Install security patches. Vulnerabilities in software are constantly being discovered and they don’t discriminate by vendor or platform. It’s not simply a matter of updating Windows; at least monthly, check for and apply updates for all software you use.
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Use a firewall. No Internet connection is safe without one. Firewalls are necessary even if you have a dial-up Internet connection – it takes only minutes for a a non-firewalled computer to be infected.

Secure your browser. Many labor under the dangerous misconception that only Internet Explorer is a problem. It’s not the browser you need to be concerned about. Nor is it a matter of simply avoiding certain ‘types’ of sites. Known, legitimate websites are frequently being compromised and implanted with malicious javascript that foists malware onto visitors’ computers. To ensure optimum browsing safety, the best tip is to disable javascript for all but the most essential of sites – such as your banking or regular ecommerce sites. Not only will you enjoy safer browsing, you’ll be able to eliminate unwanted pop-ups as well.

Take control of your email. Avoid opening email attachments received unexpectedly – no matter who appears to have sent it. Remember that most worms and trojan-laden spam try to spoof the sender’s name. And make sure your email client isn’t leaving you open to infection. Reading email in plain text offers important security benefits that more than offset the loss of pretty colored fonts.

Treat IM suspiciously. Instant Messaging is a frequent target of worms and trojans. Treat it just as you would email.

Avoid P2P and distributed filesharing. Torrent, Kazaa, Gnutella, Morpheus and at least a dozen other filesharing networks exist. Most are free. And all are rife with trojans, viruses, worms, adware, spyware, and every other form of malicious code imaginable. There’s no such thing as safe anonymous filesharing. Avoid it like the plague.

Keep abreast of Internet scams. Criminals think of clever ways to separate you from your hard earned cash. Don’t get fooled by emails telling sad stories, or making unsolicited job offers, or promising lotto winnings. Likewise, beware of email masquerading as a security concern from your bank or other eCommerce site.

Don’t fall victim to virus hoaxes. Dire sounding email spreading FUD about non-existent threats serve only to spread needless alarm and may even cause you to delete perfectly legitimate files in response.

Remember, there’s far more good than bad on the Internet. The goal isn’t to be paranoid. The goal is to be cautious, aware, and even suspicious. By following the tips above and becoming actively engaged in your own security, you’ll not only be protecting yourself, you’ll be contributing to the protection and betterment of the Internet as a whole.

This may come as a surprise to some, but we make very little money selling software licenses. The vast majority of our revenue comes through consulting services writing code for hire. Having now done this for several years, we’ve learned some hard lessons. On a few projects the lessons were so hard we actually lost money.
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A few months ago I put together somewhat of a manifesto-type document intended to address the difficulties we’ve faced in developing software for clients. I’m pleased to say that it’s made a noticeable difference so far for us. My hope is that this blog entry will be read by others who develop software on a consulting basis, so that they can learn these lessons the easy way rather than the way we learned them.

What follows in this article is a summary of one of the main principles we now follow in developing software the 15% rule. If you’d like, you’re welcome to read the full Our Approach to Software Development document.

For the impatient, the 15% rule goes like this
Before undertaking a development project we create a statement of work (which acts as a contract and a specification) that outlines what we’ll do, how many hours it will require, and how much it will cost the client. As part of the contract we commit to invest up to the amount of time outlined in the document plus 15%. That is, if the statement of work says that the project will take us 100 hours to complete, we’ll spend up to 115 hours (but no more). As to where-fores and why-tos on how this works, read on.

Those that have developed software for hire know that the end product almost never ends up exactly as the client had pictured. There are invariably tweaks that will need to be made (that may or may not have been discussed up front) in order to get the thing to at least resemble what the client has in mind. And, yes, this can happen even if you spend hours upon hour’s fine tuning the specification to reflect the client’s wishes. Additionally, technical issues can crop up that weren’t anticipated by the programming team. In theory, the better the programming team the less likely this should be, but it doesn’t always end up that way (Microsoft’s Vista operating system is a sterling example). These two factors, among others, equate to the risk that is inherent in the project. Something isn’t going to go right, and that will almost always mean someone pays or loses more money than originally anticipated. The question is who should be responsible to account for those extra dollars?

Up until relatively recently, we would shoulder almost all of the risk in our projects. If the app didn’t do what the client had in mind, or if unforeseen technical issues cropped up, it generally came out of our pockets. For the most part it wasn’t a huge problem, but always seemed to have at least some effect (the extreme cases obviously being when we lost money on a project).

This seems kind of unfair, doesn’t it? The risk inherent to the project isn’t necessarily the fault of either party. It’s just there. We didn’t put it there, and neither did the client. As such, it shouldn’t be the case that one party shoulders it all. That’s where the 15% rule comes in.

The 15% rule allows both parties to share the risk. By following this rule, we’re acknowledging that something probably won’t go as either party intended, so we need a buffer to handle the stuff that spills over. By capping it at a specific amount, though, we’re also ensuring that the buffer isn’t so big that it devours the profits of the developers.

For the most part, the clients with whom we’ve used the 15% rule are just fine with it. It is a pretty reasonable arrangement, after all. We have had the occasional party that squirms and wiggles about it, but, in the end, they’ve gone along with it and I think everyone has benefited as a result.

A software should have strength anti virus application, and security system, this is to avoid any destruction inside the system itself, its the same like having an anti virus protection for some symptoms such as herpes symptoms. Viruses both in symptoms and computer required serious threats and early detection and prevention before spreading widely.

A platform is located on your computer or local area network, which can be deployed as a Web application that is delivered to users around the world using a web server that connects via the Internet. Using a web browser as a client today is finding more and more accepted and used in many applications and products outside the platform to provide a better GUI. This led to the popularity of web applications. It is very important to understand delivery systems on the Internet to find the suitability of converting a desktop application in a Web application. Applications integration optimization techniques search engine became more popular with companies that are oriented marketing or sales, while a unit production may be less attractive to convert the existing application into a Web application.

Some few points that come to light over a desktop application and web applications.
Accessibility: a desktop application is available only on a local computer, while a Web application is available around the world.

Maintenance and updates: web applications that require little or no maintenance and are installed only once on the web server, while desktop applications should be made individually on each computer. Updates / compatibility issues with other are mostly by administrators of the hosting company as opposed to desktop applications. The maintenance of a web application is important paramount as the company puts all its eggs in one basket, uptime is not only necessary but essential to the implementation.

Safety: Line of work has its own set of risks such as hacking and viruses. The risk is higher compared to a desktop as a dysfunction office in May result in partial data loss. The crash of a web server may be having consequences beyond the control of a company.
Cost: Run a Web application includes recurring costs of web space and bandwidth usage, while the use Office is charged at once and has been known for less a period of time.
Connectivity: the reliability of Web applications is based on connectivity but you can use from anywhere in the world, rates of connectivity and adjusting the bandwidth may make it unnecessary in some areas. The lack of Internet access businesses in the end or side of the web server may cause unwarranted delays. Critical applications may suffer as a result of these failures.

The Web application over slow compared with the performance of desktop applications due to slower data transfer via the Internet. The speed of connectivity and bandwidth usage can be important factors.

The popularity of web applications is only due to accessibility, despite its limited functionality.