Software Industry Announcements and News
Anti-Phishing Working Group’s Tokyo Counter eCrime Conference Unites Global eCrime Responders
[ No Comments ] Posted on 04.19.08 under Security & Privacy
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and TOKYO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Electronic crime responders, investigators and counter-ecrime technologists will join law enforcement and public policy officials from across the globe in Tokyo next month for the second annual Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) Counter-eCrime Operations Summit (CeCOS II). CeCOS II will unite IT operations, security, and law enforcement thought-leaders from across the globe for first time to voice operational priorities in the global confrontation against phishing and eCrime.
The second annual CeCOS, to be held on May 26 and 27 in Tokyo, will engage questions of operational challenges and the development of common resources for the first responders and forensic professionals that protect consumers and enterprises from ecrime threats every day. CeCOS II is co-hosted by the APWG and the Council of Anti-Phishing of Japan, and its Program Partner for the event is the Council of Europes Economic Crime Division at the Directorate General of Human Rights and Legal Affairs. Hitachi Information Systems, Ltd., SecureBrain Corporation, and Kaspersky Labs Japan are CeCOS II industry sponsors. The Japan Network Security Association and other governmental agencies and associations have also joined to sponsor CeCOS II. Read the rest of this entry…
Advanced DBF Repair
[ No Comments ] Posted on 04.18.08 under Business
Safeguard Yourself against Data Loss Caused By Corrupt DBF Databases
DataNumen, Inc announces the release of version 1.6 of Advanced DBF Repair, an efficient solution for restoring corrupt DBF databases. The powerful repair engine and neat controls of the tool provide quick and trouble-free way of preventing the loss of important information.
No doubt that any information stored in digital format is exposed to risk of being corrupted, including that kept in a DBF database. Basically an error can occur due to a sudden hardware failure or virus activity and you can also damage the database by accident or when you face network problems while accessing the files. Of course, you can hope such things won’t ever happen with you but still, it’s better to know what to do if a corrupt DBF database shows up. Thankfully, there is an optimal solution applicable to any corrupt DBF file, Advanced DBF Repair. It works even when the database application refuses to recognize the corrupt DBF file at all. The tool will quickly repair the database and restore as much data as possible.
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SharewareRadio interviews Sean Leonard about music and the internet developments
[ No Comments ] Posted on 04.17.08 under ASP Member Companies, Web Sites
The SharewareRadio.com interview for April 10th is with Sean Leonard of Quantum Mana.
http://sharewareradio.com/week080417.htm
In the News This Week
Salesforce platform now on Google Apps
Seagate sues chip maker
Adobe moves for open digital cinema file format
A white box Mac?
The Kiss My Butt award of the week.
This week it goes to Russia’s equivalent of the FCC.
This weeks Interview
This week’s guest is Sean Leonard. Sean is Vice President, Digital Initiatives Quantum Mana
http://quantummana.com/
This interview was held in Denver at SIC 2007.
http://www.sic.org/
VIEW ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE AND EXECUTE YOUR STRATEGY MORE EFFECTIVELY
[ No Comments ] Posted on 04.11.08 under Business
Want to get a more comprehensive view of a business? Balanced Scorecard Designer from AKS-Labs will help you to focus on performance metrics while balancing financial objectives with customer, process and employee perspective for more effective strategy execution.
RALEIGH, NC - April 7, 2008: AKS-Labs today announces Balanced Scorecard Designer 1.6, a major upgrade to the company’s powerful tool for building a balanced score card (BSC) system for a company, department or a sole person, making it easy to go from strategy to action. The latest release contains a special feature for generating reports in the HTML format. These HTML reports where information is represented as data tables and graphs give more clarity to strategy making process than before. The information may include the start and end performance, as well as performance dynamics. If necessary, the user can move from the root of the balanced scorecard tree down to categories and indicators. Read the rest of this entry…
Reported Dollar Loss from Internet Crime Reaches All-Time High
[ No Comments ] Posted on 04.11.08 under Government News
According to the 2007 Internet Crime Report, the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received 206,884 complaints of crimes perpetrated over the Internet during 2007. Of the complaints received, more than 90,000 were referred to law enforcement around the nation, amounting to nearly $240 million in reported losses. This represents a $40 million increase in reported losses from complaints referred to law enforcement in 2006. All complaints received by IC3 are accessible to federal, state, and local law enforcement to support active investigations, trend analysis, and public outreach and awareness efforts.
“The Internet presents a wealth of opportunity for would-be criminals to prey on unsuspecting victims, and this report shows how extensive these types of crime have become,” said FBI Cyber Division Assistant Director James E. Finch. “What this report does not show is how often this type of activity goes unreported. Filing a complaint through IC3 is the best way to alert law enforcement authorities of Internet crime.” Read the rest of this entry…
WHEN PRINTERS ARE AS DISCIPLINED AS SOLDIERS
[ No Comments ] Posted on 04.10.08 under System Utilities
Fitosoft announces the release of version 2.1 of ObjectPrint, a smart tool to control printers and print jobs. It provides you with all the means necessary for efficient administration of all printing activity. Using the tool helps you to save much of the printer capacity.
In every office there are usually lots of printers, and anyone can get access to them and print whatever he wants. This often leads to a waste of printers’ resources resulting in excessive costs on paper and toner. To be completely sure that each and every paper is printed out for the right purpose, you should make use of ObjectPrint. It lets you conveniently administrate printing jobs in every possible way turning printers into your loyal servants.
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