Unlike standalone anti-viruses and Internet security suites, Panda Cloud Office Protection is a cloud-based security solution tailored for small and medium size businesses. The benefits it offers to both It administrators and end users are immense. It cuts down cost to a large extent and facilitates endpoint management. Also, being an online service, it can be managed from anywhere using the Web-based interface.

The IT admin has to first login to the administration console. Note that the number of licenses purchased is linked to the organization’s PCOP account. The anti-virus can be deployed on the endpoints using the installation program that has to be run manually on individual PCs. Alternatively administrators may use the PCOP distribution tool which can be used for centralized installation on PCs connected to the network. The size of the software is about 210 MB, so installation time will vary depending on the speed of the internet connection. After installation, an icon appears in the system tray and the PCs on which the protection is installed get listed in the Computers tab of PCOP’s Web interface. From this point on, the protection on the PCs can be remotely managed and the users can use the antivirus on their PCs.

The installation and Settings tab allows organizing the PCs into groups. This helps to apply different security profiles to different sets of PCs. The profile editor helps creating scan schedules in which the scan type, date, time file types, action to be taken etc. can be specified. The type of malicious software to be detected by the program can also be specified. The heuristic scan feature analyzes programs to detect potential malware. As for the firewall, the admin can choose to apply Panda’s default rules o the admin can create a customized set of rules. Here various programs that transmit or receive data on the network can be blocked or authorized. Intrusion such as IDS attacks and worms can also be monitored and blocked. Once everything is configured, all that is required is monitoring the endpoints. Reports can be generated for various groups in which the admin can choose the timeframe. The detailed report displays stats in pie charts for parameters such as protection status and detections.

The functions enabled at the user’s end depend on the parameters set by the admin. For example, the user may not have access to firewall settings. However, the users can perform scans on files, folders, drive partitions and external devices.

The biggest benefit offered by the Panda Cloud Office Protection software is its low cost and easy usability. There is no requirement for any business to set up an entire infrastructure for endpoint protection. It is entirely hosted on the cloud. However because it is hosted on the cloud the quality of protection depends on uninterrupted internet connectivity. Should anything go wrong it could spell trouble. For small and medium businesses, that don’t have enough resources and a high budget this software seems apt for their security needs.

After knowing the drawbacks of internet, it is good to protect your kids from getting addicted to internet using parental control software.

Cyber dangers can be of many forms, like chatting with a stranger or accessing blocked sites. Everybody knows that kids are addicted to online gaming and gaming sites are a big source of hacking software. There are many Parental control software to choose from. Mentioned below are a few popular ones; based on their features you can select from the ones mentioned below.

SurveilStar Activity Monitor Free: This parental control software can be used to supervise and control kid’s activities on internet. With this software, parents can limit the accessing time for the internet so that your kid can access the internet only for a limited period of time. You can block adult sites, blocked sites, gambling sites in order to protect your child from getting deviated towards wrong things. If you want, you can keep track of all the websites visited by your children. Not only this, you can also record emails, sent and received messages, chat conversation and other web files and information.  SurveilStar Activity monitor has got every single feature required to keep track on your child’s cyber activities. Installing SurveilStar is easy, only certain sequential steps need to be followed and any computer user can access it very easily.

Windows Live Family Safety Software: This free parental control software enables you to control the activity of your child on the internet. Just by installing this Window family software, you can restrict the access of your child or can block and allow websites that you want. You can even monitor all mailing accounts of your child and can view their contents too.  Now for those who are using Windows 7 operating system, Windows Live Family Safety software has already been installed in your PC. If you are using any other operating system, no need to worry. Search for this parental control software on any of the search engine and download free version of it. Take a trial and if you like the services and features provided by Window Live Family Safety Software, you can download licensed version too.

WebWatcher Kids Parental Software: Using this software, monitoring internet activity of your child becomes quite easy. This software uses 128-bit encryption that makes it more secure and safe to use. It has easy to use user interface that makes it user friendly. One special feature has been added in this software that is Smart Camera Screen Shot Program. It is a plug-in that takes continuous snapshot of the computer screen so that later on whenever you want, you can view those screen shots to check the webpages accessed by your child. This new feature has made this software demanding in the market.

Sniper Spy Remote Parental Monitoring Software: Remote means that you can install and check the activity of your child from any location. You can watch your child’s computer screen like a small movie. This software records all the activities done on your remote PC by your by anyone who access it. This software keeps track like website visited, password typed, documents opened and also store full chats done at Yahoo messenger, AOL instant messenger, America Online and many more.

There are lots of unique feature available in the recently launched parental control software. The selection has become easy for parents.

With PhotoDirector 2011, CyberLink advances to photo management and processing from the video area they are good at. Cyberlink is known for its PowerDVD and PowerDirector software. This software is a convincing debut in which they were inspired by Adobe’s PhotoShop Lightroom. It is really a well thought out photo processing tool for semi professionals.

The interface of this software looks very similar to Cyberlink’s video editor. The interface is very attracted and user friendly that it can get you started right away. The main menu consists of three points which mark the working steps during photo management. Under ‘Library’, photos can be imported and organized or tagged in projects, collections and albums. Moreover, an access to the metadata of a photo is available here. During import, PhotoDirector supports many RAW formats with focus on the camera of the two market leaders, Canon and Nikon. Using the filter and search function, you can quickly find the desired images. ‘Smart Albums’ helps sort the images automatically as per the individual criteria, for example date or file name or file type.

Photos can be properly tuned and processed in the Adjustments section. Using parameters, the complete image and masked ranges can be adjusted, retouched and improved. A batch mode offers options to make changes by clicking on several photos at once. Advanced users can save their manual settings to use them as a macro in the future. The software allows you to edit your photos via various sliders. As you keep moving the sliders, the photo changes to show the effect applied to it. For ease of use, similar settings a grouped together, such as sharpness, brightness and saturation are grouped together.

The good thing about this photo editing software is that it uses non-destructive editing, which means that it will always keep the original photo even if you create several edited versions of your photos. You can also view the log of all changes made on a photo in depth. The software also lets you do a side by side comparison of your photos before and after editing, thereafter letting you see how your photos are gradually evolving. The multi-monitor support is also very handy as it lets you see and edit photos over two computer monitors.

The best way to be able to assess the effects of different functions on a photo is to place a virtual copy of it. These copes requires space on the hard disk only if exported. Using the ‘Adjustment process’, you can access all the changes that are mad and can get back to any processing time period. Under the ‘Slide Show’ menu, photos can be exported as an automatic image gallery. A slide show can be displayed as H.264, MP4 or WMV formats and can also be uploaded on YouTube immediately. Moreover, individual photos can be exported in the library as a file or stored on photo websites such as Flickr or Facebook.