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Clock speed is only half the story

Clock speed is only half the story

Intel’s Penryn chips are set to usher in changes to desktop, laptop and server designs that reflect new realities in computing, going beyond raw processing speed to address multimedia handling and the specific demands of virtualisation.
Martin Veitch Nov 13 2007 10:10AM Hardware
The end of 'fear factor' marketing nowhere in sight

The end of 'fear factor' marketing nowhere in sight

The screaming headlines have been running for years. Whether they're in press releases about cybercrime exceeding international drug profits or the billions of dollars lost to breach disclosures or videos highlighting the meltdown of power generators due to a myriad of vulnerabilities, the anti-malware industry has long relied on fear to move their products.
Staff Writers Nov 12 2007 3:16PM Security
Review: Tumbleweed MailGate V3.5

Review: Tumbleweed MailGate V3.5

This product is a whole lot more than a data leakage prevention tool. It is an entire email gateway that manages email transiting the enterprise’s perimeter.
Peter Stephenson, Nov 12 2007 1:57PM Security
Review: CA Secure Content Manager

Review: CA Secure Content Manager

The offering from CA is a software-based product that runs on top of Windows Server 2003. This device performs URL filtering, as well as anti-virus and anti-malicious code filter.
Staff Writers Nov 9 2007 12:21PM Security
Why biometric technologies are catching on

Why biometric technologies are catching on

Today's world has an unprecedented need for security. From restricting access to physical resources, such as buildings and facilities, to controlling access to IT resources such as computers and networks.
Staff Writers Nov 7 2007 2:45PM Security
How big media's copyright campaigns threaten Internet free expression

How big media's copyright campaigns threaten Internet free expression

Big media companies' efforts to extend copyright are hurting creators' abilities to find audiences for their work, argues cyber-rights activist Cory Doctorow.
Cory Doctorow Nov 6 2007 7:14AM Telco/ISP
Review: SonicWALL SSL-VPN 4000

Review: SonicWALL SSL-VPN 4000

The SonicWall SSL-VPN 4000 is an appliance-based offering that uses a browser-based client known as NetExtender. The NetExtender client allows all applications to be passed through the SSL-VPN tunnel.
Patrick Love, Head of Fiduciary Support, Global Wealth Sol Nov 6 2007 7:09AM Security
Guest column: Mobile advertising – the million dollar question?

Guest column: Mobile advertising – the million dollar question?

One of the first technologies to kick off mobile advertising has been SMS and it is crucial that mobile users view this form of mobile advertising as delivering value.
Boudewijn Pesch Nov 5 2007 4:47PM Strategy
Review: F5 Networks Firepass

Review: F5 Networks Firepass

F5's appliance uses a browser client that installs and runs in a similar way to an IPSEC client, allowing the user access to the entire network or a subset of it once the client is installed.
Patrick Love, Head of Fiduciary Support, Global Wealth Sol Nov 5 2007 11:52AM Security
Guest column: Planning for privacy

Guest column: Planning for privacy

Based on his recent tour of Australian capital cities Peter Cullen, Microsoft’s chief privacy strategist, discusses the importance of privacy protection in Australia
Staff Writers Nov 2 2007 1:53PM Security
Review: Tumbleweed Communications Secure Messenger v6.3

Review: Tumbleweed Communications Secure Messenger v6.3

This product incorporates both email encryption and a slimmed down version of a full content security manager.
Peter Stephenson, Nov 2 2007 11:13AM Security
VoIP security for everyone

VoIP security for everyone

Voice over (IP) is a dream concept for companies and organisations all over the world. With voice calls being sent over the internet, money can be saved on long-distance calls and intra-office calls.
Staff Writers Nov 1 2007 2:42PM Security
Review: Billion Electronic Co. BiGuard S10

Review: Billion Electronic Co. BiGuard S10

The Billion Electrical Co. BiGuard S10 is an appliance-based offering. The feature set is extensive and the SSL VPN provides access to many types of common applications, including Microsoft File Shares, Remote Desktop, VNC sessions, FTP, Telnet, SSH, as well as HTTP and HTTPS access to internal sites.
Patrick Love, Head of Fiduciary Support, Global Wealth Sol Nov 1 2007 11:33AM Security
Democracy the Web 2.0 way

Democracy the Web 2.0 way

With the 2007 Federal election showdown now set in stone, it’s time to pull out your political placards and start canvassing the changes you want.
Mitchell Bingemann Oct 31 2007 4:52PM Software
Innovation: essential to productivity and economic growth

Innovation: essential to productivity and economic growth

Australia has not made any gains in innovative capacity over the past decade. While innovation is the key to lifting productivity, living standards and competitiveness, it is poorly understood in Australia, and too closely coupled with research.
Angus M Robinson Oct 31 2007 4:36PM Strategy
Review: AEP Networks Netilla Security Platform

Review: AEP Networks Netilla Security Platform

The AEP Networks offering is an appliance. The Netilla Security Platform (NSP) offers several choices for authentication of SSL VPN clients, including NT Domain, Active Directory, LDAP, RADIUS, Vasco, Kerberos and local database.
Justin Peltier Oct 31 2007 3:38PM Security
Head to head: Do we really need compulsory data leakage disclosure laws?

Head to head: Do we really need compulsory data leakage disclosure laws?

New privacy laws have spread across the US and could be enforced in Australia
Staff Writers Oct 29 2007 10:47AM Security
Review: Bioscrypt VisionAccess 3D Face Reader

Review: Bioscrypt VisionAccess 3D Face Reader

This interesting product features access control based on facial recognition rather than fingerprints.
Patrick Love, Head of Fiduciary Support, Global Wealth Sol Oct 26 2007 2:38PM Security
Moving data securely requires a good tool kit

Moving data securely requires a good tool kit

For decades we have fussed around with how we describe our profession. It started with “data security,” evolved to “computer security,” and then took off in several directions.
Peter Stephenson, Oct 25 2007 10:49AM Security
Review: DigitalPersona Pro Workstation/Pro Server

Review: DigitalPersona Pro Workstation/Pro Server

This product focuses on making usernames and passwords almost obsolete. DigitalPersona Pro uses One Touch and it can be applied not only to logon, but to administrator sign-on to web-based applications where the administrator touches the device and all fields are filled out.
Patrick Love, Head of Fiduciary Support, Global Wealth Sol Oct 24 2007 4:45PM Security

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