Web Surfing
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Moderate leisure surfing at work is OK
News Study may find employees who use 20 percent of time in office surfing for leisure more productive, but firms say this is too much personal surfing time.
Tags: Web browsers, Web 2.0, Employee, Asia, software testing, layoff, Worker, e-mail, University of Melbourne, managing director
Study: Mobile Web sites need improvement
News A recent study suggests that mobile Web sites need to make improvement to satisfy mobile surfers.
Tags: Web sites, Mobile/Wireless, Mobile, Yahoo! Inc., Keynote Systems Inc., Advertisement, phone, Apple iPhone, Internet, brand
M-Commerce's big moment
News Mobile commerce is gaining momentum as consumers get comfortable with ordering all sorts of products by cell phone and companies such as Papa John's watch sales climb.
Tags: Mobile commerce, Starbucks Corp., Phone, cell phone, mobile, Amazon.com Inc., M-commerce Driver, Papa John, Sales, M-commerce
E-mail bigger strain on mobile networks than P2P
News Bell Labs has found that while Web surfing and P2P account for much of the data volume in 3G networks, mobile e-mail is a bigger resource hog.
Tags: Network infrastructure, Mobile/Wireless, Mobile applications, Business applications, Mobile, Smart Phone, Wireless, Wireless Network, P2P, 3G Network
UK authorities respond to Facebook criticism
News The U.K. authorities have given a response to Facebook's assertion that monitoring all communications on social-networking sites would be overkill.
Tags: Privacy, Database, network theory, Government, social networking, e-mail, Facebook, theory, U.K., network
New DNSChanger Trojan variant targets routers
News New variant of trojan changes DNS look-up settings on routers, putting any computer on the network at risk of being sent to malicious Web sites.
Tags: Security, Network security, Secure Computing Corp., name resolution, DNS, video codec, network, researcher, malicious web site, Web Surfing
Antivirus holes, browser spies are highlights at Microsoft's BlueHat hacker sessions
News Microsoft developers hear from top security researchers about problems with Windows, browsers and antivirus software at two-day BlueHat confab at Microsoft’s campus.
Tags: Antivirus software, Network security, Microsoft Corp., Security, Web Browser, Antivirus Software, Vulnerability, antivirus, phone, software
Spam: You just can't win
News No real solutions arise at the Information Security Best Practices conference at Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Tags: Spam, Spam and phishing, Spam filtering, Regulations, Tool, social engineering, Comcast Corp., e-mail, CAN-SPAM Act, Internet Service Provider
Security companies Marshal and 8e6 to merge
News Combined company aims to offer protection for corporate and Web-based e-mail, instant messaging, and Web surfing.
Tags: Security, Mergers, Acquisitions, 8e6 Technologies, Web security, e-mail, IM, monitoring, Internet, Web Surfing
Researcher attempts to unravel Kaminsky DNS flaw
News A security researcher has come up with an attack method he believes could be used to exploit the recently patched DNS vulnerability.
Tags: Security, Web sites, Flaw, DNS, IT administrator, hacking, researcher, random number generator, Web Surfing, Black Hat
Adobe unveils Reader 9 with Flash
News The latest version of Adobe's free PDF-reading software, which plays movies and animation for the first time, is available.
Tags: Business applications, Software, Security, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Animation, Apple Macintosh, 3D, AES, Adobe Acrobat, Shockwave
Intel's surprisingly sunny earnings report
News The chipmaker reported record third-quarter earnings, but what really cheered worried investors was the upbeat sales outlook.
Tags: Processors, Earning reports/forecasts, Intel Corp., Paul Otellini, Chip, Chip Company, Notebook, console, technology company, China
Trend Micro launches new security tracking tool
News New product provides IT administrators with detailed information about who on the network is doing what, when and from where.
Tags: Business applications, PC security, Data security, Malware, Security, Site, Trend Micro Inc., Tool, social networking, e-mail
Dell discontinues 12-inch netbooks
News Customers are keen on the portability of 10-inch screened netbooks and expect more horsepower in larger devices, according to PC maker.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Product development and design, Intel Corp., Ovum, Chip, Notebook, Intel Atom, subnotebook, Dell Inspiron, Dell Computer Corp.
Clampi Trojan stealing online bank data from consumers and businesses
News Security researcher warns that two-year-old Trojan has infected hundreds of thousands of PCs and is stealing login credentials when victims access bank and other Web sites.
Tags: PC security, Data security, Network security, Security, SecureWorks Inc., antivirus, computer, bank, trojan horse, banking
