McAfee, part of Intel, today announced a profound shift in how it distributes and prices its consumer security products by introducing LiveSafe, a service that combines anti-malware plus a score of other capabilities, such as anti-theft protection and a so-called "safety deposit box" in the cloud that can only be accessed by means of the user's face or voice biometric.
Symantec has commenced with a massive reorganization, saying it will end the internal separation that's traditionally been made in security software development done in the Norton consumer division and its enterprise product lines. But that doesn't mean Symantec's Norton brand is going to disappear, according to Symantec CEO Steve Bennett.
Symantec's Norton unit today announced an updated version of its Norton Utilities software, adding a way to defragment and organize files and data that's become scattered across a hard drive, enabling quicker startup, file access and more free disk space.
I’ve had problems with previous Symantec internet security products, which led to an unsatisfactory response from the service line.
After my rather disappointing impression of Norton Internet Security 2008
Trying to bundle every possible function into one package is always dangerous. It risks challenging not only the novice’s ability to comprehend, but also the average user’s. It bloats the size of the application suite, too, and consumes system resources.
ICT buyers are crying foul over local vendor pricing, saying the differential with US pricing is out of hand as the kiwi dollar surges in value.
I just got a mysterious one-line BlackBerry message from a well-placed tech-industry figure. It was a single, terse question in the subject line, no body: “Do you think HP will make a play for Symantec? ... I do.”
Backup and PC-cloning utility Ghost was one of New Zealand’s software triumphs — it was taken up by Symantec, for worldwide sale as Norton Ghost.
Further to my difficulties with a conflict between Eudora and Norton Anti-Virus last month (see The dummies' guide), I can report that the problem has still not been finally solved.
Local user secures refund