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  Created: khaley 08 May 2012

  Cybergeddon

  I live in a city whose motto is “Culver City, The Heart of Screenland.” “Gone with the Wind,” “Citizen Kane” and “Raging Bull” were filmed here. It’s estimated that 1 in 8 residents of Culver City work in the entertainment business. Culver City is also home to one of the largest computer security research centers in the world. That’s where I work. What I know of about the movie industry I learned from the big screen and in the papers. There really hasn’t been any cross-pollination, any intermingling between the two industries. Till now. In March, Anthony E. Zuiker, the man behind the “CSI” franchise, announced that he was creating a motion picture called, “Cybergeddon.” He called “Cybergeddon” an “evolution in the crime genre”. And he announced that he would be partnering with Norton to leverage our “technical credibility and...
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  Updated: Spencer Parkinson 09 Feb 2011

  Turkey Dinners, Menorahs, Kinaras, Christmas Trees and…smartphones?

  The holiday season is a special time of year for people from so many walks of life. For many, among the most appealing joys of the season is taking time off from work to spend with loved ones. But with the proliferation of mobile devices such as smartphones, what exactly does “time off” mean in today’s always connected business world? Symantec has developed a survey to show how you compare to others in regards to your expected smartphone use while out of the office over the upcoming holiday season. The two to three minute survey can be found here: http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22BGKDMFXZV/. Smartphone usage to meet both business and personal connectivity needs is growing at an incredible pace. In fact, analyst firm IDC estimates that by year’s end new mobile device shipments will have increased by 55 percent. Another analyst firm, Gartner, predicts that by the end of 2010, 1.2...
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  Created: chatmagnet51 07 Apr 2010

  Security update error 80073712 on update KB951847

  using windows vista Home Premuim and I am trying to load the SP1 update. Every time I try to load it, either manualy or automatically, I keep getting loading errors. These errors are 800706BE or the latest, 800734712, can anyome tell me if they know of a way to get around these errors and be able to do these upgrades as I cannot update to SP2 or Internet Explorer 8 Optimised until I get the SP 2  loaded. Thanks for any help!!
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  Updated: Donna T 11 Mar 2010

  Protecting More and More Endpoints

  Switzerland has always seemed like a calm, safe place to me. It seems kind of aloof from the digital hullabaloo of nations like China or Russia or even the US.  So it wasn’t all that surprising when I read that security threats in Switzerland have historically been lower than in these other nations. But as phishing and hacking go global, no country is safe from security threats—especially a country with targets as prosperous as Switzerland’s.    Pharmaceutical company Tecan Trading AG may not be a Swiss bank—but it needs security just as robust as if it were. Click here to learn how Tecan uses Symantec Endpoint Protection to keep its endpoints safe worldwide.