe posts workaround for clickjacking flaw, NoScript releases ClearClickRequires Firefox pluginAre you afraid of offending Microsoft or just being unhelpful hurried?To use the only available cure right now requires adding the plugin you mention -- NoScript 1.8.2.1 -- to your Firefox browser. There is no fix for Internet Explorer, Opera,...
- Tags: Web browsers, SECURITY, NoScript, ClearClick, flaw, Adobe Systems Inc., Web browser, Opera Software, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-08
- C'mon, Vista really isn't that bad
- Picture the scene. A small country pub in Canterbury, a warm, autumn evening, surrounded by friends drinking and smoking in the beer garden; relaxing after a difficult, hard day at work. The birds are singing, the breeze is light and feathering our very souls. This is heaven....
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows Meeting Space, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
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