Responsible Testing »
As I have mentioned before, one of my roles here at Sophos is to work with various industry testers and ensure that Sophos products participate in relevant tests and that when they are tested they are tested fairly and sensibly. In truth, most tests conducted are pretty reasonable, are done with consent and produce consistent [...]

Cranking Up Your Email Marketing for Fall Fundraising »
    Photo by Darwin Bell on Flickr Earlier this week, I was the guest speaker for Network for Good’s Nonprofit 911 series and the topic was how to launch a successful email marketing campaign or e-newsletter. I explained what I would do if I were plucked out of my office and dropped into a small nonprofit and [...]

U. of Pennsylvania Student Gets 3 Months in Jail in Botnet Case »
He pleaded guilty in February to charges of aiding and abetting another computer hacker to break into a computer remotely.

MS08-067 - an out-of-band Windows critical security update »
When Microsoft decides to release an out of band security update only a week after the regular monthly update you can be sure that we are dealing with a serious issue. You can read more about it in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-067 and we have also created our own advisory. The vulnerability can be exploited using [...]

Get Started Right with Your Nonprofit on Twitter »
It seems like a dozen different social-media sites start up every day, so it can be a challenge to know where to put your online outreach efforts. Twitter is one real-time networking platform that’s clearly floated to the top of the social-media pool, however, and it’s a great place for any nonprofit to dive in. If you’ve been using Twitter for a while, you’re likely already aware of its value in spreading a message and making connections between people who have a shared interest — and of the many...(read more)

Professors Use Game-Show Format to Help Students Review for Exams »
Electronic buzzers and software help turn a class into a game show.

Who’s Your Target Audience? Please Not the General Public! »
Who is Your Nonprofit’s Target Audience? Figure it out during Thursday’s webinar: Forget the General Public! How to Define and Reach Your Target Audience Photo by practicalowl on Flickr We chant it together in my in-person nonprofit marketing trainings: “There is no such thing as the general public. There is no such thing as the general public.” If you are spending [...]

(Illegal) Access Hollywood: Universities and the Movie Industry Debate Piracy »
The movie industry and universities — including the University of California and California State U. systems, try and reach a detente on the issue of campus piracy.

Attendance Way Down at This Year’s Community-College Technology Conference »
Organizers blame the poor economy for the attendance drop.

TechSoup Security Corner »
TechSoup’s Security Corner is your place for all your questions about security in your nonprofit. Check out our security articles, blog posts, and alerts from around the Web all in one place, as well as popular security solutions available from TechSoup Stock.

A Few Good Online Survey Tools for Nonprofits »
Online survey tools can be a very cost-effective way for delivering surveys, collecting results, and then analyzing the results all through one central system. There are a number of these tools available, but how do they compare? In this article we walk through the online survey tools that have worked for others, and might work for you as well.

Where Have All the Legal Downloading Services Gone? »
Just three of the 321 institutions surveyed for a new study reported spending money on a legal alternative to peer-to-peer downloading.

What I Learned about Nonprofits at the NC Conference »
I was at the annual conference of the North Carolina Center for Nonprofits late last week. Here are a few things I learned there. 1. Nonprofits are very excited about Web 2.0, but also completely freaked out by the idea of people saying bad things about them online. I tweeted (used Twitter) from the conference, along with [...]