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Easy does it

Easy does itMisleading responsesWhat's an "energy level"? Here's the quote:Both of the exercise groups had a 20 percent increase in energy levels by the end of the study, compared to the control group.[End quote.]Perhaps it means that the people who exercized produced more adrenalin, and they were still affected...

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Discussion threads 2008-03-06

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End-to-end encryption is the key to protecting data and reputations

In order to avoid the financial and brand damage associated with data breaches, businesses need to consider deploying end-to-end encryption as a tamper proof way of securing data. Commentary - Media outlets around the globe highlight new data breaches at an alarmingly regular rate. Forrester estimates that the cost...

Tags: PCI, Organization, Data Breach, PCI DSS, Encryption Key, encryption, security, Paul Meadowcroft Thales, Special to ZDNet, Paul Meadowcroft, Thales, Special to ZDNet

News items 2009-11-11

'Evil Maid' USB stick attack keylogs TrueCrypt passphrases

Security researcher Joanna Rutkowska has released a PoC proof of concept of a keylogger that is capable of logging TrueCrypt's disk encryption passphrase enabling the attacker to successfully decrypt the hard drive's content. Dubbed, the 'evil maid' attack due to its 'plug-and-exploit' functionality requiring 1-2 minutes for...

Tags: Disk, Passphrase, USB, Laptop Computer, Attack, TrueCrypt, Hotel Room, Mobile Proximity Alarm, Notebooks, Security, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-10-19

Paranormal Recorder for iPhone 1.0 (Mobile)

Paranormal Recorder for iPhone helps you communicate with paranormal forces, such as spirits, ghosts, or other supernatural entities. One of the most widely reported physical phenomenon associated with paranormal entities is electromagnetic radiation fluctuations. When you set it to detect paranormal activity, it will monitor the EMF levels in the...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-10-12

Burnout - the Dangers of Remote Work Forces

The problem is as old as work itself: you're working as part of a team and seem to be doing twice as much  - or more - as your colleagues, yet no one seems to notice. It feels as though you're carrying the weight of entire projects on your back...

Tags: Team, Burnout, Team Management, E-mail, Process Improvement, Management, Online Communications, Quality, Business Operations, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-10-11

The earth: it's always blowing hot and cold

And That's The ProblemInstead of humans, use dinosaurs, plankton, what ever. But tell me where is the definitive study that quantifies the human activity contribution separate that contribution form the quantifiable contribution of other geologic, solar, and biological processes?And where, pray tell, is it written that climate will be...

Tags: tech site

Discussion threads 2009-09-24

Modern banker malware undermines two-factor authentication

Ok, ill buy that..Yes Two-factor authentication doesnt help avoid the already infected. Now what the bank SHOULD have one other than the user having a fully patched system and AV if hes on Windows is when the website detected that there was activity from another IP address - represented another...

Tags: Financial services, Security administration, bank, two-factor authentication, banker malware

Discussion threads 2009-09-23

Pediatric Nutrition Handbook (PedsNutr) (Mobile)

Pediatric Nutrition Handbookpowered by Skyscape Publisher: American Academy of Pediatrics Pediatric Nutrition Handbook provides the latest information about nutrient metabolism and nutrition to support normal development and health of infants and children who are well, those born with congenital anomalies or disorders of metabolism, and those with acute and chronic...

Tags: Nutrition, Mobile

Software downloads 2009-09-16

DiskSpy Solid 1.5 (Mac)

DiskSpy Solid is a more advanced version of DiskSpy. In addition to giving users a "software disk LED" that shows local disk reads and writes in the menu bar, DiskSpy Solid also shows network activity in the menu bar. DiskSpy Solid will show when a read or write is occurring...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Disk, Menu Bar, Network, Nick Zitzmann, DiskSpy Solid, Networking

Software downloads 2009-08-28

Do video games really make you fat, depressed?

I don't know about this survey. I'll have to take it with a grain of salt. I'm sure there are plenty of overweight video gamers (we are the U.S.A. afterall), but it all depends on lifestyle and the video games being played. Take a look at the wii,...

Tags: Games, Corporate communications, game, Nintendo Wii, video game, video, baseball

Discussion threads 2009-08-19

Let me say it again: Stop sharing music!

They're being bankrupted because they choose......to be bankrupted. I believe both defendants are being offered manageable settlements to this day. Only their "principles" prevent them from doing so.When you don't like the price......of a product, that doesn't give you the right to steal it. Gee, I want a Ferrari...

Tags: Ferrari, RIAA

Discussion threads 2009-08-17

Fed's RFIDiocy pwnd at DefCon

Do you even read your own stuff?From your quote:". . . will be releasing a $50 kit at the end of August that will make reading 125-kHz RFID chips ? the kind embedded in [b]employee access cards[/b] ? trivial." emphasis addedAnd yet you go and say that this is a...

Tags: WPA2, passport, RFID, pwnd, RFIDiocy, RFIDiocy pwnd, security, DefCon, Federal Reserve Board

Discussion threads 2009-08-10

Windows Server 2008 R2 Releases to Manufacturing

Windows Server 2008 R2, which released to manufacturing today, July 22nd, 2009, contains major functionality improvements in virtualization and networking over the previous version. This afternoon, Microsoft has announced the Release to Manufacturing RTM of Windows Server 2008 R2, which incorporates many hundreds...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Manufacturing, Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V, Feature, Live Migration, Hyper-V Live Migration, CSV, NTFS CSV, SCVMM 2008 R2, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Virtualization, Processors, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-07-22

D-Link Xtreme N Storage Router DIR-685

First announced at CES 2009, D-Link's Xtreme N Storage "all-in-one" Router DIR-685 is the first wireless router that can also work as a network storage device and as a digital photo frame. However, we wish it were a $150 cheaper stand-alone router, as its $300 asking price is too high....

Tags: Routers & switches, Network technology, NETWORKING, Web-Interface, D-Link Systems, router, Router DIR-685

Product reviews 2009-07-17

Two ActiveX vulnerabilities make IE a toxic choice

Two ActiveX vulnerabilities make IE a toxic choiceDude, you are the man.I just posted this at Ed Botts article.http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-12354-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=66708&messageID=1260493Next I hit HOME, and VOILA, see you have just posted what I've been complaining about. GOOD JOB !LOL, let me feed your click-bait[i]I used to be a big fan of IE,...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Internet Explorer, toxic choice, ActiveX, ActiveX vulnerability, Mozilla Firefox, vulnerability

Discussion threads 2009-07-13

$1.9m verdict is unconstitutional, Thomas-Rasset says

$1.9m verdict is unconstitutional, Thomas-Rasset saysRasset should just pay the fine because...Jammie Thomas-Rasset should just pay the fine because I have heard that the RIAA is very close to gaining control of the U.S. Justice Dept., and they plan to raise the penalty for infringement of even one song to...

Tags: NOW IT, Jammie Thomas-Rasset, RIAA, CD

Discussion threads 2009-07-06

Are economic conditions changing how you manage server turnover?

Guest post: TechRepublic's Scott Lowe, Chief Information Officer for Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, examines some of the reasons server sales have dropped and handicaps the recession's impact. For more posts like this see TechRepublic's data center blog. Between cloud computing, virtualization and economic...

Tags: Software-as-a-service, Data Center, Virtualization, Sales, Server Sale, Data Centers, Servers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-29

Worse and worse

Worse and worseNot Unusual. And No Problem.Oh wait. Someone has a political agenda out here.Tip of the Iceberg, to coin a phraseIts much worse than anyone thinks. I spent 3 months researching an article on all the latest science and each one of 8 new (2-3 years) developments indicates it...

Tags: Kozmcrae

Discussion threads 2009-05-31

How IT can help save the global financial system

The ongoing global economic downturn, or "Great Recession" as it has been billed, exposed weaknesses in the U.S. financial system and the widespread interdependence of global financial markets. But what about the weaknesses in the information technology infrastructure that makes the global financial system what it is...

Tags: Financial, Information Technology, Data, Financial System, Financial Accounting, Financial Planning, Finance, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-05-26

iSteps 1.2 (Mobile)

iSteps calculates distance, average speed, and total calories burned. iSteps is a fun way to help you promote your physical activity. For long-term health it is recommended that we take approx. 10,000 steps a day. For successful weight loss, daily steps should amount to 12,000-15,000. To get started using iSteps,...

Tags: Step, Mobile, KBMSoft, iSteps, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Advertising & Promotion, Human Resources, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-05-26