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Protect America Breaks Out The Ugly Christmas Sweaters
Protect America team members sport their ugly sweaters and get into the holiday spirit. Which sweater is the worst? Does that make it the best? We #39;ll let you decide.
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This year has given us plenty of reasons to question the efficacy of our Internet security: Heartbleed vulnerabilities, Target and Home Depot customer data leaks, celebrity iCloud photo hacks, attacks on Sony. While companies batten down their Web servers, you can protect your computer and phone with a security app -- but with so many options, how do you choose? We've reviewed all of this year's major antivirus and security updates, and now here are our recommendations for the apps that will work best for you, whether you're running an old version of Windows or need remote control of all your devices.
The good: With unrivaled test results from independent security labs, Bitdefender Antivirus offers the best protection on the market. The app also includes a variety of optimization tools, such as a Registry cleaner and a disk defragmenter. Bitdefender Safepay provides extra security for online shoppers to store sensitive payment information.
The bad: First-time setup can be a drag, as the initial scan takes some time to complete. Bitdefender Safepay isn't as functionally flawless as the antivirus app and won't be able to autofill your information on some sites.
The good: The new Avast Smart Scan provides a comprehensive check for malware, viruses, program updates, and network integrity: This convenient scan can shore up many vulnerabilities in one go. The My Avast console means you don't have to dig around for license keys for installations, and Secure HTTPS Scan plus VPN provides additional protection when you're working on public networks.
The bad: Many of Avast's more powerful features are locked behind a paywall -- some scans alert you to issues but prompt you to upgrade for a fix. Avast's antivirus protection scores have fallen a bit behind in recent years. Avast may be better than the standard protection, but there are even more thorough alternatives.
The good: F-Secure offers one-click installation and runs a pre-scan first, which is helpful if your system has already been infected. Added browsing protection prevents family members from accessing dangerous sites. With a top real-world protection rating from security testing labs, F-Secure is an effective antivirus with few frills, requiring minimal interaction from you.
The bad: F-Secure's bland user interface is functional but boring. Its browser protection works only with popular browsers and can at times be unreliable.
The good: AVG offers a winning combination of functionality and accessibility: reliable protection, an intuitive layout, and a remote-control option for another PC or an Android device.
The bad: At first glance, AVG's menu may look crowded with tools, but the app is actually quite limited unless you upgrade to a premium suite. The company's up-sell strategy is more aggressive than its peers' and can be a turnoff.
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The Sprint Phone Connect 3 ($149.99, or free with contract) is more trouble than it's worth. Like a voice-over-IP adapter, it's a low-cost replacement home phone solution that's much less expensivethan what you might be paying your monopoly copper phone line provider. But it's a false savings. SprintPhone Connect has poorer voice quality and fewer features than a standard landline, and other VoIPsolutions are cheaper and generally offer better voice quality.
Physical Design and Setup The SprintPhone Connect 3 is a silver box, designed by Huawei, that measures 5.4 by 5.4 by 1.2 inches (HWD) and weighs 14.1 ounces with all of its parts on. It has a 1.8-inch LCD on the front with some slightly confusing navigation buttons below; the interface lets you do things like turn on the device's Bluetooth (more on that below), update the software, and check the phone number. There's a USB port, but it's for diagnostics only.
Setup is easy. Screw on the large antenna, pop in the battery, plug it in, and you're ready to go. There are two standard RJ-11 phone jacks in the back (although the Connect only supports one number). I plugged a VTech cordless phone in and had a dial tone within seconds.
One of the more exotic features here is that the Connect can turn your home phone into a handset for up to two cell phones via Bluetooth 3.0. I paired the Connect with a Google Nexus 5 quickly, and when I dialed the cell number, the home phone rang and answered. Call quality was about what you'd expect from a Bluetooth headset; I'll touch on this more in the next section.
If you just want to use a home phone system over a cellular line, though, there are a bunch of less expensive solutions, like the Cobra PhoneLynx and VTech Connect-To-Cell. They have no additional subscription fee, and piggyback off an existing cell phone.
Performance and Features Why do you want a landline? I can think of a few reasons. Reliable 911, for one. A line that works during power outages. Something with a consistent location that you can't lose. Better voice quality than cellular. A line for faxing, medical devices, point-of-sale, or home security systems.
The Phone Connect 3 succeeds on a few of those points. You'll always know where it is, it has a 911 address attached to it, and the 36-hour backup battery will help in short power outages (although not if Sprint's network goes down).
But call quality was consistently disappointing in my tests, with background hiss and scratchiness. Cellular voice quality is generally lower than landline quality except when making HD Voice calls, which right now can only be done between cell phones on the same carrier. Cell phones compensate for this with aggressive noise cancellation and, in some cases, audio boosting. But landline phones don't do that, so calls sound worse.
You have to make sure to put the device somewhere with very strong Sprint signal, which isn't usually the center of your house, because Sprint's voice network is on a less building-penetrating frequency than AT&T's or Verizon's. Call quality will deteriorate with weaker signal.
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An Apple employee rings up a sale at Apple's flagship 5th Avenue store for the launch of two new iPhones, the iPhone 5s, and the iPhone 5c, in New York.
Your old iPhone just got more useful.
A free app called Manything can turn your old smartphone into a motion-sensing security camera.
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And unlike other smart home security systems like Dropcam, which costs about $200, this system is currently completely free.
Just install the app on both your old and new iOS device, place the old iPhone in the area you want to monitor and the app will stream the video via the app to the iPhone you currently use.
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Manything will automatically begin recording when it senses motion and can even be set to notify you when it starts filming.
The app also works with old iPads and iPods to be used as security cameras.
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Manassas, VA (PRWEB) December 23, 2014
New Horizon Security Services, Inc., a privately-owned security services firm headquartered in Manassas, VA, specializing in armed and unarmed security officers in the Mid-Atlantic region, participated in Northern Virginia Family Services Home for the Holidays program, which aims to re-house 50 homeless families in 100 days this holiday season. New Horizon Security stocked and donated 24 baskets with various household necessities to help rehoused families make a smooth transition and enjoy the holidays in their new homes.
We are committed to doing everything we can to ensure these families have a comfortable and happy holiday. As a family-operated business, we have strong roots in Virginia and care deeply for the families we protect every day, said New Horizon Security President and CEO John JJ Frazer. Frazer accompanied a group of security officers to the shelter to donate the Welcome Home baskets.
New Horizon Security challenged each of their five divisions to contribute a basket to the companys donation, and Frazer generously pledged to match their efforts threefold. The amount of baskets collected exceeded expectations and New Horizon Security proudly did their part to lessen the burden of struggling families in Northern Virginia.
Contributing to the well-being of our community is an integral part of our business as a security provider, added Frazer. When I heard about the Home for the Holidays program, I knew we had to help out.
The 2014 Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development estimates Virginia alone has 4,234 homeless individuals, 2,786 of which are members of homeless families. Northern Virginia Family Services SERVE campus in Manassas aids these families, providing family shelters, rehousing services, financial assistance, and many other valuable community services. Deputy Director of Shelter and Rapid Rehousing Programs, Gwendolyn E. McQueeney, spearheads the effort to keep families comfortable and secure in the region. There remains a lot of work to be done and many families in need in Northern Virginia. We are very grateful for New Horizon Securitys significant contribution towards our rehousing efforts, said McQueeney. As a non-profit that offers a variety of assistance programs, we rely on individuals and organizations such as Mr. Frazer and New Horizon Security to help us meet the numerous challenges families face everyday in our area.
For more information about Northern Virginia Family Services SERVE campus in Manassas and how to contribute, visit http://www.nvfs.org/serve.
About New Horizon Security Services, Inc. New Horizon Security specializes in providing high-quality armed and unarmed security officers throughout the Mid-Atlantic region in support of local and state government agencies, private businesses, commercial and retail properties, construction sites, residential communities, education facilities, and public service buildings. New Horizon Security also operates a certified training academy to train unarmed and armed security officers for the field. This training academy is open to the public as well. New Horizon Security is headquartered in Manassas, VA with satellite branches in Richmond, Tidewater, Newport News, Roanoke, and Danville, VA.
Learn more about New Horizon Security at http://www.newhorizonsecurity.com.
Home Guards for Secretariat security
SHILLONG: The State Government has approved the appointment of 50 Home Guards personnel to man the State Secretariat.
Informing this here on Wednesday, official sources said, This is for first time the state government approved the appointment of Home Guards personnel after imposing a ban on recruitment 12 years ago.
According to official sources, the State Government has now expressed its keenness to lift the 12-year-old ban on recruitment of Home Guards, which is presently hit by huge manpower constraints.
Earlier, Director General of Home Guards and Civil Defence department Kulbir Krishan had informed that the state government in principle agreed to lift the ban but on condition that there is availability of funds.
He further informed that the issue was also taken up with the Finance department which however asked that the matter should be kept in abeyance due to the present situation arising out of the NGT ban on coal mining in the state.
On the manpower scenario, the top official said there is a shortfall of 200 personnel in the department.
According to him, the actual sanctioned strength for the border Home Guards is around 800, but the current strength is only 588.
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Google's Google'sNest may be partnering with the worlds largest homesecurityfirm,ADT ADT, in a move that could signal the companys interest in ramping up its presence in homesecurityservices, according to a conversation Forbes had withADTCEONaren Gursahaney.
The two companies are workingto connect Nests internet-connected home productsa thermostat as well as smoke and carbon monoxidealarmwithADTsPulse system that allows its customers to control their securitysystem through a mobile app.
Weve had discussions with Fadell and his team, saidGursahaney in a phone call, referring to Nestscofounder and CEO, Tony Fadell. Weve had discussions with Nest inintegrating their thermostat with the Pulse platform.
Tucked far away from Silicon Valley inBoca Raton, Fla.,ADTis looking for opportunity in the burgeoning smart home industry. There have been a flurry of do-it-yourself home security products coming out of the tech industry. That could start hurting ADTsbottom line (if it hasnt already) and ADT is fighting slowing customer growth.In addition to Pulse,ADT started a partnership with IFTTTIf This Then That, a service that allows users to chain website and devicesto hook upwith other connected hardware such as Jawbones fitness trackers and the Philips Philips Hue LED bulb in the cloud. But witha $6.1 billion market cap and seven million customers, its got some time before these smaller players start making serious dents.
Palo Alto, Calif.-based Nest, which was acquired byGooglein January for $3.2 billion, has become the big playerin the smart home industry. Its already shown interest in homesecurityworld with its own acquisition ofinternet-connectedsecuritycamera-maker Dropcam for $555 million. Dropcam was even pitched as a product to bring the end of home security giants like ADT when it started in 2009. WithADTsseven million customers paying a steep monthly service fee for a homesecuritymonitoring systems, it looks like an attractive opportunity for a startup to offer a much cheaper and simpler alternative to consumers.
One hole theADTpartnership could help plug up for any Nestsecuritysystem is a homesecuritymonitoring service. Dropcam already has a premium service for storing video feed in the cloud, but the professional monitoring that ADT has could be added as a more expensive premium package.
What they love isADTsseven million customers, 4,000 sales representatives and the relationships we have with fire departments and other emergency services, sothat when there is an alarm we can dispatch the right people,Gursahaney said.
A premium monitoring servicecould fit in well with Nest products. Before Nest officially announced its smoke and CO alarm productthe Protectin October last year,reporter Jessica Lessinwrotethat a subscription monitoring service was being considered. We havent seen that feature yet. It would be expensive to roll out a feature like this, as it would entailhiring and employing a call center. An ADT partnership could help with its massive call center infrastructure.
We dont have anything to share on the topic at this time, Nest spokeswoman Zoz Cuccias said in an email.
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Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) December 22, 2014
U.S. Cellular is expanding into the digital home automation and security world with their new OnLook Digital System, in addition to their traditional wireless offerings.
Industry analyst Jeff Kagan offers comment.
We are watching the wireless industry expand, change and grow in a variety of new ways. US Cellular has not seen the kind of growth in wireless that larger competitors have seen in the last several years. So moving into this new market segment sounds like a good idea if it can help US Cellular show solid growth again. Says Wireless Analyst Jeff Kagan.
US Cellular is not alone seeing this as a growth opportunity in home automation and security services. Other companies see the same opportunity.
US Cellular is following AT&T Mobility Digital Life and Comcast Xfinity into this new security space.
We dont yet know how these new competitors and new thinking in this space will change the industry dynamics. However new competition from AT&T Mobility, Comcast and now US Cellular is increasing innovation and excitement for the first time in a long time. Its turning the pressure way up on traditional security. Says Telecom Analyst Kagan.
Will increased competition decrease pricing? Will it increase innovation and new thinking in this space? We dont have all the answers yet, but we do know that this is good news for consumers who are always looking for new and innovative ideas in home security, which has been one sleepy industry until recently. Says Kagan.
US Cellular Onlook Digital System is now available in the state of Iowa and the Tulsa Ok market. They say this is a self-installed home automation and security system that can be managed by smartphone, tablet or computer.
US Cellular is partnered with Alarm.com, which is a cloud connected home software provider which runs on US Cellulars 3G CDMA network. There are mutltiple choices of services available to customers.
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