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Source: Reuters A security hole in Adobe Systems’ software, used to distribute movies and TV shows over the Internet, is giving users free access to record and copy from Amazon.com’s video streaming service. The problem exposes online video content to the rampant piracy that plagued the music industry during the Napster era and is undermining […]

By keezel Discuss this tutorial on the AntiOnline Security Forums. It is appalling how easily security measures are circumvented on most laptops. In the following paragraphs you will learn various methods of securing your laptop against theft and unwanted users tampering with your files. You will also learn how to circumvent most of those security […]

U.S. consumers now use their cell phones for text messaging more often than for talking, according to the latest research from Nielson Company. While U.S. phone users have been much slower to embrace texting than consumers in Europe and Asia, things are changing as the average U.S. user each sent or received 357 texts a […]

Want to share a script? Click here to contribute! Author:Shane Boudreaux Platform:Windows Type: Win Description: Script will enumerate group members, based on an Active Directory Group name. Scroll down to view the script. Enumerate Active Directory Group Members ”================================== ” Enumerate Active Directory Group Members ” Author: Shane Boudreaux ” Start Date: 5/22/07 ” Last […]

Google’s goals for its new Chrome Web browser are simple: Make the Web experience faster and, by extension, make more money for Google. Google’s Chrome browser is now officially available as a beta, offering the promise of increased speed, security and usability. During a conference call and Webcast with the press today from the Googleplex […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is set today to introduce a new Web browser designed to more quickly handle video-rich or other complex Web programs, posing a challenge to browsers designed originally to handle text and graphics. Google officials confirmed news of long-rumored plans to offer its own Web browsing software, entitled Google Chrome, […]

Tech Comics: “Too Late to Tweet” Next: Tech Savvy Parents Next: Tech Savvy Parents The creator of the Geek and Poke cartoon series is Oliver Widder. Previous tech cartoons by the talented Oliver Widder: • Tech Comics: “Don’t ‘Mojave’ Me” • Tech Comics: “One Year in an IT Project, Day 22” • Tech Comics: “The […]

Book excerpt: “Scene of the Cybercrime” Printed with permission from Syngress, a division of Elsevier. Copyright 2008. “Scene of the Cybercrime, 2e” by Debra Littlejohn Shinder and Michael Cross. For more information about this title and other similar books, please visit www.elsevierdirect.com. Cybercrime: Introduction Today we live and work in a world of global connectivity. […]

When used judiciously, PowerPoint animation effects add variety and visual interest to your slide presentations and make it easier for your audience to retain information. For example, you can spice up routine slides with bullet points or chart bars that appear only when you’re ready to discuss them and not all at once. The Slide […]

Landslide Technologies has launched an update to its product for salespeople that it said goes beyond standard customer relationship management (CRM) (define) software. Landslide Summer 2008, released earlier this week, incorporates Web 2.0 capabilities customizable portals, a redesigned graphical user interface (GUI) for easier navigation, mash-ups for background information on customers and a customizable set […]