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Home Security – Setting Up A Warning Alarm System With A PC

Home alarms are thought of being an integral aspect of home security. Their main job is to caution you when there is an access violation. On the market today, you can find a wide variety of alarm systems, from the $10 do-it-yourself alarms to those which are sophisticated and expensive. Today, with the advancement of [...]

I See You Typing…

The China-based cyber-spy network known as “GhostNet” is a sophisticated group of hackers capable of logging its victims’ keystrokes, stealing their documents, capturing images from their screens—and staring creepily at them through their webcams.
In a report released last month, Canadian researchers concluded that GhostNet has cracked at least 1,295 computers in 103 different countries, specifically [...]

Internet web-cam saves man trapped in German sea ice

St Peter Ording (Germany), Jan 31 – A man who became lost while walking on sea ice off the German coast has been rescued after an alert internet user hundreds of miles away noticed him on live web-cam images of a beach, police confirmed Sunday.The man clambered into a 300-metre-wide belt of pack ice off [...]

Webcam Doctors !?

Are you feeling low? Do you have any health problems? Do you not have the time or are you unable to visit a Doctors office when you are not well?
If your answer to any or all of the questions is yes, the solution to all your problems is the Internet. Yes, it’s true, you can [...]

Thanksgiving Webcam Promo Leads to Malware

The US$10 webcam that Anna Giesman bought her daughter at Office Depot over the Thanksgiving weekend sounds like one of those deals that’s too good to be true. And for her, it was.
A week later, she’s worried and upset because a CD that came with the camera contained a Web link that apparently infected her [...]

Sydney Airport takes security to new heights with Axis

The Mission

Sydney Airport sought a more flexible, scalable solution that could keep pace with its growing operations while maintaining the highest level of security and safety that staff and the traveling public expect from an airport regularly voted one of the world’s best.
The Solution
Sydney Airport decided to migrate from video servers to Axis network cameras. [...]

Facebook users beware…

Facebook users have been warned they will be among targets of a huge increase in cyber crime next year. Internet scammers are increasingly hacking into personal profiles on social networking sites to defraud the account holder’s friends, said one expert.
David Hall, from internet security company Symantec, said most people were wise to email scams but [...]

Crematorium on camera in Sheffield

A new webcam system has been installed in a crematorium chapel in Sheffield so that relatives or friends who cannot attend a funeral can watch the service live online. It is a new innovation introduced by Co-operative Funeralcare based at Grenoside Crematorium. Those unable to access a computer for the live service can ask for [...]

..One Nation Under Surveillance

Stepping through Hong Kong’s gateway to China, in Shenzhen’s Huanggang Port Control Point, travelers are immediately under close surveillance of a dozen cameras which hang from the ceiling.
On their way from the control point to the nearby bus stop, they are watched by dozens more surveillance cameras installed outside buildings, around street corners, or on [...]

Turn Webcam Into Motion Detection Security Camera

Do you want to check who sat on your computer while you were away? Or who entered your room while you were away? Motion Monitor is dead simple motion detection app which can take a screenshot via your webcam every time a motion is detected. In short, it converts your webcam into a motion detecting [...]