Items tagged with 'Protection'
Kensington Reinvents Its Lock Slot For Thin PCs
For what feels like forever now, Kensington's iconic notebook lock slot has become a staple of the PC universe. Regardless of brand, model, size or price, it seems like this little slit finds its way onto practically each and every portable computer that hits store shelves. Now, at long last, Kensington itself is updating... Read More
Study Shows Interior Network Protection Lacking
A recent survey of IT professionals reveals that just under half of them (45 percent) were either "not confident or only slightly confident" that they were aware of all the endpoints connecting to their organizations' networks. Perhaps not surprisingly, half of the respondents were also concerned that a security breach... Read More
What Protection! Kaspersky's Site Gets Hacked
Nothing is so hilarious as when a security vendor gets its site hacked. All right, we will admit that when ICANN was hacked that was also funny. In this case, Kaspersky, who many say (arguably) has the best security software around, had their Malaysian website hacked (yes, we probably could cut them some slack... Read More
BioWare Details SecuROM Copy Protection
BioWare has produced numerous hit games over the years, and as such they’ve probably suffered more than the average company at the hands of pirates. As a result the company has decided to use SecuROM for some of their upcoming titles, and Technical Director Derek French provides some details: “Mass Effect uses SecuROM and... Read More
Dell Offers Complimentary Subscriptions To Theft Protection Service
We Just got word from Dell that the company is planning to offer a free subscription to a theft protection service to XPS owners... Sticky-fingered PC pilferers take note: Dell is the first notebook supplier to offer a complimentary one year subscription to theft protection service on select notebook computers. Notebook... Read More
Ultra's Power Protection Units with AVR
Hello Everyone. We're popping in to let you all know that we've just posted a new article detailing the features and performance of Ultra's new Power Protection Units with Automatic Voltage Regulation. Here's a snip from the piece... "A few members of the crew here at HotHardware have had experience selling... Read More
Copy protection hole in Blu-ray and HD DVD movies
Forgive me if I come across as being a bit cynical here, but you had to know this was coming. It seems that the first generation software HD DVD and Blu-Ray software players allow users to take full-resolution screen captures -- which somewhat defeats the purpose of the AACS and HDCP content protection schemes. Big... Read More
Virus Protection Gmail Style
Google has added another feature to their ever expanding Gmail service... virus protection. In addition to over 2GB of space, POP access, and spam filters, your e-mails will now be scanned for those nasty little bugs."If a virus is found in an attachment you've received, our system will attempt to remove it, or clean the... Read More
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