Myths Of Green Computing You want to live in a more sustainable way? Great! You know that PC power management is part of a green lifestyle? Terrific! But are you actually following good rules when it comes to keeping technology green? Read More
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School District Blocking Websites On Student Laptops Many school districts have wondered how to handle classroomcomputer management. Now, public high schools in Portland, the biggest city in the state, are looking to block websites such as Facebook and Twitter on school computers, even while they are being used by students at home. Read More
Top 5 IdentiFile Requests in April As you might already know, Faronics Anti-Executable not only blocks unauthorized software execution but also supports a user’s decision on whether a program should be allowed or blocked. The way it is implemented is that every time an unknown file tries to launch on your computer, Anti-Executable prompts a dialog with a link to the file’s information page on IdentiFile. [...] Read More
Do I Really Need An Anti-Malware Solution? I’m sure IT Administrators always ask these questions: Do I really need an Anti-Malware solution? Is there a real value in investing in an Anti-Malware solution for personal or business use? What does a Malware seek to accomplish? What are the real dangers of Malware infecting my computer or network? Read More
Finally A Real Facebook Gift Card The moment we’ve all been waiting for has arrived. Finally there will be real gift certificates posted on Facebook from retailers like the Gap, Sephora, and H&M. Read More
Ugly Meter App: Used For Entertainment Or Cruelty? There’s an iPhone app which rates your ugliness on a scale from 1 to 10 (10 being the ugliest). Sounds ludicrous, right? Apparently not. Read More
Facebook Adds Organ Donor Status Facebook is trying to make it easier for those in need of a life-saving organ transplant, to connect with an organ donor. Read More
May The Fourth Be With You To political enthusiasts May the Fourth may mean one thing, but today is about something bigger than politics. Today is Star Wars Day! Read More
Mac Malware Makes Money Unlike most malware, which typically requires users to click on a malicious link or open a compromised attachment to get infected, Flashback downloaded itself onto its victims’ machines when they visited hijacked Websites, often compromised WordPress blogs. Read More
Would You Hand Over Your Passwords To A Stranger Online? 13% In The UK Say Yes We recently conducted a survey in the UK to uncover how open – or not – people are when it comes to divulging their personal information via social media channels. Would you hand over your Facebook password to a future employer? If someone solicited your work login over LinkedIn, would you offer it up no questions asked? Read More
New Dangers Of Online Banking Let’s face it: most of us are online bankers. Thanks to banking trojans like Zeus, phishing, and keyloggers, online banking information can be stolen including log-ins and passwords. Read More
New Email Scam Targets Pinterest Users A new email scam has surfaced, this time targeting the popular social network Pinterest – pinboard-style photo sharing – and other popular social media sites like Foursquare, MySpace and LinkedIn. Read More
Online Credit Card Sales Shut Down Now cybercriminals can take the risk out of processing online payments that comes with card-jacking. All they have to do is sell the stolen credit cards. And there’s plenty of websites interested in buying them. Read More
Profanity Vs. Freedom Of Speech Arizona’s government is proposing Bill 254, which will regulate profanity online. Read More
Facebook Adds Student Groups Facebook has announced the newest addition to it’s website – Student Groups. Read More
Zeus Strikes In The Cloud The evil banking Zeus Trojan is fighting dirty. Canadian payroll giant Ceridian is the latest victim of Zeus and this attack in the cloud represents a whole new territory for this incredibly clever piece of malware. Once thought to be a safer haven than physical networks, the cloud has now become an ideal target for cybercrime. Read More
Justin Bieber Was NOT Stabbed: Thank Goodness I was reluctant to write about Justin Bieber, but judging by my Facebook wall, it seems that this scam is targeting adults too. It’s another Justin Bieber scam and sadly enough, it’s really hot. It’s definitely a double-take headline shocker. Read More
Google Drive Hits Roadblock Over Privacy Google Drive has arrived and people all over are taking the new cloud storage service out for a spin. While an issue over converting your files into Google Docs format to work on them is a slight bump in the road, there is one major roadblock— the terms of service. Read More
Is July 9th Internet Doomsday For Your Mac Or PC? Rapture is coming for Macs and PCs with a new piece of malware that will make the internet mysteriously disappear for infected machines as of July 9th. Read More
Computer Technology Is Imperfect Computers have been around for a few decades now. But computers - unlike other devices at home - don't seem to be as reliable. Read More
Faronics Blog Selected as a Finalist in Info Security’s 2012 Global Excellence Awards Faronics announced today that Info Security Products Guide, the industry’s leading information security research and advisory guide, has named Faronics Blog as a finalist of the 2012 Global Product Excellence Awards in the IT Blog category. These prestigious global awards recognize IT vendors with advanced, ground-breaking products and solutions that are helping set the bar [...] Read More
[Webinar] It’s Risky Business: 2012’s Top Social Media Threats Social media has become a powerful business tool today. With over 800 million Facebook users worldwide, it makes sense that businesses want to join the conversation. Social media has also become big business for cybercrime. One third of all SMB network infections were initiated by malware originating in social media sites. While social networking poses [...] Read More
[Webinar] 5 Things Your AV Won’t Stop Every day the news is filled with headlines of malware, data loss and breaches. It’s obvious the trend is on the rise. With over 60,000 unique malware samples discovered each day blacklisting technology like your Anti-Virus can’t keep up. Read More
[Webinar] Managing Insider Threats: 4 Risks You Need to Mitigate Event Date: Thursday, November 3rd at 10am PT / 1pm ET Organizations are investing in IT security solutions to protect their networks. CIOs are creating organization-wide policies to protect workstations and company data alike. And within these policies lies a usage component for acceptable employee behaviors. It’s always a struggle to strike a balance between [...] Read More
Faronics Earns Energy Savings Award, Helps Customers Trim Costs and Protect the Environment Faronics earned top honors from PG&E in the schools market category for saving its education customers more than 1.3 million kilowatt hours of electricity last year. Read More
Myths Of Green Computing You want to live in a more sustainable way? Great! You know that PC power management is part of a green lifestyle? Terrific! But are you actually following good rules when it comes to keeping technology green? Read More
School District Blocking Websites On Student Laptops Many school districts have wondered how to handle classroomcomputer management. Now, public high schools in Portland, the biggest city in the state, are looking to block websites such as Facebook and Twitter on school computers, even while they are being used by students at home. Read More
Top 5 IdentiFile Requests in April As you might already know, Faronics Anti-Executable not only blocks unauthorized software execution but also supports a user’s decision on whether a program should be allowed or blocked. The way it is implemented is that every time an unknown file tries to launch on your computer, Anti-Executable prompts a dialog with a link to the file’s information page on IdentiFile. [...] Read More
Do I Really Need An Anti-Malware Solution? I’m sure IT Administrators always ask these questions: Do I really need an Anti-Malware solution? Is there a real value in investing in an Anti-Malware solution for personal or business use? What does a Malware seek to accomplish? What are the real dangers of Malware infecting my computer or network? Read More
Finally A Real Facebook Gift Card The moment we’ve all been waiting for has arrived. Finally there will be real gift certificates posted on Facebook from retailers like the Gap, Sephora, and H&M. Read More
EDUCAUSE 2012 Join Faronics at EDUCAUSE 2012 for the best thinking in higher education IT. Representatives from all 50 states and over 51 different countries participated either online or at the face-to-face [...]
ISTE 2012 ISTE's 33rd annual conference and exposition will return to "America’s Finest City," and Faronics will be there once again. The event provides professional development and networking [...]
Faronics Blog Selected as a Finalist in Info Security’s 2012 Global Excellence Awards SAN RAMON, CA, January 20, 2011 — Faronics announced today that Info Security Products Guide, the industry’s leading information security research and advisory guide, has named Faronics Blog as a finalist of the 2012 Global Product Excellence Awards in the IT Blog category. These prestigious global awards recognize IT vendors with advanced, ground-breaking products and [...]
Faronics Earns Energy Savings Award, Helps Customers Trim Costs and Protect the Environment SAN RAMON, CA, September 30th, 2011 — Faronics, a global leader in PC power management software, has received a 2010 Energy Savings award from Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) for its innovative solution that allow end users to manage PC energy consumption and pare costs. Faronics Power Save software significantly reduces workstation power usage [...]
Classroom Collaboration Has Never Been Easier Thanks to Faronics Insight 7.6 SAN RAMON, CA, August 30th, 2011 — Faronics announced today the release of Faronics Insight 7.6. The latest version of the popular classroom management software features strengthened teacher control and administration, enhanced student monitoring, and improved support for assorted technology platforms including Ubuntu Linux, Multipoint Server 2011, and Vernier LabQuest. Instructors can now monitor students [...]
Faronics Innovative Solutions Solve Ever-Evolving Security Issues Others Don’t SAN RAMON, CA, August 16th, 2011 — Research shows the world’s top five security software vendors are losing significant market share to other industry players, including Faronics, whose innovative solutions target ever-changing threats that some security software might miss. Market share for the top five vendors dropped to 44.3 percent in 2010 from 60 percent [...]
Faronics’ Deep Freeze Selected as Finalist for the 2010 CODiE Awards SAN RAMON, CA, March 9th, 2010 — The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) has announced that Faronics Deep Freeze has been selected as a finalist for the prestigious CODiE Awards in the Best Security Solution category. Deep Freeze automatically restores workstation configurations with every reboot, reducing support incidents up to 63%. All products that [...]
