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GFI Vipre: The Perils of Public Wireless Networks

August 12, 2011 by in GFI Vipre

Public networks are vulnerable to attack…here are the keys to protecting your information.

GFI Vipre: Privacy? What Privacy?

August 04, 2011 by in GFI Vipre

Every so often we are regaled with attention-grabbing headlines announcing the demise of the individual’s right to privacy…

Win7News.net: The Truth about DRM in Windows 7

August 04, 2011 by in Win7News.net

There are those folks who tell me they’ll never use Windows 7 because of the horrible, heinous DRM that’s hidden in its nooks and crannies. This technology is lurking in the woodworks, ready to pounce out and take away all their freedom and liberty, violate their constitutional rights and remove all their control over their computers.

GFI Vipre: Your Kids are Hiding on Facebook

July 22, 2011 by in GFI Vipre

To gain a better understanding of home computing practices, GFI® Software commissioned a scientific study of home Internet use by parents and their teenage children. This population represents a particularly interesting “risk pool” not only due to their usage patterns in the home, but also due to the theory that “tech savvy” teens, who have spent their entire cognizant lives in the Internet age, may prove to be a harder human target for social engineering attacks than their elders.

Malware Minute: 1 in 3 Teens Contacted by a Stranger Online

July 21, 2011 by in Malware Minute

To gain a better understanding of home computing practices, GFI® Software commissioned a scientific study of home Internet use by parents and their teenage children. This population represents a particularly interesting “risk pool” not only due to their usage patterns in the home, but also due to the theory that “tech savvy” teens, who have spent their entire cognizant lives in the Internet age, may prove to be a harder human target for social engineering attacks than their elders.

Win7News.net: Using a Mouse is Old School

July 15, 2011 by in Win7News.net

Microsoft’s Kinect technology is now more than just a cool gaming control system…it shows incredible potential as an input system for more serious purposes.

Malware Minute: Froggy fun with Open Source Software

July 07, 2011 by in Malware Minute

Free open source software, with a side dish of “additional installs.”

Win7News.net: Do You Want Windows 7 to Act Like Your Smartphone?

July 07, 2011 by in Win7News.net

What if you could use smartphone-style apps on your computer, too? Well, now you can.

Win7News.net: Trade in Your Windows 7 Netbook for a Chromebook?

June 21, 2011 by in Win7News.net

Google has been touting its Chrome operating system for a while, and now the

first computers running that OS, made by Samsung and Acer, are available.

Malware Minute: What’s in the box?

June 07, 2011 by in Malware Minute

The good news for Detective Mills is “not her pretty head”.
The bad news for Detective Mills is “some rogue AV”.

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