The fastest-growing means of software theft is online distribution.
This happens every year, the Business Software Alliance releases its figures on how much the theft of software costs the industry: and every year they get their numbers wrong.
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As the tablet "means business, " it comes with a bunch of pre-installed utilities for those that need a slate for more than browsing and media, including the Trusted Platform Module, as well as Intel's Active Management Technology and Anti-Theft software.
After all, BMC sued Moores and Neon Systems, a Houston-based software company he is backing, for theft of trade secrets.
After all, BMC sued Moores and Neon Systems, a Houston, Texas-based software company he is backing, for theft of trade secrets.
The software should also protect customers against financial fraud, identity theft and viruses.
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How else would you explain the many enterprises that are drowning in employee-owned smartphones and tablets yet have managed to avoid deploying Mobile Device Management (MDM) software, despite the increasing threat of data loss and theft?
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"This is a huge issue, " says David Jevans, chairman of the Antiphishing Working Group, a consortium of banks, software vendors and law enforcement agencies that keeps an eye on identity theft.
"This is a serious, huge issue, " says David Jevans, chairman of the Antiphishing Working Group, a consortium of banks, software vendors and law enforcement agencies that keeps an eye on identity theft.
Through its partnership with Absolute Software, makers of LoJack for Laptops, Samsung will soon embed a theft recovery system right into the the phone's firmware.
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