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Recon worms on the way, experts say

Recon worms on the way, experts sayStomp the worms...Use your head and protective measures to stop them! You need firewall, antispam and antivirus programs to be safe on the net these days...Here are some free tools that you can use:xTerminator antispam http://www.artplus.hrAVG antivirus http://www.grisoft.conZoneAlarm firewall http://www.zonelabs.comBy the way, think twice...

Tags: Phishing, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, Spam, recon, e-mail, web beacon, e-mail address, Web

Discussion threads 2005-06-10

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News to know: iPhone; Win 7 upgrade answers; Psystar; SOA; Google

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. Ed Bott: Finally, some answers to Windows 7 upgrade questions Dion Hinchcliffe: Are the iPhone and social networks making...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., SOA, Microsoft Corp., Psystar, Photograph, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-26

News to know: Microsoft; Google; Dell; Robo-pills; Android;

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. Ed Bott: A close-up look at the new Office Web Apps Gallery: Office Web Apps Technical Preview ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Office, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Photograph, Smart Phones, Federal Government, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Government, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-09-21

Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing 2009 (Mac)

Highest Resolution Graphics All 16 typing practice video games are sharp and clear with brilliant new graphics. Floating Typing Gauge Clock your typing speed in style with our new floating toolbar utility. The retro gauge dial measures your speed in words per minute in any application from Mail to Word....

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Toolbar, Apple Intel Macintosh, Apple iTunes, Software MacKiev, Games, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-09-05

ViewRanger GPS (for touchscreens) (Mobile)

ViewRanger turns your phone into a fully-featured off-road satnav with detailed topographic mapping. This pack includes tokens to download topographic maps directly to your phone.ViewRanger is ideal for tourists, walkers, cyclists, mountain bikers, horse riders, geocachers, river boaters - in fact anyone who enjoys the outdoors.Topographic map data available with...

Tags: Touch Screen, Facebook, Phone, Mobile, Photograph, Token, GPS, Telecom & Utilities, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-08-22

One example of "smarter planet"

The smart grid for electricity has become so mainstream Congress wrote it into the stimulus law enacted earlier this year. IBM's marketing of "smarter planet" goes way beyond electricity and networked grid. I recently spoke with Drew Clark, director of strategy of IBM Venture Capital Group. And...

Tags: Sensor, Grid, IBM Corp., Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-06-21

Microsoft

MicrosoftCompatibility IE8I just want to view websites I don't care if they're compatible. After a short time with IE8 and its 'refresh' and seeing lines out of place I might be going to Firefox.only found 1 bugI've worked with the IE8 beta and had no trouble using it.The only bug...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., IE8, Mozilla Firefox, window.XMLHttpRequest, Web browser

Discussion threads 2009-02-18

Facebook's TOS debacle: Be upset for a better reason

Facebook's TOS debacle: Be upset for a better reasonWhy I started the group on FacebookI just wanted to clarify why I started the Facebook group "People Against the new Terms of Service TOS" yesterday. Personally it wasn't so much about getting Facebook to change their TOS. If you read the...

Tags: INTERNET, Facebook, terms of service

Discussion threads 2009-02-17

Facebook Connect: The masses and the fishbowl

Facebook Connect, a service that allows someone to log on to Facebook from third party sites, is set to expand from its May launch. Reading the conversation this morning on Techmeme familiar storyline emerges. Facebook's Connect vs. the Open Social alliance between Google, MySpace and a bunch...

Tags: Facebook, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-12-01

CRM 2009 Forecast: How'd I Do in 2008? Gimme A High Four!

Usually, when I begin my forecast for the coming year, I like to look at how I did the previous year - which is usually disconcerting to say the least.  So, in honor of my first non-intro post for this ZDNET blog, I'm going to be nakedly transparent and show...

Tags: Social Media, Business, Tool, CRM, Zoho, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2008-11-18

Should our President be computer literate?

Normally I don't like to talk about my political and socio-economic opinions, particularly because as a matter of experience once people discover my true leanings, they sometimes find my completely unrelated opinions on technology, food, or whatever it else we have in common to be less...

Tags: President, Computer, McCain, Palin, Productivity, E-mail, Internet, Government, Online Communications, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-09-29

ViewRanger (Mobile)

ViewRanger turns your phone into a fully-featured off-road satnav with detailed topographic mapping. This pack includes tokens to download topographic maps directly to your phone.ViewRanger is ideal for tourists, walkers, cyclists, mountain bikers, horse riders, geocachers, river boaters - in fact anyone who enjoys the outdoors.Topographic map data available with...

Tags: Facebook, Phone, Mobile, Photograph, Token, ViewRanger, GPS, Telecom & Utilities, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-09-23

Virgin Mobile Shuttle - red

While we were fans of Helio handsets like the Ocean and the Kickflip, we knew that Helio as a company was struggling. Indeed, Helio was shopping around for a buyer, and in late June, Virgin Mobile stepped up to buy the fledgling MVNO for $39 million. There were many questions...

Tags: Cellular phones, Shuttle, Virgin Mobile, Helio, handset

Product reviews 2008-09-19

Ten things missing in the iPhone 3G

Ten things missing in the iPhone 3GYou are really reaching...Cut and paste for read-only documents? Maybe when we can edit office documents...More colors when every mac is either white or black? This isn't an ipod after all.Better camera? Ok maybe 3,4, or 5 megapixels would be better but who seriously...

Tags: Modems, Telecom & Utilities, Text messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular phones, phone, Apple iPhone, camera, iPhone 3G, 3G, iphone, modem

Discussion threads 2008-06-09

Facebook bans Google's Friend Connect

A few days ago, Google launched a new service called Friend Connect to help website owners make their stuff social without needing to do much work. This basically involves being able to host certain gadgets that use OpenSocial on a webpage by simply copy and pasting some code from...

Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Web Site, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Internet, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2008-05-16

Helio

Editor's note: Because evaluating wireless coverage requires experience with the network in a wide variety of physical locations, CNET does not rate wireless carriers. We can, however, tell you everything you need to know about the major carriers. We invite your feedback and ratings in our user opinions section--the more...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Cellular phones, International Roaming, Helio

Product reviews 2008-04-24

Is+open+source+giving+Second+Life+a+second+life%3F

Is+open+source+giving+Second+Life+a+second+life%3Fsecond life sucks they have the most unstable software i've eversecond life sucks they have the most unstable software i've ever used. the client crashes every few min. and when the client is running it is so laggy you can't do much with it. and it's been a a year...

Tags: open source, Second Life

Discussion threads 2008-02-25

Microsoft-Yahoo! combination could yield an Orwellian Web world

About 10 years ago, we used to ask Jim Barksdale, then head of Netscape, a stock question during news conferences. Did you bag any "default browser" deals lately? Inevitably Jim would demur and say they were still trying. Those were the days when the light was swiftly...

Tags: Google Inc., Web, Yahoo! Inc., Fact, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Channel Management, Internet, Web Browsers, Authentication/Encryption, Microsoft Windows, Marketing, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2008-02-04

Six Apart adds activity streams to its blog platform

In the new age of open social networks, Six Apart is doing its part to create a hub that embraces the world of feeds outside its own servers. The company is shipping Action Streams, a free plug-in for Movable Type 4.1 that lets users aggregate, control, and share their...

Tags: Facebook, Newsfeed, Google OpenSocial, Blog, Six Apart Ltd., Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2008-01-30

Helio Mysto

Despite not having as much market share as the four big carriers, Helio has tried to keep afloat by introducing revved-up phones and services that set the company apart from the crowd. With knockout handsets like the Helio Ocean and great Web-friendly features like direct uploads to Flickr and YouTube,...

Tags: Cellular phones, RSS, keypad, Helio Mysto, Helio, Samsung U600

Product reviews 2008-01-24