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Patrolling Network Security With NetTrooper

Like many home keyboard jockeys, I view my wireless network as a black box. I set it up to share my broadband Internet connection. It does that. So I leave well enough alone. That doesn't mean, though, that my curiosity isn't aroused from time to time, and I feel an urge to poke around with the netw...

Last year, when Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales announced plans to launch a new search engine in the first half of 2007, everyday users of this now ubiquitous tool wondered what Wales could do that Google couldn't. However, the search engine community knew better. Of course, Google reset the benchmark...

With the release of Google Apps Premier Edition, there's little doubt that Google has its sights set squarely on Microsoft and the market for office software. Add in the fact that marquee names are on board, including Procter & Gamble for the new software suite, and there's clearly at least some...

Adobe and Photobucket.com have teamed up to give the site's 35 million subscribers free access to basic video remixing and editing technology online. Users will be abel to incorporate music, effects, transitions and titles into their videos. "At Photobucket, we're committed to helping our users get...

Google Apps, first launched as a free service in August 2006, is now a commercial product available to users for $50 per user account per year. It debuts with Procter & Gamble Global Business Services as a marquee account -- not that Google needed one. Since its initial launch in August, more th...

Microsoft on Tuesday released the final versions of six new tools designed to help businesses make the migration to its newly released operating system, Windows Vista. The tools can assist business users at each stage in their upgrade to the next-generation OS, according to Microsoft. "Broadly deplo...

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Turning Snapshots Into Works of Art

Giving digital images an artful twist isn't anything new in the computer world, but leave it to Alien Skin Software to take the technique to another level of elegance. For those of you unfamiliar with Alien Skin, the company makes high-quality plug-ins for PC and Macintosh image editing programs. Th...

New software is now making it possible to remove Advanced Access Content System encryption from HD DVDs, enabling users to play discs on non-HDCP compliant graphics cards and displays. SlySoft, a DVD-authoring software firm based in Antigua, has released the first version of its AnyDVD HD, a program...

Microsoft has released Service Pack 2 for SQL Server 2005, making the software giant's flagship database system compatible with its newest operating system and Office 2007. The release is the second major update the company has issued for its enterprise grade database. In addition to integrating SQL...

Following a beta-test process involving half a million photographers, Adobe Systems on Monday released Photoshop Lightroom 1.0. Aimed primarily at professional photographers, Photoshop Lightroom is a software tool that allows users to import, manage and present large volumes of digital photographs.

It's the best of times and the worst of times whenever Microsoft releases a new operating system. Both business and consumer users are filled with excitement to try out the latest and greatest technology from Redmond, Wash. All too often, however, the thrill of purchasing a new OS is tempered by the...

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Patch Tuesday: 12 Down, Vista to Go

Microsoft on Tuesday issued 12 software patches, six of which covered vulnerabilities the company designated as "critical." The patches were part of Microsoft's regular Patch Tuesday security bulletin. TechNewsWorld spoke with Ashar Aziz, CEO and founder of network malware security firm FireEye, to...

Musical tastes are not easy to classify with just a few tags. What gets one person's foot tapping and their heart thumping is not going to win over their cousin necessarily. Moods also swing or swoon to a fickle beat, and the music you may want to match or detach your mood can't be easily conjured f...

Microsoft unveiled three new Windows Live services in conjunction with the official launch of the latest version of its operating system for smartphones, in an effort to cut deeper inroads into the mobile device market. Although details of Windows Mobile 6 were leaked to the press last week, the OS ...

Microsoft last week unleashed its six versions of its new operating system, Vista. The software maker's promises of a more robust kernel and built-in security enhancements have created the impression among consumers that third-party security solutions for antivirus, spyware and adware will become a ...

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