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PeerBlock review

PeerBlock is free software that helps you surf the web in secret

Lumension application control review

Lumension Application Control is a competitive product with a number of standout features and one significant omission

McAfee Application Control review

McAfee's whitelisting protection for Windows, Linux, and Solaris is short on shortcomings

CoreTrace Bouncer application control review

CoreTrace Bouncer 5 provides first-rate application control with a few unique features

Moblin 2.0 review

Intel's baby is still full of bugs

Google Music Search service review

Google got a lot more musical this week

Intuit Quicken Premier 2010 software review

We were impressed by the improvements we found over previous versions

Google Wave collaboration tool review

Currently in a controlled beta that everyone wants to try out, Google Wave has enormous potential -- and serious limitations

Opera 10 browser

It may have low market share, but it still has plenty to offer

Google Chrome 3 browser review

Chrome follows the same design principle as the Google home page: Less is more.

Whitelisting security comes of age

Remarkably good solutions from Bit9, CoreTrace, Lumension, McAfee, and SignaCert show that whitelisting may be the new best defense

SignaCert Enterprise Trust Services application control

SignaCert is great for monitoring compliance with application and configuration policies, but it lacks built-in blocking

Bit9 Parity Suite

Bit9 Parity 5.0 shines brightest among whitelisting competitors with strong protection and useful risk metrics

Jolicloud OS

Even in alpha testing, this looks like a great netbook OS

Ubuntu Netbook Remix

The world's most popular Linux distro on your netbook

Bean review

Is TextEdit too minimal and Word too much? Bean fits somewhere in between

VMware Fusion 3

Fusion 3 brings a number of interesting new features to what was already a feature rich application

Browser wars: the top 5

Firefox, IE, Opera, Chrome and Safari vie for the crown

Internet Explorer 8 review

Has Microsoft done enough to maintain browser dominance?

Firefox 3.5 (Mac)

Everyone's favourite open source browser on the mac


Techworld White Papers

Database security: Preventing enterprise data leaks at the source

IDC discusses the growing internal threats to business information, the impact of government regulations on the protection of data, and how enterprises must adopt database security best practices...

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Service-oriented security

SOA has become an integral part of enterprise software by providing a framework to efficiently develop software as services that is easily sharable, reusable, and integrated. No where is the need more apparent than in the Identity Management space. Welcome to the age of Service-Oriented Security (SOS).

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Data protection prospective vendor checklist

Organisations need a way to map business needs against all these challenges in procuring a technical solution. To help, SANS has developed the following Prospective Vendor Checklist.

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Best practices for optimising performance and availability in virtual infrastructures

Many IT administrators have already learned the hard way that managing the performance and availability of services built on virtualisation technologies can be difficult, if not impossible at times. All too often, early adopters of virtualisation have struggled with limited technology features and stability constraints, while learning new ways to effectively manage capacity requirements.

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COLT White Paper

Are all VoIP services the same?

Questions to ask your service provider to ensure you get the VoIP service you need
With careful choice of partner, your business can have all the advantages of VoIP access - reduced costs, flexibility and simplicity - without the drawbacks.
This white paper is your guide to ensure you get right the VoIP service and details the pitfalls which businesses would do well to avoid.

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BMC

Unlock the hidden IT opportunities in troubled economic times

How to take advantage of the growth potential that will occur when the economy rebounds
With the right approach, processes, and technology, it’s possible for IT to provide higher-quality services for a lower cost, while also empowering the business to position itself to take advantage of the growth potential that will occur when the economy rebounds.

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Webcast: IT Financial Management: Cost Optimisation for Efficiency and Agility.
On Demand Webcast
Join this webcast to learn about the techniques and technologies that can help you prove the value of IT to the business by understanding the true cost of today's IT services and those that will be necessary to deliver future success.

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