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Rogue security programs are 'ongoing threat'
News Symantec's analysis of fake security software over 12 months finds 43 million attempts to install some 250 programs, most of which were coded in English.
Tags: PC security, Network security, Security applications/tools, Security, EMEA, Rogue Security Program, Security Software, Asia-Pacific, antivirus, Server
Beyond CRM: How to improve customer interactions
Insight perspective Customers have much more power these days, so why do so many companies fail to build a proper strategy to engage them and win their loyalty? An analyst points out what needs to be done.
Tags: Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Customer resource management (CRM), Social Networking, Customer Loyalty, Communication, CRM, Tool, competitive advantage, Quocirca, Customer
Windows 95 wiped out last PC competition
News Industry voices recount highlights of Microsoft's journey with each Windows release over the years, as market awaits launch of Windows 7.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Intel Corp., Operating System, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Sales, e-mail, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 95
Microsoft admits Vista UAC prompts 'need work'
News Scott Charney, head of the company's Trustworthy Computing division, says user feedback has indicated that the prompts are not intuitive.
Tags: Windows Vista, Authentication and encryption, Microsoft Corp., Security, Prompt, AusCERT, User Account Control, Microsoft Windows Vista, Scott Charney, software company
Yahoo stopping mobile 'Go' app in 2010
News Yahoo to pull the plug on a mobile app it cannibalized with the introduction of Yahoo Mobile, its optimized site and mobile app.
Tags: Yahoo! Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Phone, cell phone, mobile, Web Browser, product marketing, Apple iPhone, strategy, Web
Hands-on programming: Working with Windows Event Log in .NET
Techguide Justin James walks you through the basics of using Windows Event Log in .NET, from the terminology to working with event sources and logs.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Log, Event Log, Application, Event ID, installation package, Event, LINQ, Levit & James Inc.
Google Apps bug: You've got (my) mail
News Brown University students and a few other Google Apps customers found other peoples' e-mail in their in-box due to glitch in migrating from old e-mail to Gmail.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Director Of Information Technology, Tool, Support Services, e-mail, spokesman, Google Apps, Google Gmail, Web 2.0
Will consumers plug into home energy displays?
News Dozens of companies are developing tools to ratchet down home energy use as part of utility smart grid programs, but nobody is sure which approach will stick with consumers.
Tags: Green IT, Google Inc., Energy Management Company, Home Energy Management Company, Security, software, U.S., network, Energy, Green IT
ISPs, rights groups react to UK govt P2P proposals
News Proposals to disconnect Internet service to illegal file-sharers come under criticism as disproportionate and worrying for businesses.
Tags: Data Management, Web sites, Telecommunications, Proposal, Graham Cluley, P2P, Broadband, Government, File-sharing, Internet Service Provider
Use a nonbreaking space to keep words together
Techguide Learn how to keep two words together when they happen to fall at the end of the line and Word pushes the last name to the next line.
Tags: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Backup, Item, Tools Menu, e-mail, keyboard, Microsoft Excel, Earth, built-In
It's down to you to save the world, IT industry
News Brussels calls on tech to cut its own carbon--and help everyone else do the same.
Tags: Green IT, Commission, Information Technology, Carbon Emission, Green IT, Video Conferencing, Information And Communication Technology, Europe, public sector, industry
Why CIOs are saying no to Macs
News It's not so much a judgment on the performance of the Mac OS itself, but rather a recognition of the prohibitive costs involved in making a change.
Tags: Desktops, Notebooks and tablets, Apple Inc., Operating System, Michael Silver, Information Technology, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, CIO, Hardware
What Windows 7 means to security admins
Techguide Windows expert Greg Shultz reviews the most significant differences in Windows 7 that will affect the role of security administrators, including changes to UAC, the new AppLocker, and BitLocker To Go.
Tags: Security, Data security, PC security, Windows 7, AppLocker, NTLM Authentication Protocol, Microsoft Corp., Windows 7, ActiveX Control, Microsoft Windows Vista
Never use dynamic variable names
Techguide How to dynamically name variables is a common subject of programming questions. That's a great way to create security problems, though.
Tags: Security Management, Protocols and platforms, Array, Ruby, Expression, Variable, Security, Microsoft Corp., SQL, CompTIA
With backlog cleared, Yahoo can get back on track
News Improvements to Yahoo Mail, Messenger, and search introduced Monday are long overdue, but their launch gives Yahoo room to right the ship.
Tags: Web sites, Web services, Consumer Electronics Show, Facebook, IM, CEO, network, Jerry Yang, window, Web services
