Anyplace Control Software is introducing a new feature in Anyplace Control v. 4.9 to provide easier remote support assistance. The only thing the user is required to do is fill in a form on the Anyplace Control Software web site.

Criminals are taking advantage of a bug in the open-source Asterisk Internet telephony system to send out thousands of scam phone calls. The FBI has advised users to upgrade to the latest version of the software.

Research In Motion has released an update to its BlackBerry Desktop Manager, to fix an ActiveX vulnerability in the Roxio Media Manager. RIM said the flaw could be exploited if a user visits a malicious website that invokes the control. The company urged customers to upgrade to the latest patch for the BlackBerry Desktop Software version 4.5, 4.6 or 4.7.

Broadcom announced the BCM4329 chip which combines 802.11n wireless LAN, Bluetooth and FM radio for use in phones and other handheld devices.

ElephantDrive was developed to help AOL’s Xdrive users save their data before shutdown of the service on January 12, 2009. In addition to facilitating the migration, ElephantDrive offers Xdrive customers a 30-day free trial to a Home Plus account.

We originally ran this article in OutlookPower Magazine back in 2005, after Hurricane Katrina hit and everyone was in a more giving mood. However, given our current economic times, the scammers are back in full-force and it’s perhaps even more relevant today. It’s interesting, and sad, that a publication like OutlookPower has to spend so much time talking about scams and how to protect yourself. But email is a mass communication tool and with anything that has mass effect, you have people doing good and people doing not so good. Email certainly has provided enormous benefits to vast numbers of people, but it also creates risks. In this time of holiday celebration, many of us share goodwill, while others seek to tap into that goodwill for nefarious gain. So, before you start thinking about giving, make sure you watch your back.

Read this Computing Unplugged article.

Demand for mobile technologies has risen exponentially while headcount to keep those devices under control, as well as tools to manage these critical communication devices, has not kept pace. Like with many other managers, Norwalk Hospital’s Telecommunications Manager copes with the challenges of maintaining some 1500 mobile devices.

Iron Mountain Digital announced it will be among the first service providers to offer the new .tel domain name. The .tel domain is similar to an interactive business card on the web, and has been called “the Google of online address books.”

Beiks has released version 6 of its German-English Dictionary for the Palm OS. The dictionary provides English translations to over 36,000 German headwords and is expandable with the many other Beiks dictionaries

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. has announced a new high-definition 1/4-inch, 1.2 Megapixel (Mp) system-on-chip (SoC) imager, the S5K4AW, for notebook and desktop computers.