Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) version 12.1 has been on the market now for about a month and is becoming a new standard for businesses of all sizes.
These days there are far more threats being generated each day than ever before and although it always seems like you’re playing catch-up to the virus and malware [...]

Lexar, a company specializing in memory storage, is first in line to introduce the largest capacity thumbdrive on the market. The Lexar Echo MX Backup Drive can store up to 128GB of files and data on a thumbdrive that can easily be carried on a keychain or in your wallet. This amount of storage is huge – the data from an entire laptop could fit on this drive. In addition to its large storage capacity this thumbdrive has some neat features. Additionally, the price has been dramatically reduced to around $200 from its initial debut earlier this year at $400.

Sendoid is a new peer-to-peer file sharing service launched March 22, which claims to be a private and easy way to share files. Highlights to this service include a browser-based system, which eliminates the need to download software, and a 128-bit Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) pipeline between the sending and receiving machines. Both of these features contribute to fast and secure sharing.

Comcast announced March 1 that an Xfinity Mobile App is available free of charge on the Android marketplace, which will enable Xfinity customers with Android-powered devices to control and customize their TV viewing experience remotely. Specifically, customers will be able to “change channels, program their DVRs, search and browse TV listings or On Demand content and search by various filters — including genres, networks, and titles, all from their mobile device.” As of last year Comcast had already developed an Xfinity Mobile App for iPhone and iPad devices. Version 3.0 released in February, which repaired stability and performance issues, has received good reviews on the iTunes stores. Apple customers seemed particularly happy that the latest update had fixed the crashing issue.

There’s no question that the hottest tech trend right now are iPads and other tablets. This trend might soon cross over into sports, where NFL teams such as the Dallas Cowboys are looking to abandon their traditional paper playbooks in favor of iPads and other tablets.

Last week, RIM announced that they will be releasing their own 7-inch tablet, called the BlackBerry PlayBook. Expected to arrive in early 2011, the PlayBook will weigh less than a pound and will measure less than a centimeter in thickness.

Someone needed to do it and who better than Microsoft with the introduction of their webcam, LifeCam Studio. Standard HD rate on the camera is at 720p, however, the 2011 launch of Window’s Live Messenger (currently in beta) has the capability of supporting video calling in 16:9 format.

Microsoft has announced a beta version of Internet Explorer 9, set to debut on September 15, 2010, at a launch event in San Francisco. They have hyped their latest release as “beautiful” and claim that “IE9 will change the web forever.”

Some of us have been experiencing the internet since the early 90’s. In 1992 the first commercial companies started offering internet access to users. Since then the internet has grown and changed drastically, but there are a few things which have remained constant…

Creating a big, multi-billion dollar enterprise like Microsoft or Google takes a certain type of personality. You must do things nobody else has done. Bill Gates, Larry Page, and Sergey Brin all saw the value in new technologies and worked to make them a reality. Now, both of these companies are competing in the software market. Microsoft has long dominated the email, office tools, and web browser markets. Their customer list is enormous and most new PC consumers still find Microsoft software pre-installed. Even with well-established alternatives like OpenOffice and Lotus Notes from IBM, Microsoft is leagues ahead of everybody else. This is where Google steps in.