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A recently conducted ethical phishing New study details the dynamics of successful phishing experiment impersonating LinkedIn by mailing invitations coming from Bill Gates has achieved a 100% success rate.
I've been thinking quite a bit about the differences between Microsoft's latest Windows 7 and Canonical's Ubuntu 9.10. Specifically, I've been thinking about the strengths and weaknesses of each of the operating systems.
A market research report found that VoIP services worldwide topped $20 billion in the first half of the year and were set for even more growth, as recession-plagued customers turn to VoIP to save money. by Sam Diaz
In this article I'll answer some frequently asked questions about Android 2.0 from regular users and developers. Just for fun I've tossed in a few questions about the new Motorola DROID phone as well. This is the last of a 3-part series. by Ed Burnette
Conventional software perpetuates a scandalous waste and duplication of resources. SaaS and cloud platforms drastically compress the aggregate cost of ownership and operation, delivering better value for less cost. by Phil Wainewright
Yes, it's that spooky time of year again, and our "fearless" editors have asked upon the ZDNet contributors to come up with "Scary Tech", the technologies that are so frightening, they'll make you evacuate from multiple "interfaces". by Jason Perlow
SmartPlanet: As childhood obesity reaches epidemic proportions in the U.S., a nutritionist at HopeLab aims to make a difference with a device that inspires kids to be more active.
Apple's weathered the economic downturn like almost no other company, pulling in massive profits without having to resort to deep price cuts. But what's its secret? by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das and senior editor Sam Diaz discuss the new Droid phone set to release in early November. Diaz also previews the upcoming Salesforce.com conference and weighs in on whether consumers will buy Windows 7 during the holiday season.
At the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg talks about the how the Web usage patterns are shifting from an information model to a more social model, which benefits Facebook rather than Google.
At the Gartner Symposium in Orlando, Fla., HP CEO Mark Hurd talks about how the company plans to layer cloud services on its infrastructure in the future.
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Added Comment: Blastgroups provides lots of freebies. However it has a confusing interface. I have been doing computers since the 70's and it IS confusing to me. However if you can wade through, you will get LOTS of great stuff for your group. - Computer Doc
Blastgroups
Claims that it is FREE and you can ...
Create a free website for your:
Sports Team–Club–Family–Friends
Church–Work–School–Organization
What can you add to a BlastGroup?
Calendars – Photo Albums – Forums – Blogs
Email Lists – Videos – Audio – Links – Files
I just discovered this site and have NOT tried them. If you try them and have some comments, they are certainly VERY WELCOME! I am signing up today so that I can see how it works and report back to you.
The other one I am familiar with like this is Airset.com. I loved airset until I realized that geeks like me would have no problem with it BUT perhaps the average computer user may.
-Charles
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