Archive for March, 2006

Top 5 Reasons to Choose An Internet Filtering Appliance Over Software

by Jennifer Fiocco
The need for organizations to monitor and control Internet usage in the workplace should be an accepted fact of doing business in a cyber-connected world. Statistics indicating that 30 to 40 percent of Internet use in the workplace is unrelated to work issues should come as no surprise. Neither should the report that […]

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Wireless Security: 6 Ways to Stop and Catch Hackers and War Drivers

by Eric Meyer
War drivers are in the business of finding wireless access points, documenting them and uploading their locations to the web. Why would someone do this, well for several reasons:
First they want free internet access. Next they could just be war driving as a hobby; finally they could be targeting your network for financial […]

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It’s a Binary World - How computers count.

by Tony Stockill
Many have cursed their computer for taking things too literally! It’s easy to blame the computer when something goes wrong.
You get to the checkout at the market, and the item you bought ‘on special’ comes up at the full price. The manager has to be called to fix it up, and what […]

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