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The political battle growing around not-swine just-flu

The political battle growing around not-swine just-fluNot just panicky politiciansPanicky corporate executives and lobbyists are just as dangerous to sound science as are politicians. After all, it wasn't tobacco state politicians that spent all of that money over 40 years trying to debunk allegations that smoking is unhealthy.AgreedPanicky corporate...

Tags: Panicky

Discussion threads 2009-05-04

Macs on the front lines tracking Influenza A(H1N1) virus

The biggest news item in the news these days is the outbreak of the Influenza A(H1N1) virus (formerly "Swine Flu"), which the World Health Organization described as an "imminent pandemic." It's almost impossible to open a Web browser, RSS reader or Twitter without being bombarded with information...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Outbreak, Virus, Ohio State, Cyberthreats, Desktops, Viruses And Worms, Security, Hardware, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-05-01

Swine flu email scams circulating

Opportunistic scammers and spammers are actively exploiting the swine flu buzz across the web by spamvertising links to pharmaceutical scams, and bogus 'Swine Flu Survival Guides' using search engine optimization of typosquatted domains related to the outbreak. The event-based social engineering campaign is similar to the recent...

Tags: Search Engine Optimization, Outbreak, Cybercriminal, SARS, Cyberthreats, Spam, Mergers & Acquisitions, E-mail, Search, Marketing Research, Security, Spam And Phishing, Investment, Finance, Online Communications, Marketing, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-04-28

Reviewing your pandemic plans has just become job #1

Guest post: With the focus on bird flu in recent years, it’s sort of unexpected to hear that the latest pandemic might, in fact, not come from flying descendents of dinosaurs but might be the result of a combination of human, bird and swine influenza viruses that have evolved inside pigs and...

Tags: Job, Outbreak, Flu, Contingency Plan, VPNs, Remote Access, Network Security, Telecommunications, Security, Networking, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-28

Preparing for Pandemic: Common Practice and Contact Center Planning

While governments and health agencies have been urging organizations to prepare for a pandemic, there has not been extensive discussion of the unique challenges that such an outbreak would create. Despite the best efforts of organizations to create business continuity and disaster recovery plans for their contact centers, few will...

Tags: Outbreak, Contact Center, Avaya Inc., Business Continuity, Call Centers, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), It Services, It Operations, Enterprise Software, Software

White papers 2006-07-01

CDC looks to cell phones for outbreak containment

It hasn't happened yet, but what happens if and when avian flu starts to spread from person to person? Well, a lot of bad things, so the need for people in affected areas to take proactive measures is critical. The Centers for Disease Control is...

Tags: CDC, mobile, evacuation, outbreak

Blog posts 2006-01-18

Images: Deadly virtual outbreak

When a plague hit World of Warcraft recently, innumerable players died temporarily.

Tags: outbreak

Image galleries 2005-10-13

Additional Resources

Flu pandemic disproportionately infects, kills young people; are some getting preferred treatment?

Overhyped, almost hysteriaand blogs like these of course add to that. All in the name of $.Money needs to be made pharma, existence needs to be legitimized (health boards & governments), and the media of course needs to sell. Yep, the incentives point to one direction.Problem is, there is no...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, Vertical industries, Flu Pandemic, death rate, H1N1 flu

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

Will a flu pandemic really bring down the Internet?

Is the last bulleted list a joke??That last bulleted list is a joke. It worships a model, and is not the best tool for the job.Keep in mind through all this:-The problem is going to be network congestion. Therefore steps should be taken to [b]REDUCE[/b] network usage."Monitor your VPNs. Make...

Tags: NETWORKING, H1N1 flu, network, marketing, network congestion, flu, Internet

Discussion threads 2009-10-27

SIMCommander AntiVirus Analyzer 3.1.4 (Windows)

SIMCommander K-SOC Analyzer uses a new approach to analyze virus information from different point products and expands the existing AntiVirus visibility in a dashboard. The K-SOC Analyzer dashboard is a high-level snapshot of your AntiVirus activity that can quickly and easily visualize the AntiVirus status of your network relative to...

Tags: Antivirus, Virus Infection, Microsoft Windows, Virus, SIMCommander, SIMCommander K-SOC Analyzer, K-SOC Analyzer, K-SOC Analyzer Dashboard, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security

Software downloads 2009-10-23

JAMA studies push the need for H1N1 flu shot

Still fighting that war eh, Dana? :)Get over it man.Interesting piece of information:Recent news in Canada:"Four Canadian studies involved about 2,000 people, health officials told CBC News. Researchers found people who had received the seasonal flu vaccine in the past were more likely to get sick with the H1N1 virus."So......

Tags: H1N1 flu, flu, regular flu

Discussion threads 2009-10-13

The T-Mobile-Microsoft Sidekick data disaster: Poor IT management going mainstream

Always have local copies of your dataThe above is why it is a bad idea to put your fate in someone else's hands when you have a choice. By default, keep your data processing and data stores local, and then use cloud services when they suit you. All these kiddies...

Tags: Federal government, Advertising & Promotion, Recruitment & Selection, agency, FDA, job

Discussion threads 2009-10-11

Mediaraptor 4.0.26608.0 (Windows)

Caution! Hard drive manufacturers and DSL providers are warning against an outbreak of excessive free music and videos! Mediaraptor is unbeatable when it comes to record millions of MP3s from web radios and music videos online. No P2P file sharing networks! No subscription required! Mediaraptor is today's cutting-edge solution for...

Tags: Web, Radio, Microsoft Windows, Video, MP3, Music, RapidSolution Software, Mediaraptor, Mediaraptor MusicFinder, Corporate Communications, Portals, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Internet

Software downloads 2009-10-10

Flu shot controversy illustrates compliance problem

I refuse the flu shot every year...and definately will be refusing the H1N1. As a young adult with a healthy immune system I see no point. Sure I may get the sniffles - but diet, exercise, and such take care of most of it. Who knows what is ACTUALLY in...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, SECURITY, compliance, flu shot, flu

Discussion threads 2009-10-08

Open source does not work well for bad guys

Open_Source is the futureOpen_Source 'Linux distro' driven appliances are the future, such as the many companies already doing extremely well.Closed source is a huge lethargic insecure monopoly trying to license/patent everything, however it is failing miserably. Look at the exploits of Windows, $9 Billion in damages last year just from...

Tags: open source, bad guy, Conficker, Linux, Closed Source

Discussion threads 2009-09-21

Comodo Endpoint Security Manager 1.3 (Windows)

Comodo Endpoint Security Manager CESM enables the remote, centralized management of end-point security products such as Comodo Internet Security on corporate workstations. With CESM you will save time, money and improve network wide security. Unlike conventional security software providers; Comodo has adopted a Default Deny Protection" model. Default Deny Protection"...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Security Manager, Comodo, Comodo Endpoint Security Manager, Security

Software downloads 2009-09-18

The ultimate guide to scareware protection

Throughout the last two years, scareware fake security software, quickly emerged as the single most profitable monetization strategy for cybercriminals to take advantage of. Due to the aggressive advertising practices applied by the cybercrime gangs, thousands of users fall victim to the scam on a daily...

Tags: Search Engine Optimization, Web, Search Engine, Antivirus, Malware, Social Engineering, Security Software, Search, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Marketing Research, Marketing, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-09-13

Review: Snow Leopard ramps up performance and business-readiness of Mac OS X

Graphic Artists on MacDo Graphic Artists really have a compelling reason to use Macs anymore? Adobe CS3 isn't supported on Snow Leopard. If you want to use 64bit versions of Adobe CS4, you have to use Windows. And even on the same hardware, programs like After Effects and Photoshop...

Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, ZBrush, performance, Upgrading Windows, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Macintosh, clean install, CS4, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-08

Killer keyboards

Bleach water is one answer.Can't remember the exact formula, but it ought to be easy to find. I think it's a quarter-cup bleach per gallon of water, not sure. Just wipe the keyboards and mice with a cleaning rag dipped and wrung out. To be effective, it...

Tags: Keyboards, Lysol, keyboard, Killer keyboard

Discussion threads 2009-09-03

Little Brother actively tracking the flu

The A1N1 "swine flu" outbreak of 2009 will stand as an example of what Little Brother can do without collecting anything special. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Flu, H1N1 Flu, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-09-02