Thursday, April 8, 2010 at 6:49PM Steve Jobs and company showed off new skills for the iPhone today, such as multiple apps running at one time, plus services like background location and Internet calling, and a new advertising platform called of all things, iAd. The new operating system is going to have 100 new user features. They demonstrated seven of them today calling them their 7 pillars.
Thursday, April 8, 2010 at 5:02PM If you ever wondered about the way someone can exploit a network, Brian Fine found a nice explanation of one method that can be used to gain access to your systems. It is interesting to note that it all starts by visiting a “Trusted Site” that contains the initial code to give the initial access to the remote user. The original source for this information came from the SANS security web site. This article is full of information about many Top Cyber Security Risks and if this is your cup of tea then it is a good read.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010 at 11:52AM Brian Fine one of our in-house support technicians reported today, but this virus seems to have been around since at least Dec 2008. So it isn’t exactly new but its delivery is. It seems to have found the WIN Antivirus (virus) trojan and is now using it to jump onto your machine although we are not positive this is the case.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010 at 8:38AM A Network World post discusses a demonstration of how a worm could be launched by opening a PDF document. Make sure that you are using a current version of your Adobe, FoxIt readers to help protect yourself against this exploit. While the fixes don’t prevent the exploit, they will at least warn you that the code is about to be run and you have the option to cancel it.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010 at 6:35PM Now is the time to start thinking about replacing that outdated Windows 2000 Server. July marks the date for support services of this version of Windows Server to be discontinued. Current Server Operating Systems offer so much more flexibility and function and you need the security that is part of the newer server opsys’s.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010 at 7:11AM If you are like me and want just about everything, including the kitchen sink, in one device The Toshiba Portégé® M780 Tablet PC may be just the thing for you.Most tablet PC’s that I have worked with in the past seem to have a sluggishness in their response to the stylus.
