With spam, spyware, identity theft (phishing), cracking, viruses and trojans becoming prevalent to steal your rights from your own machine or domain, network security is one of the main concerns for all of us. While network security is too big a term to implement, we resort to firewalls, anti-viruses, spam blocker, anti-spyware and other internet security softwares to protect ourselves, apparently. Having so many watchmen to protect your computer network has a bane within itself. These solutions steal more and more cycles from your CPU, degrading performance in the name of security. At the rate things are going, you will need a quad-core machine to attach a file and send it to a friend via e-mail because of all of the security layers/ protections/ encryptions that you will have to dynamically use in day-to-day operation. So why not have a one point solution to all of these problems?
For that, today our topic is centered around Untangle, an integrated family of applications that simplify and consolidate the network and security products that businesses need at the network gateway.
Verizon launched on the weekend its much anticipated bundle offer with Research in Motion’s (RIM) BlackBerry Storm to take on the might of AT&T and iPhone 3G.
If you remember the launch of Apple's iPhone 3G (how can you ever forget that mass hysteria!), Verizon witnessed comparatively lower numbers but still the hundreds outnumbered the units available on offer on day one. Verizon has priced the Storm at the same price as that offered by AT&T for iPhone 3G i.e. at $ 199 for a two year contract.
Google has launched a new Searchwiki service to provide users with a more personalized and interactive search option. There is a place where you can add your comment and publicize the comment for others to view of any page from any website.
You can also promote the websites you loved and remove others from the google search results. So next time you search for the same item, Google will make sure that you will be provided with your selected website at the top.
Google’s product manager Cedric Dupont and software engineer Corin Anderson explained in a blog post,
With just a single click you can move the results you like to the top or add a new site. You can also write notes attached to a particular site and remove results that you don't feel belong. These modifications will be shown to you every time you do the same search in the future. SearchWiki is available to signed-in Google users.