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Online broker CommSec criticised for weak passwords, lack of SSL

In times when vendors are vertically integrating by offering virtual keyboards for secure Ebanking, and banks themselves are requiring end users to run antivirus software if they were to file a fraud claim, others are busy fixing security design flaws. Earlier this month, a Melbourne based computer...

Tags: Password, Flaw, SSL, Online Broker, CommSec, Password Best Practice, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-04-29

Market skid roils Schwab traders

The online broker says that trading by its clients has slowed dramatically in the face of an increasingly bearish market. Charles Schwab, the largest U.S. discount and online broker, said Thursday that trading by...

Tags: Charles Schwab & Co. Inc., Trader, Online Broker, Internet, Investment, Finance, Sandeep Junnarkar, Technology News

News items 2001-03-15

Market skid roils Schwab traders

The online broker says that trading by its clients has slowed dramatically in the face of an increasingly bearish market. Charles Schwab, the largest U.S. discount and online broker, said Thursday that trading by...

Tags: Charles Schwab & Co. Inc., Trader, Online Broker, Internet, Investment, Finance, Sandeep Junnarkar, Technology News

News items 2001-03-15

Online broker fees are on the rise

After fees plunged in 1996 and 1997, online brokers are raising rates to meet rising costs. Remember all that talk about impending price wars in the online-brokerage business? Predictions that discounted commissions, already under $10 a stock trade, could fall to zero, and that some firms might actually pay...

Tags: Commission, Ameritrade Inc., Online Broker, Broker Fee, Sales Force Management, Sales, Rebecca Buckman, Technology News

News items 1999-03-16

Additional Resources

Mozilla Weave 1.0 beta 1 (Windows)

As the Web continues to evolve and more of our lives move online, we believe that Web browsers like Firefox can and should do more to broker rich experiences while increasing user control over their data and personal information. Weave is a Firefox add-on that is aimed at exploring this...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Windows, Beta, Mozilla Corp., Web Browsers, Storage, Internet, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-11-16

Weak passwords dominate statistics for Hotmail's phishing scheme leak

The recently leaked accounting data of thousands of Hotmail users -- Gmail has also been affected -- obtained through what appears to be a badly executed phishing campaign, once again puts the spotlight on the how bad password management practices remain an inseparable part of the user-friendly ecosystem. ...

Tags: MSN Hotmail, Password, Phishing, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-10-06

News to know: MySpace-iLike; Gmail; Twitter; Sony Ericsson; Secure smartphones

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: MySpace to acquire social music service iLike for $20 million Matthew Miller: Push Gmail comes to the...

Tags: Google Gmail, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, Dana Blankenhorn, Smart Phone, Andrew Nusca, Matthew Miller, Twitter, Sam Diaz, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows 7, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), E-mail Providers, E-mail, Research & Development, Cloud Computing, Smart Phones, Hardware, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Online Communications, Business Operations, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Blog posts 2009-08-18

Teams in the (Troubled) Cloud

Not all team members are created equal I’ve had some really interesting briefings/meetings lately. If you want to understand where software executives, industry leaders, etc. are going/thinking, then read on. Let’s begin with a conversation I had with Maynard Webb....

Tags: Team, Team Member, Worker, Maynard, Loyalty, Team Management, Management, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-07-22

Quant Station 2.1 (Windows)

Quant Station platform is a comprehensive online trading & technical analysis platform that offers customers access to advanced charting features, a high-performance real-time data system and quality news from Dow Jones all in one single program. Developed in C# with .NET Framework 2.0, Quant Station platform is a Windows Desktop...

Tags: Quant Edge, Quant Station Platform, C#, .Net, Microsoft Windows, Programming Languages, Monitors & Displays, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Components

Software downloads 2009-06-15

News to know: AOL; Palm; SAP; Facebook; Oprah

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. Larry Dignan: Time Warner: AOL's revenue slide continues; We plan to buy Google's 5% AOL stake Andrew Nusca: Would...

Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, America Online Inc., Palm Inc., Oprah Winfrey, SAP AG, Matthew Miller, Flu, Sam Diaz, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-04-30

Quant Station 2.0 (Windows)

Quant Station platform is a comprehensive online trading & technical analysis platform that offers customers access to advanced charting features, a high-performance real-time data system and quality news from Dow Jones all in one single program. Developed in C# with .NET Framework 2.0, Quant Station platform is a Windows Desktop...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Analysis, Quant Edge, Quant Station Platform

Software downloads 2009-03-26

Newegg, Amazon, Netflix lead e-tail customer satisfaction; eBay hits all-time low

Consumers report more customer satisfaction with goods and services, but e-commerce results were mixed as e-tailers like Amazon and Newegg remained strong but online broker scores dropped.  The American Customer Satisfaction Index ACSI ticked up to 75.7 in the fourth quarter, up 0.9 percent from a year...

Tags: NetFlix Inc., Newegg.com, Customer Satisfaction, Amazon.com Inc., eBay Inc., American Customer Satisfaction Index, E-tail, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-02-17

Student Builds Long-Term Relationship With Allied

It's been almost 10 years since Reg Frechette enrolled in his first Allied course! He built a solid career as a real estate broker and selling general businesses. Then he started a printing business, continuing the trend of being his own boss. Today, he prints real estate books and maintains...

Tags: Allied Schools, Frechette, Real Estate, Business Operations

Case studies 2009-01-01

FetchFromMCX 1.0 (Windows)

FetchFromMCX FFM which downloads data from MCX Web site Indian Commodity in realtime and updates to AmiBroker. Live RealTime quotes from MCX Web site. No need to have online account with Commodity broker.

Tags: Broker, DataFetchers, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2008-10-07

Microsoft: $60 billion in annual revenue, but sour 4Q and a money-losing online business

Microsoft: $60 billion in annual revenue, but sour 4Q and a money-losing online businessUm...yeah...no wonder YHOO is running from M$?"Is it any wonder why Microsoft is so hot for Yahoo? Something has to save this online unit."In a year's time, instead of improving their online biz, M$ has more than...

Tags: Investment, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., online business

Discussion threads 2008-07-17

Care to spend your holiday weekend policing directory listings?

I'm not a fan in general of sites that create a listing or profile for you, hoping you'll eventually claim and/or correct it. This tactic, neither user-centric nor user-driven, is insidious for at least three reasons: inaccuracies proliferate, privacy is frequently...

Tags: Reunion.com LLC., Security, Denise Howell

Blog posts 2008-07-02

XenDesktop, VDI, SolidICE offer benefits but no panacea for IT managers

I am always skeptical about new technologies that "threaten" to transform the traditional PC desktop. In my 20 years following the PC industry, I’ve seen them all â€" server-based models, thin clients, application streaming technologies, hosted ASP and newer software-as-a-service models, even Linux.  I still use a...

Tags: Desktop Management, Benefit, Server, ScriptStart, Leostream, Desktops, Hardware, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-05-20

Web 2.0 and the end of advertising

The idea that software on the Web is going to be largely funded by advertising is just so wrong-headed, I hardly know where to start. It had me spluttering in the latest BriefingsDirect Insights analyst podcast hosted by Dana Gardner â€" more on that in a moment. Let's move on...

Tags: Software, Web, Web 2.0, Advertisement, Phil Wainewright

Blog posts 2008-05-16

Why Yahoo's ad inventory is so important to Microsoft

Why Yahoo's ad inventory is so important to MicrosoftMoneyand to hell with progress ..... ????RE: Why Yahoo's ad inventory is so important to MicrosoftBecause Microsoft can't figure out how to build an inventory of ads?Or because they can't compete with Yahoo, so they want to either buy them out or...

Tags: Development tools, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., advertisement

Discussion threads 2008-05-02

Matsui Securities Rated #1 for Site Stability and Reliability, Thanks in Part to F5's BIG-IP v9 Local Traffic Manager

Matsui Securities, Co. Ltd., the first securities broker in Japan to specialize in online transactions, started NET-STOCK, the first fullscale Internet-based transaction service in Japan, in 1998. The challenge was to establish reliable, non-stop online services which can recover immediately in case of failure and to construct a network with...

Tags: BIG-IP, F5 Networks Inc., Internet, Networking

Case studies 2008-04-03