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Internet Filtering Software
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ALSO CALLED: Web Blocking Software, Filtering Software, Web Filtering Tools, Internet Nanny, Web Filtering Software, Internet Blocking Software, and Blocking Software
DEFINITION: Censorware is a term used pejoratively to describe software that filters out undesirable Web sites or content. Examples include Cybersitter, N2H2, Netnanny, Surfwatch, and Wisechoice. This kind of software is designed to restrict an individual's ability to send or receive certain types of information,
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Antimalware
| sponsored by Information Security Magazine
JOURNAL ARTICLE:
With Microsoft getting in the antimalware game--behind free antivirus and antispyware in Vista and its Forefront Client Security business software--standalone antimalware vendors have had to adjust their strategies and improve centralized management.
Posted: 03 Apr 2007 | Published: 01 Apr 2007
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Look Who's Watching
| sponsored by CIO Decisions
JOURNAL ARTICLE:
Midmarket CIOs are increasingly monitoring employee Internet Use and blocking Web sites. Where are they drawing the line?
Posted: 08 Jan 2007 | Published: 01 Jan 2007
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WMBlocker
| sponsored by Wireless & Mobile Solutions, Inc.
PRODUCT OVERVIEW:SOPRANO Mobile Nanny removes the heavy burden of responsibility of restricting access to content solely from content providers and distributes it across content providers, Mobile Network Operators and the broader community. Posted: 28 Jul 2004 | Published: 01 Jul 2004
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WMS Challenges Mobile Network Operators to Demonstrate Social Responsibility to Their Customers with WMBlocker
| sponsored by Wireless & Mobile Solutions, Inc.
PRESS RELEASE:Wireless & Mobile Solutions (WMS) debuts SOPRANO's wireless content blocking technology known as SOPRANO MobileNanny, which was just announced at 3GSM World Congress, under the name of WMBlocker in the US, Canada and Mexico. Posted: 28 Jul 2004 | Published: 23 Mar 2004
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INTERNET FILTERING SOFTWARE DEFINITION (continued):
and for that reason its use (in public libraries, for example) is a contentious issue. Organizations such as the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) argue that the use of censorware conflicts with individual rights to freedom of expression and freedom of association, as mandated by the United States constitution. There are a number of problems with censorware, quite apart from the question of whether or not it infringes upon individual rights
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