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AVG Study Reveals Alarming Complacency Among Users of Mobile Devices on Security
89% of consumers unaware that smartphones transmit confidential information
AVG Technologies revealed details of a sobering study uncovering new statistics about the data security risks involved in everyday smartphone use. Findings are the result of a recent study conducted by the Ponemon Institute in concert with AVG of 734 random US consumers over age 18 regarding their mobile communications behavior. Full survey results are available in an AVG white paper at: http://aa-download.avg.com/filedir/other/Smartphone.pdf
“We have increasing responsibility to educate consumers on the dangers lurking in mobile broadband and to help users take ownership of their mobile data security”
The study confirmed AVG’s concerns focusing on consumers’ indifference to the many serious security risks associated with the storage and transmission of sensitive personal data on iPhone, Blackberry and Android devices. Following are three of the most alarming:
89 percent of respondents were unaware that smartphone applications can transmit confidential payment information such as credit card details without the user’s knowledge or consent. Read more
Clipboard History 1.0: Remember That Text That Was on Clipboard an Hour Ago, but Was Gone When You Needed It?
Outertech has released Clipboard History 1.0, a freeware Windows Clipboard manager.
With Clipboard History you can access up to twenty texts previously copied to the Clipboard, using the usually idle Caps Lock key, a tray icon, or a hotkey of your choice. When you press the Caps Lock key, you will see a menu of saved texts. Select a text with the keyboard or with your mouse, and it will be pasted to the current application. You can add up to twenty permanent predefined text clips (or “Stickies”) to this menu. Clipboard History also offers advanced features like text filtering and fixing of multiline browser links. Get it at: http://www.outertech.com/clipboard-history
Along with Clipboard History, Outertech has updated all its current applications.
Linkman 8.0 (short for Link Manager) is a bookmark manager designed to handle large numbers of links. Let’s face it — browser bookmark systems were designed with the casual Internet user in mind. But for some of us, links and bookmarks are part of our daily work lives. Things get pretty unwieldy with thousands (and for some folks, even tens of thousands!) of bookmarks. Linkman integrates with Firefox, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Opera, and supports bookmark synchronization between browsers and among computers. Get it at: http://www.outertech.com/bookmark-manager
Cacheman 7.10 (short for Cache Manager) is a Windows performance optimization tool. The computer cache is a special high-speed storage method. Requested data can be retrieved faster from a local cache than from its original location. Cacheman tweaks cache components for a faster computer. You can use Auto-Optimize to get the best tweaks for all cache parameters. Cacheman also allows you to reduce lag in computer games by giving more power to the chosen game and less to the background programs that would otherwise slow it down. Get it at: http://www.outertech.com/faster-computer
System requirements for all apps: Windows XP, Vista or 7, 32 or 64 bit.
Fiske Interactive: A College Guide for the Digital Age
For more than 25 years, millions of parents, counselors, and college-bound students have turned to The Fiske Guide to Colleges for an independent perspective on the distinctive personalities of the best and most interesting colleges and universities in the U.S., Canada, and Great Britain.
Now, the Fiske Interactive College Guide brings you every aspect of the book—plus much more—in an app!
Check out the video! (It’s only 78 seconds long) http://www.sourcebooks.com/next/apps/fiske-interactive-college-guide.html
Fiske Interactive allows you to go beyond the book and streamline your college search with the following resources and tools: Read more
AVG Mobilation for Android: The First Security Solution for Tablet Devices
AVG Technologies announced its new Android security solution for Android tablets.
Building on the success of AVG Mobile Solutions popular smartphone application, ANTIVIRUSFree for Android is now designed for the needs and possibilities of the new wave of tablet devices.
“A mobile device is more personal than your computer at home, as it goes next to your wallet and your house keys and contains relevant data, your contacts, your family photos and memories”
According to recent industry reports, 2011 will be the year when tablet devices go mainstream as millions of people will be browsing, loading personal data and using multiple apps on their tablets.
With ANTIVIRUSFree for Android tablets (AVG Mobilation for Android), Android tablet users now have peace of mind knowing that their valuable data and device is protected, using cloud based security technology that is simple to use, always up-to-date, and light on the device and battery life. Read more
Harmony 3D Desktop Animation Tool from Digital Chaotics Creates New Form of Art
Harmony from Digital Chaotics has given the world a new way to unleash the artist in every one of us.
“Innovators can now make 3D animated art set to MP3 tunes using Harmony and a simple home computer, creating enthralling videos that can be uploaded to YouTube and other sharing sites on the Internet,” said Ken Scott, Founder of Digital Chaotics. Users download Harmony to their computer, review a few tutorials at the Digital Chaotics™ website, and in no time at all are empowered to make Music For the Eyes in the form of colorful, 3D animated videos.
“Paint, pencil, ink and clay are a few of the ways in which humans have artistically expressed themselves throughout history. Harmony literally gives us a new tool to unleash our endless creativity,” shares Ken Scott. ”VJs are creating eye-catching loops and videos that are driven directly by the heartbeat of music. Music producers are enhancing the latest song by offering Harmony-created videos that are choreographed to the pitch and flow of the music. Now, anyone with a passion for art and music can create a masterpiece in an hour that would have previously required a full design team, hundreds of computers and months to make.”
Ken Scott shares, “We expect to see a lot of collaboration between musicians and visual artists now that we have made Harmony available to the public. I’ve been making Visual Chaotics for years now, and I wanted everyone on the planet to have the opportunity to take what’s in their head and put it on the Internet where millions of people can experience it.” Harmony is available now and can be downloaded for the price of $97 at http://www.DigitalChaotics.com/Harmony.
Watch the demo video: http://www.DigitalChaotics.com/demo-reel