security

Due to the fact that updates are becoming a problem for many users, the folks at Avira Antivirus are changing the method and size of the updates, so as to make the system more reliable.
I have noticed the problem with my systems that run Avira in the last couple of weeks, but according to an [...]

The guys at Opera are being very careful this time. There are so few things left that have been changed that perfection is within reach. This is something I haven’t seen before – a Release Candidate 3 for Opera 10.10.
From the Opera site we have the list of things changed -
Core/UI
- Removed Inconsolata.otf and [...]

While I was working today, I had my copy of Secunia Personal Software Inspector open up and tell me that my machine was insecure. I looked to see why and quickly saw that one of the three problems was that the Sun Java installation was insecure. I had already downloaded the update, but not installed [...]

That’s what many people who work in IT ask themselves. What is to be included to get the correct message in place, without bringing in details lost on all but the most knowledgeable?
A small story in Maximum PC speaks of a listing and article found in a business publication, eWeek, that gives the most essential [...]

Version 10.01 of the Opera browser has been released. It is a security and stability update to revision 10, and not a full update with Unite. The version leaves Unite to be downloaded by choosing version 10.10.
Some of the changes are:

Opera 10.01 for Windows Changelog
Release Notes
Opera 10.01 is a recommended security and stability upgrade. Opera [...]

Yesterday, I was writing about the nastiness in store for just about any computer that finds itself connected to the internet. The Secunia Personal Software Inspector is a fine way to keep your installed software up to date, thereby reducing any attack vectors.
Another way that problems can arise is when something tries to manipulate your [...]

As work continues on the Unite part of the Opera browser, so does the addressing of any small problems in the mail parts of browser and mail program.
Though I have not experienced any, there are obviously some there, as the list of bug fixes notes them, and notes in which version of the program they [...]

Reported by several places, though most refer to an article at neowin, about 10,000 accounts have had their passwords released as pert of a hack job, and posted at pastebin.com .
An anonymous user posted details of the accounts on October 1 at pastebin.com, a site commonly used by developers to share code snippets. The details have [...]

You know things are getting weird when Microsoft and Mozilla agree on anything. After all, one is a closed source developer, the other is open source. The one uses bullying tactics and sheer market drive to push its browser, the other has used an appeal of quality to the prospective users.
This is one of those [...]

With no word of putting off the new version availability on September 1, it seems that releasing another candidate right now is odd. However, Opera Labs has done it, and shows that bugs are being removed faster than actual ones could say ‘Raid!’ in the popular commercials.
The build is 1750, and makes quite a few [...]

With all the noise being made about browser speed and security, it is sometimes anyone’s guess as to which browser should be used…or is it? If you are at all interested, you have read stories putting up Internet Explorer 8, by Microsoft, as the most secure browser. Of course, that result is specious, as Microsoft [...]

A post on ZDNet, by Zack Whittaker, caught my eye today. He speaks of how Northern Michigan University will be rolling out a WiMAX setup for its campus, and the surrounding areas. This is to take the place of a standard, around the campus, wi-fi setup, which would be less widespread, but is probably already [...]

Is anyone surprised? If Chevrolet sponsors a test pitting itself against Toyota, do you really think the published results will feature Chevrolet getting smacked by Toyota? Homer Simpson test, please.

from gHacks
A web browsing security test that pitted Internet Explorer 8 against Firefox 3, Opera 10, Safari 4 and Google Chrome 4 came to the conclusion [...]

Beginning in the UK, Hewlett Packard will launch a service to help recover stolen notebook computers. For those computers tracked and presumed irretrievable, there is an erasure feature also available, to make certain that sensitive materials don’t become public knowledge.  Said to work like lo-jack for automobiles, it should lower the cost of insuring these [...]

For those who say that the model that Google uses, with the intent to do no harm, bring value to the customer, and be more useful than other companies, is bound to fail, Robin Harris, an infrequent writer at ZDNet takes a look, and puts the number down, in a way that forces the reader [...]