Is WiMax a solution to bring broadband Internet to the Jungle? Santa Clara, Calif. based chipmaker Intel, in conjunction with Brazilian schools and companies, has brought easily accessible broadband to Parintins, an isolated city of 114,000 on an island in the Amazon Basin.
Is WiMax the next big step to putting the Internet Everywhere?
As I suggested a few last month, another laptop manufacturer has come forward and recalled some of their batteries.
Toshiba is to replace about 340,000 laptop computer batteries worldwide in the third recall of faulty batteries made by Sony since mid-August.
The batteries, used in Toshiba’s Dynabook and Dynabook Satellite laptops made between March and May of this year, could lose all their power.
You can contact Toshiba Customer Service at (800) 457-7777 or visit there website at www.toshiba.com
There is a new security issue with Internet Explorer. This can allow an outside user to force your computer to run code of their choice.
Read more at The Internet Report
Trend Micro has announced the 2007 version of its Internet security suite. The release will incorporate the popular PC-cillin engine, anti-malware protection, and new features designed to counter rootkits, spyware, phishing, spam, hackers, viruses, WiFi attacks, smartphone threats, and identity-theft threats.
“The channel has become a bit of a price war,” said Carol Carpenter, VP Global Marketing, Consumer Segment, Trend Micro.
“We’ve determined that we want to deliver a stronger, differentiated value proposition. We’ve seen the threat landscape change from viruses to malware and crimeware. Consumer needs have changed and yes we have 50 percent of the Internet population covered, but there’s still a lot who aren’t covered.”
The latest 2007 Internet suite for consumers includes the PC-Cillan malware engine, a new virus engine, and has integrated the InterMute anti-spyware engine acquired by Trend Micro last year. It has a rootkit common module that Trend says is one of the highest rates of detection.
Trend Micro and their PC-Cillan product have been my favorite and the best performing, in my opinion, security and anti-virus solution on the market. Tired of having Anti-Virus software hog the performance from your PC. Give Trend Micro Internet Security Suite a try.
Windows Vista RC1(Release Candidate) is now available via the Microsoft Preview Program. You can download it, I cannot imagine how long that will take, or if in the US, you can order a DVD for only the price of $3.00 for shipping.
I ordered a DVD and will install on a spare PC when it arrives. I will post a report on it at that time. If you have a machine that exceeds the hardware requirements, this should be a mostly stable release.
Let us know if you give it a try.
