news.cnet.com - 8/26/2009
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Symantec's Safe Web rates sites for safety (Credit: Symantec )
safeweb.norton.com - 8/20/2009
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safeweb.norton.com —
Symantec’s Web site ratings service Norton Safe Web
presents the Dirtiest Web Sites of Summer 2009 –...
the top 100 infected sites based on number of threats detected by Norton Safe Web as of August 2009. Norton Safe Web analyzes sites using ...
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Norton Safe Web, from Symantec - Dirtiest websites of ...
deals.venturebeat.com - 8/19/2009
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deals.venturebeat.com —
With giant antivirus software vendors such as Symantec
and McAfee, we shouldn’t expect to see antivirus software...
startups anymore. But don’t tell that to Oliver Friedrichs, founder of Immunet , an antivirus software that is coming out of ...
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Immunet kicks off cloud-based antivirus protection
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Collier & Magid’s “Online Safety 3.0″: A Refreshing Approach to Internet Safety
Technology Liberation Front —
My friends Anne Collier and Larry Magid, two of America’s leading experts on Internet safety matters, have just released a terrific new “Online Safety 3.0” manifesto. Anne is the editor of Net Family News, Larry pens the “Safe and Secure” blog for CNet News, and together they run ConnectSafely.org. Everything they do is must-reading for those of us who cover and care about the intersection of online child safety and free speech issues. [Disclosure: I am currently serving along with Anne and Larry on ...
Collier & Magid's "Online Safety 3.0": A Refreshing Approach to Internet Safety
The Progress & Freedom Foundation Blog —
My friends Anne Collier and Larry Magid, two of America's leading experts on Internet safety matters, have just released a terrific new "Online Safety 3.0" manifesto. Anne is the editor of Net Family News, Larry pens the "Safe and Secure" blog for CNet News, and together they run ConnectSafely.org. Everything they do is must-reading for those of us who cover and care about the intersection of online child safety and free speech issues. [Disclosure: I am currently serving along with Anne and Larry on the new, government-appointed ...
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