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EC backs 'Safer Internet Day'
News The European Commission is supporting a child safety Web surfing campaign that has dubbed Tuesday "Safer Internet Day". Children in 19 countries have been invited to participate in a school storytelling competition, and campaign organisers are also...
[February 8, 2005, 10:45]
Windows XP Service Pack 2 review
Reviews The faster you fix the flaw, the safer you'll be -- and the safer we'll all be since the worms won't spread. Within the first month of any security flaw going public, a rain of worms and Trojan horses flood the Internet to take advantage of that flaw.
[August 12, 2004, 9:25]
Rupert Goodwins' diary
Blog Conspiracy theorists say that it's all a plan to pave the way for the Cosa Dostra to introduce a 'safer' (ie, controlled by Redmond) alternative to TCP/IP; I don't know about that. Today, though, we're all on Code Red -- the latest monstrous worm...
[August 3, 2001, 15:55]
Advocating electronic responsibility
News But remember that most automobile manufacturers didn't choose to make their vehicles safer; rather, liability concerns forced the issue. It never ceases to amaze me how few IT professionals - even those charged with Internet and information...
[August 8, 2005, 12:10]
Five steps to a safer e-Britain
Leader Rather than creating another Westminster head honcho to blame the next time a virus sweeps across our networks or a malicious hacker infiltrates a vital system, MPs should push for a handful of changes that could make UK companies, government...
[December 1, 2005, 10:55]
Worm exposes laziness and Microsoft bugs
News The Sapphire worm that hit servers running Microsoft SQL this weekend was a wake-up call for anyone who thought the Internet had become a safer place following increased attention by corporate and government leaders.
[January 27, 2003, 7:02]
OS X under attack
Talkback You’ll also find that Mac users know that two proofs of concept and an already patched security flaw, is a much safer bet than the thousands of viruses and holes present in Windows. Bonjour allows devices on the same network to talk to one another...
[March 3, 2006, 13:01]
Data surveillance complaints have zero success rate
News I'll be safer if he had to fill in a seven-page form and explain to a very senior manager why he wants that access," Watkin explained. The Investigatory Powers Tribunal was created in October 2000 to safeguard citizens from abuses of the...
[November 5, 2003, 17:25]
Latest Trojans raid bank accounts
News And cybercriminals have found that stealing online is safer for them than in the brick-and-mortar world. Unprotected or under-protected computers are the new currency of the Internet for organized crime," Joseph Telafici, director of operations at...
[February 20, 2006, 8:35]
Mac security concerns grow
News Apple no safer than other OSs? Desautels acknowledges that by design, OS X could be seen to be safer than Windows, as services are run in isolation, rather than on a system-based level. Even if you are not concerned about your own machine being...
[May 1, 2007, 10:50]
Napster fans: Where's the loyalty?
News Gnutella, which is a wholly decentralised collection of individual computers, is even safer from lawsuits. It's not like the courts are going to shut down the Internet because a few record companies are pissed off.
[March 5, 2001, 8:57]
Lacey's Paper Round
News Shopping online via a secure server is safe already and about to become even safer with the imminent arrival of stronger forms of encryption. At last something other than the Internet or e-commerce has captured the imagination of the IT press.
[September 7, 1998, 15:30]
Firefox 'not being aggressive enough'
News Microsoft's recent decision to push out IE 7 as an automatic update for Windows XP users has drawn criticism from security experts, who have called the product "bloated" and have recommended rival browsers such as Firefox or Opera as safer, more...
[August 3, 2006, 11:50]
RSA Conference puts security in the spotlight
News Tuesday is also Safer Internet Day. Security is likely to dominate the headlines this week, with the RSA Conference 2007 taking place in San Francisco. The show runs from Tuesday to Friday, and boasts an impressive roster of top tech execs.
[February 5, 2007, 11:48]
US Report: Lack of vigilance could cause virus outbreak
News By comparison, shareware is much safer," he said, adding that sites distributing shareware are much more responsible about keeping up-to-date on virus developments. The wild, viral Internet Add to that the incredible speed of the Internet and you...
[September 29, 1998, 11:24]
Oh no - not another repack
Talkback Surf the Internet faster, safer, and more easily than ever before Internet TV Update for Media Center Software for viewing Shockwave Flash (SWF) animations and movies using Internet Explorer Internet Explorer 8
[October 22, 2009, 16:32]
Payback for 16 years of crap in my lap.
Talkback Surf the Internet faster, safer, and more easily than ever before Internet TV Update for Media Center Software for viewing Shockwave Flash (SWF) animations and movies using Internet Explorer Internet Explorer 8
[October 22, 2009, 16:23]
Google launches Public DNS
News Over the past several months our engineers have been working to make improvements to our public DNS resolver to make users' web-surfing experiences faster, safer and more reliable. The average internet user ends up performing hundreds of DNS...
[December 4, 2009, 14:18]
The Day Ahead: Safeguard exits B2B investing, should you?
News Safeguard isn't being visionary -- it's looking for a safer place to invest its money. Safeguard's site is now honed in on the next big thing -- Internet infrastructure. Internet incubator Safeguard Scientifics, which helped create the business-to...
[April 11, 2000, 12:41]
Chatroom Danger: Opinion - when online chat leads to the Crying Rooms
News Richard Barry's last opinion piece for ZDNet (he is moving on after three years at the ZDNN helm) is an impassioned plea to the Internet industry to do more to make chatrooms safer for children. More importantly, it should now act to make Internet...
[March 15, 2001, 12:08]
