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Thursday, January 20, 2011

SCAMMERS - Invisible Attackers: Stop the BOT - Cisco TechWiseTV (thought appropriate in our fight against internet crime)

ciscoCIN | January 22, 2009 | 1 likes, 0 dislikes

TechWiseTV episode 27 - Learn the simple steps you can take to keep stealth hackers and other threats from gaining access to your computer resources.

Watch the full TechWiseTV episode here: Invisible Attackers: Stop the Bot

Every day, hackers use stealth techniques to gain access to computer systems. Many companies, agencies, universities, and other organizations unwittingly provide a home on their networks for these silent attackers. Find out the latest tools and techniques these hackers use and what you can do to prevent hackers from penetrating your network.

Agenda * Hiding in Plain Sight * As the Worm Turns: Botnomics * Cisco Security Agent and the Endpoint: The Final Frontier

Watch more TechWiseTV episodes here: TechWiseTV

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"The Dilemma" in UK Cinemas 21 January 2011

trailers | November 04, 2010 | 167 likes, 32 dislikes

Release Date: 14 January 2011 UK 21 January
Genre: Comedy | Drama
Cast: Winona Ryder, Vince Vaughn, Kevin James, Queen Latifah, Talulah Riley, Mike McNamara
MPAA Rating: N/A
Director: Ron Howard
Writer: Allan Loeb
Studio: Universal Pictures

Plot:
Vince Vaughn and Kevin James headline an all-star comedy from director Ron Howard and producer Brian Grazer about a man who finds out that what you don't say to a friend is just as important as what you do. Jennifer Connelly, Winona Ryder, Channing Tatum and Queen Latifah join them in The Dilemma, a story of how far you can bend a brotherly bond before it snaps. Since college, confirmed bachelor Ronny (Vaughn) and happily married Nick (James) have been through thick and thin. Now partners in an auto design firm, the two pals are vying to land a dream project that would launch their company. With Ronny's girlfriend, Beth (Connelly), and Nick's wife, Geneva (Ryder), by their sides, they're unbeatable. But Ronny's world is turned upside down when he inadvertently sees Geneva out with another man and makes it his mission to get answers. As the amateur investigation dissolves his world into comic mayhem...

"Never Let Me" in UK Cinemas 21 January 2011 - Carey Mulligan Keira Knightley & Andrew Garfield

VIPVictorTV | November 04, 2010 | 1 likes, 0 dislikes

Never Let Me Go is a 2010 British dystopian drama film based on the 2005 novel of the same name written by Kazuo Ishiguro. The movie was directed by Mark Romanek and Alex Garland wrote the screenplay for the film. It stars Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightley and Andrew Garfield. Never Let Me Go centers on Kathy, Ruth and Tommy, played respectively by Mulligan, Knightley and Garfield, who become entangled in a love triangle and are scientific specimens, created in a laboratory and raised in order to provide their organs to severely ill patients. Principal photography began in April 2009, lasting a few weeks, and filmed at various locations, including Andrew Melville Hall. Made on a fifteen million dollar budget, Never Let Me Go is produced by DNA Films and Film4.

Prior to the book's publication, the writer had approached the movie's producers, Andrew Macdonald and Andrew Reich, about a possible movie, and wrote the film a ninety-six page script. While initially having trouble finding an actress to play Kathy, Mulligan was cast in the role after Peter Rice, who is the head of the company financing the film, recommended her while watching her performance in An Education. A fan of the books, Mulligan ecstatically accepted the role, having hoped to play that specific character if a film adaption were to ever be made of the book, years before. The movie's message and themes were the factors that attracted Garfield to become a part of the film.

Never Let Me Go premiered at the 37th annual Telluride Film Festival in September 2010, where the audience positively responded to its message. The movie has since been screened at a number of festivals, including the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival as well as opening the 54th London Film Festival. It was distributed theatrically by Fox Searchlight Pictures in the United States on 15 September 2010, where it was given a limited release. Other release dates for the movie include a 14 January 2011, date for the United Kingdom. In the US, playing at four theatres, Never Let Me Go grossed over $111,000 in its opening weekend. As the number of theaters it played at began to expand, it continued to make more money each week, going to earn over $800,000 in total domestically. Never Let Me Go was met with mixed reviews from film critics, with most reviewers generally praising the cast's overall performances.