Last week Symantec revealed software that provides a firewall, blocks spam, and protects against viruses for smart phones.

Named Norton Smartphone Security, it combines Norton AntiVirus technology, a firewall, and anti-spam for messages sent via SMS.

The software is compatible with smart phones that run Windows Mobile, and Symbian operating systems. The anti-virus feature can detect mobile viruses, and prevent users from accessing infected files. The firewall inspects all incoming and outgoing network traffic.

Similar to their desktop products, the software will run in the background and will allow users to perform all of their normal functions.

It costs about $30, and can be purchased from their online store.

I have not had a chance to try it yet…hoping it does not slow down my phone like their desktop products do. I have heard that McAfee has just released something similar. When I get a chance I will test them both and report back here

Spam sucks. We all know that. The question is how to stop it. Those of us who use Google’s Gmail have very little spam problem. Google’s spam filtering is VERY good. When I was using Outlook as my mail client, I was using the paid Cloudmark plug-in to defeat spam. It beats the hell out of the built-in spam filtering on ANY mail client. But, since moving to Gmail, my spam problem has been even less than with Cloudmark. And I don’t have to spend a dime for it.

But, what if you don’t want to use a gmail.com email address? Perhaps you are using an address tied to your own domain name or from your ISP. You might not want to switch. Well, I have good news and no, it doesn’t have to do with my car insurance. But, I did save a boatload of money on my spam problem by switching to Gmail. And I didn’t have to change my email address. (more…)

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Just want to let you know that my latest article about “Group Policy related changes in Windows Server 2008″ is released on www.windowsecurity.com.

This 2nd article in the series deals with the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) version 2 - read more here…

Part 3 about Group Policy Preferences is soon to be published too…. Enjoy!

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The first poll results were interesting…. I thought Office Apps would have been on top but the numbers indicate most people are interested in Games, the poll received 308 votes.

I’m most interested in?

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Although small businesses seem to be gravitating towards web based e-mail, such as Gmail, Hotmail, and Yahoo! Mail, good old Microsoft Outlook still has a faithful following among those who want offline access to their e-mail. This week I have a few tips for exploiting Outlook’s features for working more efficiently.

1. Use Outlook As A Document Repository
You can store documents in any Outlook folder. That’s right! And you don’t have to attach the document to the mail message; you can store it just as you would in a desktop folder. To store a document in Outlook, follow these steps: (more…)

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I ran PCMark 04 on Wine 0.9.49 and here’s the scores I obtained, 3DMark 2000, 2001SE, 2003, GL Excess, PassMark Performance Test, AquaMark 3 scores can be found here along with system specs and Linux distribution information.

PCMark 04 Results

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