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Article | 27/10/2011 Want better Wi-Fi? Five things you need
Laptops used to be the only devices on the company's wireless network. But Wi-Fi has become a ubiquitous standard used by a host of devices -- includi...
Article | 6/06/2011 Apple iOS: Why it's the most secure OS, period
In June 2007, Apple released the iPhone, and the device quickly took off to become a major brand in the smartphone market. Yet when the iPhone shipped...
Article | 19/03/2011 The RSA Hack FAQ
In the aftermath of RSA saying that its SecureID two-factor authentication tokens may have been compromised in a data breach of the company's network,...
Article | 9/03/2011 PDF files most trusted...and most targeted
PDF files are one of the most common, and most trusted document formats out there. However, that trust, combined with the cross-platform use of PDFs m...
Article | 5/03/2011 Steps to secure your smartphone against data theft
You may already know the basics of Internet security and keeping your personal data private while browsing the Web: Use a firewall, don't open attachm...
Article | 5/02/2011 What cloud computing means for the real world
There are more than a few critics of cloud computing, even at PCWorld; I'm probably one of them. But I've been turning over in my mind different persp...
Article | 4/02/2011 How DRM could ensure cloud security
Yet another survey is indicating that security is a big issue for those intending to take up cloud computing.
Article | 3/02/2011 Will DDoS Attacks Take Over the Internet?
Forget tablet computers or smartphones. 2010 was the year of the distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, if network security outfit Arbor Network...
Article | 25/01/2011 Top 10 Web hacking techniques of 2010 revealed
A Web hack that can endanger online banking transactions is ranked the No. 1 new Web hacking technique for 2010 in a top 10 list selected by a panel o...
Article | 19/01/2011 Security fail: When trusted IT people go bad
It's a CIO's worst nightmare: You get a call from the Business Software Alliance (BSA), saying that some of the Microsoft software your company uses m...
Article | 19/01/2011 ClamAV promises free antivirus app for businesses
Most of us don't like paying for antivirus (AV) software, but at least home users can rely on one of the free options, such as Microsoft Security Esse...
Article | 14/01/2011 With thick skin, Google CIO finds job rewarding
When Ben Fried left his post as IT managing director at Morgan Stanley and took over as Google's CIO in May 2008, he knew what he was getting into: su...
Article | 12/01/2011 Patch Tuesday defined by the flaws that aren't fixed
Microsoft is easing in to 2011 with a light Patch Tuesday for January. There are only two security bulletins this month, and only one of those two is ...
Article | 11/01/2011 Top 10 tech scares of the decade
The dawn of the new millennium prompted fears about the future, but so far reality has not quite matched the predictions of catastrophe. The first ten...
Article | 8/01/2011 Text message of 'death' threatens smartphone security
Security researchers have shown that carefully crafted text messages sent to cell phones via short message service (SMS) can cause them to shutdown wi...