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    Gathered at the Legal Futures Conference at California's Stanford University over the weekend, online legal experts have again raised their concerns that the rise and rise of Web 2.0 has come at the expense of individual privacy.

  • McAfee: Yahoo search most "risky"

    Out of the top five search engines, Yahoo returns the riskiest sites for users, according to security vendor McAfee

  • Google Desktop 5 released

    Google has released its latest version of Google Desktop, which incorporates a new look and new features.

  • Latest MyDoom attacks Yahoo people search

    A new variant of the MyDoom worm, described variously as MyDoom.Q or MyDoom.O, was discovered on Tuesday that uses Yahoo's People Search to find new email addresses.

  • Mozilla's Google deal extended

    Mozilla and Google have extended a search deal through 2011, providing some financial security to the backer of the open source Firefox Web browser.

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  • Read the blog post - Munir Kotadia

    Security is no excuse for bad customer service

    Banks are under a great deal of pressure to keep their systems watertight but sometimes they implement security policies that make no sense and create unnecessary inconveniences for their customers.

  • Read the blog post - Munir Kotadia

    StumbleUpon is great but ban it immediately

    StumbleUpon is one of most interesting and addictive new tools on the Web but administrators should immediately ban its use at work.

  • Read the blog post - Liam Tung

    Google: G'arn, I'll swap ya privacy for security

    Would you be happier that Google collects data about your Internet history if you knew their log data was used to fight some seriously nasty worms?

  • Read the blog post - Munir Kotadia

    Don't bother upgrading to Entourage 2008

    If you're considering an upgrade to Entourage 2008, think again -- for some reason, Microsoft hasn't bothered to add some vital functions that are critical to making Apple Mac systems welcome on any Exchange network.

  • Read the blog post - Munir Kotadia

    Google Desktop Search inherently insecure

    Google stitched up some gaping holes in its desktop search software recently but the nature of the tool's design means that the contents of users' hard drives will remain under constant threat of exposure.

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  • Latest MyDoom attacks Yahoo people search

    A new variant of the MyDoom worm, described variously as MyDoom.Q or MyDoom.O, was discovered on Tuesday that uses Yahoo's People Search to find new email addresses.

  • Photos: New features in Firefox 3

    Firefox 3 aimed for 5 million downloads in the first 24 hours of its release, and smashed all expectations achieving more than 8 million downloads worldwide. This photo gallery takes you inside the new features this recording breaking browser.

  • Search engines reveal privacy policies

    Discovering how your favourite search engine protects your privacy is not an easy task, despite recent moves from the major players to make policies more transparent.

  • 2007: How was it for security?

    Security researchers worked overtime in 2007, which turned out to be a nightmare for software vendors from day one.

  • Securing Microsoft 2: hackers invited to Redmond

    In part two of 'Securing Microsoft', we learn how the company slowly became more intimate with the security community. Microsoft's slow shift to focus more on security came to a head with Vista, with more money spent in securing Vista than anybody has ever been invested into securing any piece of software before.

Reviews (233)

  • Kingston DataTraveler BlackBox

    If data security is paramount, the DataTraveler BlackBox is the USB flash drive of choice, despite its relatively high cost.

  • Norton Internet Security 2008

    While Symantec's protection is solid, the overall user experience within Norton Internet Security 2008 could be much, much better. Not all the features work together and use fewer system resources.

  • System Mechanic 7 Professional

    System Mechanic 7 Professional goes beyond its original greatness, morphing a system utility suite into a kind of grand security suite. As such, it comes up short.

  • Google Desktop (Beta)

    With Google Desktop, you can search for files on your hard drive just as easily as you can search the Internet.

  • Norton 360

    For home and student use, we think Norton 360 represents the best value for ease of use, tools offered, and overall system performance. We recommend it over McAfee Total Protection and Microsoft Windows Live OneCare.

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