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Sophos releases antivirus program for Mac home users

...Sophos has unveiled free antivirus software for Macintosh home users to detect and block malware that targets computers running the Mac... Read more

3 November, 2010 by Elinor Mills
eScan Anti-Virus for <endeca_term>home users</endeca_term> 11.x

eScan Anti-Virus for home users 11.x

eScan Anti-Virus solution designed for home users is a comprehensive Anti-Virus and Content Security Solution that provides... Read more

29 August, 2011
Network Intrusion Detection - A Case Study on the Effectiveness of Sax2 for <endeca_term>Home Users</endeca_term>

Network Intrusion Detection - A Case Study on the Effectiveness of Sax2 for Home Users

Included within this paper is an evaluation into the effectiveness of the Sax2 intrusion detection system for home use.... Read more

26 November, 2010

Researchers exploit Wi-Fi protocol flaw

...is often bundled into Wi-Fi routers, is designed to allow unskilled home users to set up secure networks using WPA encryption without much hassle... Read more

3 January, 2012 by Marguerite Reardon
ET (Smart) Phone Home!

ET (Smart) Phone Home!

Most home users are not able to troubleshoot advanced network issues themselves. Hours on... Read more

10 October, 2011
Socially-Aware Gateway-Based Content Sharing and Backup

Socially-Aware Gateway-Based Content Sharing and Backup

The amount of data that home users generate, store, and share with their friends via a multitude of... Read more

15 August, 2011
Design and Implementation of an AR-Assisted Tool for Basic Home Network Management

Design and Implementation of an AR-Assisted Tool for Basic Home Network Management

In this paper, the authors present TIARA, a tool aimed at home users for basic home network management. TIARA advantages are twofold. First, it... Read more

1 June, 2011
Tracking Semantic Relationships for Effective Data Management in Home Networks

Tracking Semantic Relationships for Effective Data Management in Home Networks

The amount of data that home users generate, store, and peruse has grown significantly in the past few... Read more

3 September, 2010
A tale of two distros: Ubuntu and Linux Mint

A tale of two distros: Ubuntu and Linux Mint

Linux Mint's recent climb to the top of the DistroWatch rankings and strong reactions to Ubuntu's Unity shell have led to speculation that Ubuntu's glory days could be over. We examine these two popular distros to see where they came from, where they stand and where they may be headed. Read more

10 February, 2012 by Terry Relph-Knight

Windows 8 name and editions revealed

...current Windows 7 Home Premium, and Pro to Windows 7 Ultimate. Most home users will use Windows 8, with Pro adding Bitlocker and domain access... Read more

17 April, 2012

Windows 8 versions explained

Microsoft says it has not decided how many versions of Windows 8 it will release, and it could easily offer the same... Read more

5 March, 2012
Apple iMac 27in. (3.1GHz, Spring 2011)

Apple iMac 27in. (3.1GHz, Spring 2011)

We recommend Apple's new 27in. iMac to digital media editors and others with serious performance needs on the strength of its impressive speed, its connected device potential, and its market-leading 27in. display. Read more

4 May, 2011 by Rich Brown
Dane-Elec MyDitto (1TB)

Dane-Elec MyDitto (1TB)

Dane-Elec's MyDitto is a competitively priced 1TB NAS box offering impressively straightforward remote access, although it lacks one or two common features. Read more

26 July, 2010 by Mary Branscombe
EaseUS Disk Copy Home Edition 2.3.1

EaseUS Disk Copy Home Edition 2.3.1

EaseUS Disk Copy Home is a free disk/partition clone software for home users only. Regardless of your operating system, file system and partition scheme... Read more

24 May, 2012
Protector Plus 2012 Antivirus 8.0.N01

Protector Plus 2012 Antivirus 8.0.N01

...the prefered antivirus software solution for both large-scale users and the home users. Download Protector Plus 2012 evaluation copy and try free of cost... Read more

18 May, 2012

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