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Fight Cybercrime with Snoop Dogg and Norton

Posted by Brian on September 2, 2010 at 7:59 am

Norton just launched their Hack is Wack online video contest. Contestant’s can upload 2 minute anti-cybercrime rap videos, to HackisWack.com, and be entered for the chance to win two tickets to a Snoop Dogg concert, 1,000 travel budget, hotel accommodations, and new Toshiba laptop. Start brushing up on your rapping skills, and spread the word [...]

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Quicken Online Offline; Makes Way For Mint.com

Posted by Brian on September 1, 2010 at 10:56 am

As of this weekend Quicken Online is officially history. The popular online accounting software is now offline, and has made way for Mint.com. Mint is a great online tool for tracking your finances, that is easy to use, and completely free. Users of Quicktime Online may have some issues migrating their accounts as not much [...]

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Adobe Updates Photoshop.com

Posted by Brian on August 30, 2010 at 2:00 pm

Photoshop Express also known as Photoshop.com received a face lift when Adboe released a redesigned site to the public. Photoshop Express is a great lite version of Photoshop for making small photo modifications quickly and easily. With the new Photoshop.com users no longer have to create an account to use the great features. You can [...]

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Software Security Issues: IBM Announces Most Vulnerable Software

Posted by Brian on August 27, 2010 at 9:10 am

IBM  uses a system called X-Force to analyze and document vulnerabilities in many different Software Programs. In their most recent report X-force found 4,396 vulnerabilities in the first half of this year. This was a 36 percent increase from the last report. Apple is currently in the lead with four percent of all disclosures, followed [...]

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SAP Acquisition of Sybase Finalized

Posted by Justin on August 25, 2010 at 4:24 pm

Back in May of this year, SAP announced its intent to purchase Sybase. This acquisition was finalized on July 30, and just last week SAP and Sybase held a press briefing. Read ahead to learn what was discussed.

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Intel to Acquire McAfee

Posted by Brian on August 24, 2010 at 3:34 pm

Intel is currently in the process of Acquiring security leader McAfee, Inc. This is a big move for Intel as they shift their software focus to the all-important world of Internet Security. As the number of devices that connect back to the internet increases greatly each year Intel has seen the importance for top of [...]

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More Windows 7 Zero Day Surface

Posted by Brian on August 9, 2010 at 9:54 am

Another Zero Day vulnerability has surfaced resulting in Windows 7 Users seeing blue screens of death, and code execution attacks. This all sounds rather scary, however Microsoft is already working on a patch, even though this problem still occurs after last weeks emergency security patch. Experts also say we won’t see a fix in tomorrow’s [...]

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Microsoft Releases Emergency Security Patch

Posted by Brian on August 3, 2010 at 11:30 am

As recent attacks have tarted Windows 7 and Windows Vista users Microsoft has released a new security patch, a week before its scheduled monthly patch. Recent Malware attacks have become increasingly threatening as they hit more and more computers daily. This patch aims to block the malware, eliminating the problem. According to sources the problem [...]

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McAfee Expands Into Mac Security

Posted by Brian on July 21, 2010 at 8:46 pm

After years and years of Apple’s computers being considered the safest, and the most virus proof computers, it looks like things are changing. As more and more people begin to use macs on a more regular basis threats are becoming more and more abundant. However these viruses are only threats if users accidentally download them [...]

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McAfee Advances Into Mobile Security

Posted by Brian on June 17, 2010 at 3:44 pm

With Smart Phones becoming increasingly popular, so our threats to our phone’s security. With phones becoming more and more like computers it is important to protect your phone as you would your computer. The industry is recognizing this as well. On June 10th McAfee one of the largest developers of Computer Security Software purchased Trust [...]

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