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As holders of client sensitive information, all businesses have a legal obligation to adhere to the Data Protection Act (DPA). For a company to be compliant with the DPA, they must ensure that appropriate measures are taken to guard against unauthorised or unlawful access to or use of personal data. As such, the implementation of strong and well enforced data security guidelines is vital.

Data security guidelines should broadly divide into two categories: technical and organisational. Technical protection of data involves the installation of security programmes such as firewalls and antivirus software, which block unauthorised access to the computer network and help to prevent the installation of malware such as Trojan horses that can give malicious users access to and control of infected computer systems.

Organisational measures to properly guard against unauthorised or unlawful use of personal data typically take the form of an acceptable use policy. Such a policy should control the way in which staff access and use sensitive data. This might include limiting employee access to only that data that is that necessary to do their jobs, imposing guidelines on the proper use of passwords to access personal data, and preventing the sharing or distribution of data which may result in a breach of the DPA.

Most importantly, an acceptable use policy should address the transport and management of data offsite, as this is where it is most prone to being lost or stolen. With the explosion in the popularity of laptops, writable discs and USB storage devices, it is all too easy for sensitive information to be lost in an office or left in the back of a taxi. An acceptable use policy should prohibit the transport of sensitive data offsite unless absolutely necessary and in such cases require the written permission of an assigned supervisor of data security. The policy should also require all such data to be fully password protected and encrypted, and staff should be made aware of their responsibility to protect all devices containing sensitive data from loss.

The costs of breaching the DPA by not properly securing client data can be significant. In addition to the potentially serious damage to a company’s reputation, the Information Commissioner’s Office can impose a fine of up to 5,000 GBP, and such a loss may also incur the wrath of other regulatory bodies. In 2007, Nationwide Building Society was fined nearly 1 million GBP by the Financial Services Authority following the theft of a laptop that contained confidential customer data from an employee’s home. Further, if injured parties choose to take their case to civil court, there is no limit to the potential damages that could be awarded.

With reports of data security breaches - such as the HMRC’s loss of the personal details of 25 million Britons - keeping the issue of data protection firmly at the front of the public mind, now more than ever businesses must ensure that data is stored safely and securely, or face potentially crippling financial and reputational losses.

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As businesses increase their online presence and dependency on IT, the number of incidents of computer misuse continues to rise. To limit the occurrence of such incidents, acceptable use policies and security measures must be implemented, but when controls are bypassed, either intentionally or unintentionally, organisations must be prepared to act quickly and effectively to minimise their impact.

Where an incidence of computer misuse is suspected, such as the theft of intellectual property, computer forensics experts are often called in, who are able to analyse computer equipment in order to produce legal evidence. This might involve recovering deleted files, finding evidence of websites visited online, or determining whether a USB storage device was connected to a machine.

Many businesses may be tempted to ask for internal technical help to substantiate their suspicions before calling in external specialists, but for any findings to be admissible in a court of law or employment tribunal, all investigations must follow the ACPO (Association of Chief Police Officers) guidelines for computer based evidence. If untrained IT staff are allowed access to a machine, they may render any recovered evidence useless.

A proper incident response procedure should be put in place and enforced to ensure that evidence is not deleted, damaged or contaminated. Such a procedure should include the following steps:

1) Contact a team of analysts qualified to carry out investigations in line with the ACPO guidelines for computer based evidence.

2) Do not allow unqualified staff to examine the system.

3) Secure and seal the system in a locked cupboard.

4) Make detailed notes on activities. This will include how the incident came to light, a list of all possible users of the computer, and any other information you may have.

5) If possible, do not switch the computer on. Every time a computer is switched on, data can be changed.

For this procedure to be effective, any members of staff responsible for dealing with a computer related incident should be fully trained on how to handle evidence and all members of staff should be made aware of each other’s role, responsibilities, and capabilities in this regard.

The main aim of these measures is to prevent an operational security problem from becoming a business problem that impacts on revenue and services. For example, if an incident of computer misuse is seen to have occurred but cannot be proved due to contamination of evidence, this could lead to a costly wrongful dismissal payout at an employment tribunal. Equally, if evidence is lost, the identities of those involved may not be found, which could leave the company exposed to future attacks.

For the reasons described above, it is never too early to put incident response training in place, since waiting until an incident has occurred is, of course, too late to ensure that it is addressed effectively. In addition, having visible measures in place to tackle such events has the added benefit of acting as a deterrent against computer misuse, making it an effective way to reduce the number of computer related incidents and the resulting cost to your company.

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Color printing has been becoming very famous lately due to the popularity of many good quality printers. From printers that can print exclusive looking colorful documents on Conqueror papers to printers that print beautiful photos on Kodak papers, there are just too many of them in the market nowadays. And the usage of the printer in daily life has also increased compared to how printers were used five years ago.

When you run out of ink, you would buy a new color ink cartridge or even when you buy a new color printer, you would necessarily need a brand new color ink cartridge. Many of the ink cartridges nowadays can be refilled when the ink runs out, and there is no necessity to buy the whole cartridge again. However, there are still many printers which need to replace the color ink cartridge when the color ink runs out.

Unlike black ink cartridge, the color ink cartridge basically can be found in two different forms. This depends on the type of printer and the printing head.

Individual Color Cartridges

The first type of color ink cartridge is the individual one. This type of cartridge is very famous nowadays, and can be found in many new printers, such as those from Epson and Canon. Individual here means one cartridge would only contain one single color, and when you are buying, you would have to buy four to five different cartridges for several different colors. Most of the times, they are sold in one single package, so you would not have the hassle of looking for each one separately. And you fix one by one to the designated printing head in the printer.

On top of this, some of the printers have intelligent systems built in to manage these individual color ink cartridges properly, meaning to say that the colors are individually controlled by the system on the release and tone.

Single Three-Color Cartridges

This type of color ink cartridge is one of the oldest known one. In fact all the old inkjet printers all use this type and several new ones do as well. What is the difference here from the individual one is that that there would only be one single color ink cartridge, which would be the size of three or four individual ones combined. Inside the single three color ink cartridge, there would be three sections divided with three different colors filled in respectively. The three colors would normally be yellow, red, and green, or sometimes there would also be some other combinations.

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Using courier software that can double as inventory software that features windows integration is an aspect of the courier business that is absolutely essential if any small courier company is going to stay relevant in the face of the global courier giants. However, if they use dispatch software that contains these features, it allows them to help to offer all of the same services that are offered by the large companies, but with the personal touch that can help make them the favorite in their specific local market. There are a very large number of courier companies in the world, and if most of them are now featuring Windows integrated inventory software, a smaller company that is not offering this functionality is quickly going to be left behind amidst the stronger competition.

Using a courier software solution that integrates inventory tracking is something that can also be implemented relatively easily into the current operations of a courier company. That is part of what makes making the step to more effective and comprehensive software so appealing, and almost essential for a courier company in the current marketplace. When you realize that you can probably implement a much more effective software structure without upgrading the hand held hardware, your existing systems and communications models, it becomes clear that it is almost always a win-win proposition. The new software is in most cases easy to learn, and extremely effective at helping to improve the efficiency of communications and of operations, which is something that not business can afford to pass up when there are so few possible downsides to the equation.

Implementing the newest in courier software can improve productivity immensely, and it can also offer a higher level of customer service to your clients. Because the software can be implemented on the existing mobile hardware your drivers have, you can improve the means you use to schedule their pickups, even plotting their route for them via a GPS upload. In addition, the software gives them the ability to upload real time confirmation of delivery notifications which can in turn be forwarded to the customer, which is a value added service that many clients are happy to have. If you do have hardware with GPS capability the right software addition can also enable real time GPS tracking of packages for clients which is something else that more and more customers are looking for when selecting their courier company.

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Computer rental is something that both businesses and individuals may decide is a good idea for them. This is because there are certain advantages of renting a computer over buying one. Perhaps it is difficult for an individual to see how renting a computer can be beneficial compared to buying one, but that is about to change.

So what are the benefits of renting computers?

- More individuals are able to have computers within their homes when they are renting. They may not be able to pay a lump sum for a computer, so they pay a small monthly amount instead.

- Individuals unable to acquire financing will find that renting a computer works better for them. There are also rent to own options out there. They can rent it until they pay a certain amount. When that certain amount is reached, they then own the computer.

- When renting, individuals are able to trade in for newer models. This means that they can upgrade every year or two if they wish. When renting, there is no such thing as having an obsolete machine.

- For business, the business may find that renting is more affordable than purchasing, especially if they are not in need of the equipment for long periods of time. There are times in which a company may only need a computer for a short time. If that’s the case, there is no need to buy, especially when the cost of renting will never reach the cost of buying.

Since we live in the day and age in which computers are a must, it is a necessity that homes and businesses have computers within them. At least now the computer rental business has provided a solution for those who are credit challenged, financially challenged, and for those looking for a short-term solution.

As for the process that is used, credit checks are usually not required when renting. The only criteria are that there is an income, a job to get that income, a home address, a contact number, and a down payment on that rental. Sometimes, the rental company will check personal references to see how the person fares in the eyes of others in regards to reliability. Many individuals would not say a bad word about the person needing the rental, and others will decide that it is in their best interest to be honest. This helps the rental company make an informed decision about who to rent to and who not to rent to. That way they don’t experience a loss.

After the computers are rented out to the renters, they simply pay based on the terms that are set forth for them. They may agree to pay on a monthly basis for the equipment. There are some instances in which they may pay based on another set of terms or pay in advance, so it is whatever is more comfortable for that individual. That is what is great about renting. You can always pay the way that you are comfortable. For the individual, it is beneficial to pay based on when they receive their paychecks. That way it is difficult to forget the payment since rental payments do not involve sending a bill or invoice.

All-in-all, renting computers can be quite superior to buying them. Another aspect of renting is that even when the warranty expires on the machine, you can have it serviced for as long as you’re renting. This is because the computer is still the property of the rental company, so it is their responsibility to ensure that it is in working condition. That in itself is a great reason to rent.

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Whenever I see the ad, “Get a Mac,” that Apple Computer is running, I always get a good laugh seeing it. The 24 series ad shows two persons, one signifying a Macintosh computer and the other a Windows PC computer, talking with each other with the “Mac” upstaging the “Windows PC” every time.

This ad campaign was so successful that the Windows PC share of the computer market got hit significantly with thousands of their users switching to the Mac platform. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was said to be very agitated by the negativity of the “Get a Mac” ad towards the Windows OS platform that he ordered a multi million dollar ad campaign to counter the ill effects of said ad.

One may argue that Apple’s Mac only has less than 10 percent share of the worldwide computer market but numbers can be deceiving in many ways. Apple Computer has a monopoly in the Mac Os platform, there is no other computer company authorized to make Macintosh computers so that less than 10 percent share is already a big slice of the worldwide computer market.

Almost everything the “Get a Mac” ad campaign says is true. Mac Os is more reliable than the Windows OS. It is faster and has fewer viruses affecting its system. Multimedia artists and graphic designers prefer a Mac to do their artistic work on. Lots of popular computer graphics software started on the Mac platform and later ported to Windows.

The newest innovation that probably gave Apple the huge surge in Mac users is Boot Camp, wherein the newer Mac models can use both Mac OS and Windows OS on the same computer. This has lead to a number of Windows PC users trying out Mac computers for the first time. Most of these new Mac users have not switched back to using Windows powered PCs after seeing how wonderful Macs perform.

They say the best form of flattery is when your competitors imitate your product. Not all of Apple Computer’s products are new concepts. When Apple launched its first iMac computer, the all in one computer casing had already existed in the older Mac models. All Apple did was to change its design and add different color casings to choose from.

The following iMac model G4 was an ergonomically designed wonder that featured an LCD screen which fueled the boom of LCD screens and the slow demise of CRT screens. Its latest hit, the iPhone, had many features that existed in other smartphones like the touch screen feature. After iPhone, every major cellular phone manufacturer is producing touch screen phones to compete with iPhone.

With so many of its product features being copied by other companies, Apple continues to set the trend in new innovations in designs and concepts in the field of consumer electronics and personal computers. If you haven’t used a Mac computer before, rest assured the level of quality Apple gives to all its products is also present in a Mac. You surely will enjoy using a Mac and probably won’t switch back to the “has been” Windows based PC’s.

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Video editing software is application software which handles the editing of video sequences on a computer. In the simplest case the video is stored as JPEG image files in a directory. The software typically shows one image on a large area on the screen and a view of the directory.

To handle many files in the directory, it is possible to zoom out, so that a single file only covers one pixel line in the editor, or even less, for rough cutting. A play button lets the software automatically advance to the next image, thus playing the video.

Additionally JPEG images can be lossless rotated 90 degree or mirrored and hence the editing software also supports this. Of course multiple files at once can be selected for any such operation. In this respect it is very similar to slide show editing software.

Like slide show editing software comes with a lot of image file format decoders video editing software comes with a lot of video codec. Video editing software generally also allows for some limited editing of the audio clips which accompany the video, or at least the ability to sync the audio with the video.

There are much popular & professional video editing software which have got demand these days. Adobe Premiere Pro is a real time, time line based video editing software application.

It is part of the Adobe creative suite, a suite of graphic design, video editing, and web development applications made by Adobe Systems, though it can also be purchased separately. Even when purchased separately, it comes bundled with adobe encore and adobe on location.

Premiere pro supports many video editing cards and plug ins for accelerated processing, additional file format support, and video/audio effects. Premiere Pro CS4 will be the first version to support 64 bit officially.

There is another one video editing application which is almost equally comparable to Adobe premiere pro, but this application is especially designed to work with Mac OS X. Final Cut Pro is a professional non linear editing software application developed by Apple Inc.

The application is only available for Mac OS X, and is a module of the final cut studio product. The software logs and captures video onto a hard drive (internal or external), where it can be edited and processed.

The current version of Final Cut Pro runs on both Intel and power PC processors (minimum G4/1.25 GHz). It is compatible with many hardware interfaces.

These video editing suites are almost impacting over every individual along with movie maker, Film studio editors, too. And it seems to be true with such high end video editing applications. It is being a need of every person with video or camcorders in their handy cell phones.

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Studio Application is a non linear video editing software application manufactured by pinnacle systems, a division of avid Technology. It is the consumer level counterpart to former professional level software, liquid edition.

It also inherits from VOB Computer system Instant CD/DVD. Studio allows users to author video content, create VCD/DVD with menus and burn them without the need for any additional software.

Studio Application may be purchased separately, but is also included in bundled packages with various video capture hardware devices. These include analog and digital capture, either as PCI cards or connection via USB. In September 2007, Pinnacle released new versions of their Movie box devices, including HDV and AVCHD support, shipped with their new Studio products.

It features three versions: Studio, Studio Plus, and Studio Ultimate. All three are designed to be compatible with Windows Vista and feature a new scalable interface and replace Smart sounds music generation with Score fitter, a midi based version written in house.

Studio Application Ultimate became the new top of the line consumer video editing application. It included Sound soap PE, an advanced sound cleaning tool, Dolby 5.1 Surround encoding, vita scene, and moving picture, a precision pan and zoom. A green screen sheet to produce the key effects with is also included in the full Ultimate version, or can be purchased separately.

Good camcorders and digital cameras at reasonable prices are common these days, and that means that budding film and art students are on the lookout for good video compiling and editing software to go with them. Pinnacle comes into the picture here with Studio Application Ultimate Events Pro Deluxe 11.

The package is huge, and comes with a PCI FireWire expansion card for your PC. There is also a cloth tool to make keying and mask creation a lot easier. The installation is fairly simple first install Studio Plus and then the upgrade to Ultimate.

The Ultimate version gives you three main plugs in proDAD vita scenes, BIAS sound soap and stage tools moving picture. It also gives you the ability to work with 5.1 audio streams.

The bundle features a huge collection of transition effects for scenes, and there are also loads of sounds provided in appropriate categories. Each of the components sound, video, and text are placed in different timelines, so handling all of them is very simple. There is support for online video hosts like Yahoo! Video and Studio Online.

The package comes with a fat, highly detailed user manual, which even has tips on how to get your hard drive prepared for the large amounts of data required during video editing by tweaking and optimizing transfer rates.

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Photo/video editing is one of the most demanding tasks for modern computer systems. Whether you are compiling your home videos, creating professional short films or editing high quality photos, it is important to consider specialized hardware when customizing your computer.

The process of editing media is a very CPU intensive one. Billions of calculations go into modifying even the most basic video clips. For this reason, nearly every digital video editing computer software package available recommends dual processors or dual core CPUs.

We have found that the newer dual core CPU enjoy a fair advantage in a few categories. Dual Processor systems tend to be very noisy, and do not have a very wide selection of motherboards. The Dual Core Systems are much cooler and quieter, and enjoy a widely supported array of motherboards to choose from. We even have a hardware article on the performance differences!

It is also important to have a hearty amount of RAM in your photo/video editing computer. Depending on the size of the files you are working with, you might even end up using whatever the maximum limits of your motherboard allows.

Hard Drive selection often comes down to a blend of speed and size, with many users selecting an ultra fast hard drive for their OS and current working files, and a larger, slower drive for mass data storage. Finally, many photo/video editors use multiple monitor displays to expand their desktop space.

For this, you will want a dual head video card. There are 2 types of popular monitor connections: VGA (an analog signal, found on older CRT monitors), and DVI (a digital signal used for modern LCDs). Since you can convert the DVI signal to VGA with a cheap adapter, its often wise to look for a Dual DVI video card.

Digital photo editing and conversion program, available at online store is the best application program which handles most of editing features. This red eye removal software uses sophisticated proprietary algorithms to automatically detect and remove red eye effect in digital photos.

You can even process photos without opening them simply select one or multiple photos on your computer or camera, right click and select Fix Red Eye command from context menu which will run STOIK Redeye Auto fix behind the scenes.

You also can load photos one by one to the program and use selection tool to remove red eye manually in complex cases.

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In the year 2005, Nicholas Negroponte had a vision: To educate people living in third world countries who had no access to computers by introducing an affordable model that would cost only one hundred dollars each. He wanted to bridge the gap in terms of education and computer literacy between developed countries and those in the less developed countries through this initiative. The program was called One Laptop per Child (OLPC) and the computer built for this purpose was a mini notebook named OLPC XO.

Computer maker Asus was the first company to realize the huge potential sales of cheap laptops like that of the OLPC program. A cheap laptop that people could carry around easily was their primary goal. They started the mini notebook / subnotebook / netbook phenomenon with the introduction of their first model along these lines.

The Asus Eee PC 700 series debuted in the fall of 2007 with a retail price of around two hundred forty five dollars. It had simple specifications: a two gig hard drive, ram of 256 MB and Linux operating system. Sales of this model were decent with around 300,000 sold worldwide in the first year.

As months went by, they introduced upgrades to the line by adding models which had larger hard drives, built in webcams, wireless networking and bluetooth, higher ram and Windows Xp models. Though prices of these newer models had increased, they were still cheaper in price compared to the standard laptops.

Another reason why they did so well with sales is the introduction of exciting new colors for their casing targeted at the teenage and female segment of the portable computer market. Easy to learn, easy to work and easy to play is what Eee in Asus Eee PC stands for.

Seeing how well these models were selling, large computer manufacturers like Hewlett Packard, Lenovo and Dell also introduced their own cheap subnotebook lines. Almost every computer manufacturer nowadays has their own version of cheap subnotebooks with the most expensive models costing around six hundred dollars max. Most of these cheap subnotebooks use an Intel Atom chip as its CPU which has speeds comparable to that of the Intel Celeron M chip.

The draw of these subnotebooks is their portability, price and the ability to connect to wireless networks all over the world. With schools pushing for computer literacy for all its students, these subnotebooks fill that need because of their affordable price.

Though these cheap subnotebooks are a hit with users, there have been some problems with regards to their performance. Among the problems include short battery life, lousy wireless connectivity and compatibility issues.

Lets face it, the world has gotten so small with the advent of internet. Every citizen of this planet should have the chance to experience the beauty of connecting and communicating with different cultures all over the world. These cheap subnotebooks serve the purpose of linking people all over the world.

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If you’re someone that uses the Internet, then protection from viruses and spyware on your computer becomes not only something that you should have on your computer, but things that become a responsibility. Depending on what type of computer and Internet protection you have, you usually need to update it every three to five months.

Viruses:

1. Viruses are malicious programs made in order to disrupt your normal activities to prevent you from doing what you usually would.
2. Also when a virus or any piece of spyware may possibly enter your computer system it is harder for you to get rid of it, than it is for it to get in the first place.

Spyware:

1. This is a program designed to do exactly what it’s named to do; spy on things you would normally do without you knowing.
2. These horrible programs may enter in a third party type of way; this basically means that it will attach itself to something entering in an area of activity.
3. In whichever way they enter they cause annoyance, headaches, and terrible frustration.

Signs that your computer is suffering an infection from a piece of spyware or a virus:

1. Your computer will start acting suspicious of every site you may go to online.
2. If you are not online your computer will simply start doing very odd things that it usually would not.
3. You will start noticing that files that you have saved on your computer may start to randomly disappear.
4. Your computer may freeze.
5. Your system may possibly start crashing or collapsing quite frequently.
6. Your computers hardware space may start to disappear.
7. You will start to notice that your computer will start to take longer to boot up every time you go on it.
8. Very strange popup windows will start to appear.
9. Also, if you delete certain programs they may possibly return back into your system.

Here are five very important steps that depending on what type of virus or spyware may or may not help remove these two programs:

1. Have backup on your important files so in case your system is disrupted you do not lose them, but you must remember to scan these files first.
2. Scan your system especially your hardware and update your virus and spyware protection.
3. For the spyware, there are many different sites that you can go to and download the programs in order to block anyone or anything that tries to offend your system.
4. If you download any games or utilities that you got online for free, you must reinstall and install once again to make sure that nothing has entered your system.
5. Make sure that you keep your antivirus and spyware protection up to date.

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