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- Navy Threat Screensaver (exe)
- Navy Threat Screensaver is a mesmerizing animated screensaver that turns your desktop into a submarine action. Huge submarines, purple clouds on the horizon, brilliant reflections on the water, lonely seagulls, and the great pressure of tons of water will impress you. Download Navy Threat screensaver and enjoy submarine mystery. This...
- Tags: Screensaver, FullScreensavers, Navy Threat Screensaver
- Software downloads 2008-05-16
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- 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
- Roadmap: Open source to take over mainstream IT
- Roadmap: Open source to take over mainstream ITDelusion DayJust saying it every year for the last decade does not make it any more real.If Linux desktop ever gets to 1% global usage, it will still be irrelevant.Who's deluded?It's already happening and will continue to proliferate.I can understand how some people...
- Tags: Desktops, open source, information technology
- Discussion threads 2008-12-03
- Apple removes anti-virus recommendation
- On November 21 the blogosphere was abuzz when Apple updated a technical note on its Support Web site that says Apple encourages the widespread use of multiple antivirus utilities so that virus programmers have more than one application to circumvent, thus making the whole virus writing process more difficult....
- Tags: Software, Antivirus, Apple Inc., Virus, Viruses And Worms, Cyberthreats, Security, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- Apple removes Mac antivirus language from site
- Eagle-eyed Elinor Mills, reporter at sister site CNET, has the scoop that Apple has removed the 2007 item from its support site late last night that urged Mac customers to use multiple antivirus utilities. Now, the company says the Mac is safe "out of the box."(What say...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Antivirus, Apple Inc., Desktops, Viruses And Worms, Security, Hardware, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- Despite what blogs (and Apple) say, Macs will eventually have malware
- Despite what blogs and Apple say, Macs will eventually have malwareWrong assumptions based on the negative Windows experiencesWindows has a lousy record for security, Microsoft should be ashamed and people in general should use something better. Thousands of different types of malware for Windows and virus-cleaning costs which are skyrocketing...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Desktops, Web browsers, Viruses and worms, blog, Apple Macintosh, malware, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows, Fort Knox, Web browser, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-12-02
- Does Drew decision criminalize TOS violations?
- I suggested that prosecutors and the Meiers think about a deal with Drew in which she waives her right to appeal. Many people wrote in to say no, along these lines: Drew bullied and by the end of the day a 13 year old girl...
- Tags: Law, Statute, Government, Internet, Productivity, Vertical Industries, Hacking, Security, Enterprise Software, Software, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Apple Confuses Speech with a DMCA Violation
- Apple Confuses Speech with a DMCA ViolationApple is much more evil than MS...they've just been so much less successful that no one has noticed just how evil Apple is. People are beginning to notice. :)RE: Apple Confuses Speech with a DMCA ViolationI used to use Anapod Explorer for my old...
- Tags: Digital media, Digital music, Computers Today, Apple Inc., Apple Confuses Speech, DMCA Violation, DMCA
- Discussion threads 2008-12-02
- IT expert executed in Iran
- IT expert executed in IranExecution for a..............???IT expert cuaght acting as a spy, but yet no penalties what so ever for the global elitists deconstructing America, causing the recession and most likley inevitble collapse of the USA?Something just don't seem right here..........Iran needs nukes to not be irrelevantHe was a...
- Tags: Strategy, IT Expert, spy, information technology, Brian Regan
- Discussion threads 2008-12-01
- Is there no end to the AutoRun madness?
- * Ryan Naraine is traveling. Guest editorial by Roel Schouwenberg Let's skip any introduction and get straight to the point: We're currently facing a problem of epidemic proportions in malware that is spreading via removable devices. The U.S. army's recent...
- Tags: Floppy Disk, Malware, Microsoft Corp., USB, Virus, AutoRun, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Microsoft Windows, Viruses And Worms, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- Virus hits nearly 75% of systems on Afghanistan military base
- Virus hits nearly 75% of systems on Afghanistan military baseThis isn't news.It's par for the course.RE: Virus hits nearly 75% of systemsHave these people not heard of Linux or Mac OS X?What these reports don't tell you...Is that the great majority of these infected systems are simply email stations for...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, virus, military base, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-11-29
- Microsoft still fighting a losing battle against Google
- Microsoft still fighting a losing battle against Googlebut MS has shown they can't think outside the box...all they do is make 'me too' products and add on gimmicky low utility features like "the social" with the Zune. Seach is not different... they add nothing to the mix that really...
- Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Zune, Apple iPod
- Discussion threads 2008-11-26
- Is on-demand slowly killing traditional broadcasting?
- I'm not a big TV watcher to be honest. In the UK, we have the "licence fee" which you need to pay the government before you even connect the telly to the wall. If you don't, you can bet your arse you'll have armed police storming the windows to your...
- Tags: On-demand, Broadcasting, Cloud Computing, TVs, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-11-26
- Why engage in open source FUD?
- Why engage in open source FUD?WellWell with a screwed up patent system like you got in the USA where you can patent software code, you are bound to have problems.What FUD needs is a schoolto educate the public, in:What FUD isWho uses FUD past and presentHow to use FUDWho is/are/were...
- Tags: FUD, open source
- Discussion threads 2008-11-26
- I'm a PC and, yes, I love Vista
- * Ryan Naraine is on vacation. Guest editorial by Todd Hooper It's true - I'm a PC. Searching through my 2006 emails recently reminded me it was two years ago this month when I loaded a beta of Windows Vista on...
- Tags: Security, PC, Microsoft Windows Vista, Laptop Computer, NAP Agent, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-11-26
- No IE Mobile 6 for you; what can Microsoft do about Windows Mobile?
- No IE Mobile 6 for you; what can Microsoft do about Windows Mobile?Mozilla's building ahelicopter? ;)NO SOUP FOR YOU!!!Most Windows Mobile Browsers is now the Opera mobile 9.1. Sorry Microsoft, but soon Fennec will be the #1 downloaded piece of software in the future for all Windows Mobile phones,...
- Tags: Operating systems, Web browsers, Handhelds, Microsoft Corp., IE Mobile, IE Mobile 6, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Microsoft Internet Explorer, mobile, Microsoft Do, Microsoft Windows, operating system
- Discussion threads 2008-11-25
- Has Apple finally got Safari for the iPhone right?
- Has Apple finally got Safari for the iPhone right?Trade one issue for others...The recent 2.2 update did make the Safari web browser less crash prone, but....I still get crashes. Not as many (over 2 days about 20% of what I used to)I now have websites bookmarked that I could...
- Tags: Web browsers, Apple iPhone, Apple Safari, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-11-25
- YouTube goes wide screen; Sets up for more professional content
- YouTube is going wide screen in advance of hosting more professional content. On its blog, YouTube noted: We're expanding the width of the page to 960 pixels to better reflect the quality of the videos you create and the screens that you use to watch them....
- Tags: YouTube Inc., Video, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-25
- CA Internet Security Suite 2009
- CA Internet Security Suite 2009 will probably have some admirers, but we're not among them. If you are a network administrator, you'll appreciate the long and torturous installation path; however, the average person will grow frustrated at how many times you have to enter your personal information, create passwords, or...
- Tags: Construction, Firewalls, Network security, SECURITY, CA Internet Security, Computer Associates International Inc., CA Internet Security Suite, personal firewall, window
- Product reviews 2008-11-24
- Benchmarks: AMD's 45nm 'Shanghai' Opteron
- AMD's 'Shanghai' processors are the company's first chips to utilize the improved performance and efficiency of 45nm technology. ZDNet Germany tests show that they have made up important ground on Intel Xeon chips. AMD's 'Shanghai' processors are the company's first chips to utilize the improved performance and efficiency of...
- Tags: Performance, Level 3 Communications Inc., Shanghai, AMD Opteron, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Xeon, Intel Corp., Nehalem, Dunnington CPU, Processor Development, Performance Management, Servers, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, AMD, Opteron, Intel, Xeon, benchmarks, processors, Shangahi, Christoph Hochstatter, ZDNet Germany, Christoph Hochstatter, ZDNet Germany
- News items 2008-11-24
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