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RSS surfingShadow Surfing - Preventing Proxy Abuse in Schools
White Paper Proxy abuse is an increasingly pervasive problem in schools - and one that can only be prevented with intelligent filtering solutions such as Guardian. SmoothWall's pioneering Dynamic Content Analysis technology was developed in... [13 Nov 2009]
Five Things You Must Know When Selecting an Internet Content Filter
White Paper Even if one is not concerned with what unlimited surfing on the web could do for a person's time or mind there may be a concern for the impact on the network. In a business setting it becomes a matter of economics and... [12 Nov 2009]
Anonymizers - The Latest Threat to Your Web Security
White Paper Certainly uncontrolled Web use creates a nuisance for organizations, hijacking network bandwidth for downloading large audio and video files, and encouraging time-wasters to engage in non-work-related Web surfing. [11 Nov 2009]
Can I use a netbook as my everyday work machine?
Comment And while many of these will go to consumers as a secondary machine for simple web surfing, it's hard to keep any gadget out of business these days - so expect to find some cropping up in your office, soon. [02 Nov 2009]
The 100 'dirtiest' websites on the net identified
News In 2008, most new infections occurred while people were surfing the web. The 100 'dirtiest' websites on the net have been identified by security vendor Symantec. The 100 websites each host an average of 18,000 security... [20 Aug 2009]
Employee Web Use and Misuse: Companies, their employees and the Internet
White Paper What are the risks associated with this of web surfing? Is it okay for employees to spend time on social networking sites, shopping online or downloading pirated music? Every company is unique and may have different... [14 Aug 2009]
The A to Z of wireless
News From using your mobile phone on a plane to surfing the net while you down a pint in the pub, wireless is revolutionising the way we do business. But it's no longer just a question of untethering your PC from its... [11 Aug 2009]
There's just one problem with tablets: No one wants them
Comment Geeks might like it, and buy them as living room couch web-surfing computers, but for families looking to address real technology needs, a netbook like a $200 Acer Aspire One offers a better bet: it has a real keyboard,... [05 Aug 2009]
Email hits 3G networks harder than P2P
News Email puts a much heavier load on 3G networks than web surfing or peer-to-peer applications, according to Alcatel-Lucent's research wing, Bell Laboratories. Mike Schabel, a research director at Bell Labs, said on... [20 Jul 2009]
BT shelves Phorm rollout plans
News The Phorm service relies on deep packet inspection, in which every data packet is opened and examined, to build a profile of the web-surfing habits of users and then to serve targeted advertisements. BT has shelved plans... [06 Jul 2009]
Magic Quadrant for Secure Web Gateway, 2007
White Paper Secure Web gateway solutions protect Web-surfing PCs from infection and enforce company policies. Incumbent providers have been slow to respond, while new vendors are struggling to get the product mix right and prove... [20 Jun 2009]
Zombie attacks on sale for a fiver
News Here's how it works: a cyber criminal creates a botnet by hiding malicious code in a legitimate website that is used to turn web surfing PCs into zombies. Researchers at security firm Finjan said on Wednesday that they... [18 Jun 2009]
UK mobiles getting just a quarter of pledged speed
News Epitiro monitored activities such as downloading, VoIP calling, web surfing, streaming video use and online gaming to come up with its analysis. The average mobile-broadband download speed in the UK is 0.9Mbps, a quarter... [11 Jun 2009]
Webwise re-Phormed with 'discovery engine'
News Behavioural ad-serving company Phorm has announced a 'recommendation engine', which is designed to serve content based on user web-surfing behaviour. Branded 'Webwise Discover', and aimed at web publishers and ISPs, the... [03 Jun 2009]
And the most popular mobile browser is…
News Opera sells its browser to many mobile phone makers and operators, and consumers can directly download it for free, while the Apple browser's ranking reflects only iPhone users surfing the internet. Norway's Opera... [03 Jun 2009]
