HomePlug revival continues with new Netgear Powerline gear

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Netgear has released the new Powerline HD Plus Ethernet Adapter Kit (HDXB111) and Powerline AV Ethernet Adapter Kit (XAVB101).

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Clickjacking: Potentially harmful web browser exploit

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Clickjacking has the potential to redirect unknowing users to malicious web sites or even spy on them. We all need to be aware of clickjacking and how to avoid its trappings.

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Virtual switching to become enhanced with Cisco and VMware announcement

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Virtual networking is definitely here to stay. Cisco and VMware have announced a partnership and new software switch product to seamlessly administer virtual networks. Here is what you need to know. 
Last week at VMware’s VMworld conference in Las Vegas, VMware and Cisco announced the planned 2009 release of the Nexus 1000V virtual switch software.  This is an exciting […]

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Google changes data retention policy for Google search

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Google just announced changes to their data retention policy. Are you curious about the policy? What it means to use Google search? It might be a good time to review the policy.

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Chrome has a convert, caveats notwithstanding

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The ‘net was abuzz with Chrome talk starting first thing in the morning. The guys at Google put out an online comic book explaining the changes they made to the browser and, if you are interested in the technical details, it is a very good read even for the casual geek. The highlights […]

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Viruses and malware are out of this world, or at least off of it

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The recent announcement that a virus made its way to the International Space Station shouldn’t be surprising, given the resilience of some malware, but it is still amazing how widely some of it spreads. This was not the first virus to make it outside Earth’s atmosphere and it certainly won’t be the last, but […]

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Hackers have a bad name, but one may have saved the internet as we know it

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Def-Con, a military term used to describe the state of readiness of the armed forces, is also the name of a convention in Las Vegas that draws hackers from far and wide. Some are definitely up to no good, but there are those out there, called “White Hat” hackers, who make their living as […]

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The cloud is getting more secure, except from the government

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Cloud computing is poised to be the next “disruptive technology” on the scene. It certainly has the potential to give a lot of power to companies big and small, power that is far too expensive for smaller companies to afford on their own. High availability, virtually unlimited storage space, and scalable processing power […]

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Is your wireless network secure?

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A leading security guru is making the rounds trying to increase awareness of wireless security, or rather the severe lack of such security.  In a recent tour of San Francisco, Oakland, and Palo Alto, he discovered over 2600 networks, nearly a third of which were not using any encryption at all.  This effort did not […]

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Cybersecurity is in the news, as usual

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In a letter addressed to the next President, whoever that turns out to be, BT Security chief Bruce Schneier laid out three suggestions that he called too “detailed” to actually be adopted by either of the two campaigns, but the memo contained some fantastic direction for our next commander-in-chief. The suggestions were:

Use the purchasing […]

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