http://news.softpedia.com Softpedia News - Interviews Softpedia News en-us 2001 - 2012 Softpedia. All rights reserved. Tue, 29 May 2012 00:58:20 GMT Tue, 29 May 2012 00:58:20 GMT News http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 10 http://news.softpedia.com/base_img/softpedia_logo.gif http://news.softpedia.com http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Marco-Berardini-of-EvolutionMan-255081.shtml Back in November 2011, we ran a piece that surprised us all for the kind of reaction it generated in our readers – our male readers in particular, since this was an article about cosmetic products for men. You can see it here if you missed it.

We all know that men too like grooming, even if many of them will probably not admi... (read more)]]> Sat, 25 Feb 2012 14:11:01 GMT Softpedia News - Interviews http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Marco-Berardini-of-EvolutionMan-255081.shtml Interviews http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Marco-Berardini-of-EvolutionMan-255081.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Elena Gorgan) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-Carl-Herberger-Vice-President-of-Security-Solutions-at-Radware-239718.shtml In a world where companies fight a permanent battle to keep their infrastructures safe against cyberattacks, enterprise security and cloud-based systems take the main stage.

After yesterday we’ve heard from a real black hat hacker what needs to be done to properly protect a website... (read more)]]> Sat, 10 Dec 2011 17:21:00 GMT Softpedia News - Interviews http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-Carl-Herberger-Vice-President-of-Security-Solutions-at-Radware-239718.shtml Interviews http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-Carl-Herberger-Vice-President-of-Security-Solutions-at-Radware-239718.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-Paul-Ferguson-Trend-Micro-Key-Liaison-with-FBI-in-Op-GhostClick-237971.shtml On November 10, the world found out that the FBI arrested six Estonians for allegedly running the largest, most sophisticated cybercriminal scheme the world has ever seen so far.

After two years of intense investigations conducted by the FBI in collaboration with Trend Micro, the operatio... (read more)]]> Fri, 2 Dec 2011 18:51:00 GMT Softpedia News - Interviews http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-Paul-Ferguson-Trend-Micro-Key-Liaison-with-FBI-in-Op-GhostClick-237971.shtml Interviews http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-Paul-Ferguson-Trend-Micro-Key-Liaison-with-FBI-in-Op-GhostClick-237971.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-Jimmy-Shah-Mobile-Security-Researcher-at-McAfee-226708.shtml The Hack in the Box conference has started today in Malaysia and before the speakers take the floor we rushed to the opportunity to talk to another industry expert who will soon share his experience with the world.

Jimmy Shah, a mobile security researcher at McAfee will speak at the conference about mobil... (read more)]]> Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:36:00 GMT Softpedia News - Interviews http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-Jimmy-Shah-Mobile-Security-Researcher-at-McAfee-226708.shtml Interviews http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-Jimmy-Shah-Mobile-Security-Researcher-at-McAfee-226708.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-KaiJern-Lau-Technical-Director-at-Panda-Security-226395.shtml The long-awaited Hack In The Box conference in Malaysia is fast approaching and because we are an official media partner of the event, we took the opportunity to talk to some of the speakers that will enlighten us with their knowledge during the event.

The first on our list is KaiJern Lau, currently the... (read more)]]> Sat, 8 Oct 2011 12:31:00 GMT Softpedia News - Interviews http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-KaiJern-Lau-Technical-Director-at-Panda-Security-226395.shtml Interviews http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-KaiJern-Lau-Technical-Director-at-Panda-Security-226395.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-Steve-Adegbite-Senior-Security-Strategist-at-Adobe-Systems-204202.shtml We recently had the chance at the Hack in the Box 2011 security conference in Amsterdam to speak about PDF malware with security researcher Didier Stevens. But Mr. Steve Adegbite, a senior security strategist at Adobe Systems, was also on site to speak on a much awaited panel, so we took the opportunity to ... (read more)]]> Fri, 3 Jun 2011 13:40:00 GMT Softpedia News - Interviews http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-Steve-Adegbite-Senior-Security-Strategist-at-Adobe-Systems-204202.shtml Interviews http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-Steve-Adegbite-Senior-Security-Strategist-at-Adobe-Systems-204202.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Constantin) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-Didier-Stevens-PDF-Exploit-Expert-202855.shtml One of the primary attractions at the Hack in the Box 2011 Amsterdam security conference last week was Didier Stevens' two-hour lab session on malicious PDF analysis.

The Belgian IT security consultant is seen as one of the industry's top PDF exploit experts and his analysis tools are used by researchers and co... (read more)]]> Fri, 27 May 2011 14:07:00 GMT Softpedia News - Interviews http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-Didier-Stevens-PDF-Exploit-Expert-202855.shtml Interviews http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-Didier-Stevens-PDF-Exploit-Expert-202855.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Constantin) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-Facebook-Chief-Security-Officer-Joe-Sullivan-201935.shtml Softpedia recently attended the Hack in the Box Amsterdam 2011 security conference where we caught up with Mr. Joe Sullivan, Facebook's chief security officer.

Mr. Sullivan, who prior to taking up the CSO role, served as the company's associate general counsel, was at the conference to discuss Facebook's produ... (read more)]]> Tue, 24 May 2011 08:15:00 GMT Softpedia News - Interviews http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-Facebook-Chief-Security-Officer-Joe-Sullivan-201935.shtml Interviews http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-Facebook-Chief-Security-Officer-Joe-Sullivan-201935.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Constantin) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Dr-Siegal-on-the-New-Amazing-Cookie-Diet-200459.shtml The first time we heard of a diet called simply the Cookie Diet, we were intrigued, to say the least. Its creator, Sanford Siegal, D.O., M.D., was more than willing to talk to us about it, how it came to be, how it worked and why it was the best. It’s now time for take two on the Cookie Diet.

As we also noted a few days ago, in his neve... (read more)]]> Sat, 14 May 2011 13:31:01 GMT Softpedia News - Interviews http://news.softpedia.com/news/Dr-Siegal-on-the-New-Amazing-Cookie-Diet-200459.shtml Interviews http://news.softpedia.com/news/Dr-Siegal-on-the-New-Amazing-Cookie-Diet-200459.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Elena Gorgan) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-avast-6-and-Beyond-189236.shtml Last week we had the chance to sit down in Prague with Mr. Ondřej Vlček, chief technology officer at AVAST Software, and ask him some questions about the company's new product line, avast! 6, as well as their plans for the future.

Fortunately, Mr. Vlček was generous with his answers and revealed quite a few products the AVAST ... (read more)]]> Sat, 12 Mar 2011 11:52:00 GMT Softpedia News - Interviews http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-avast-6-and-Beyond-189236.shtml Interviews http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-avast-6-and-Beyond-189236.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Constantin) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-Mike-Rayfield-NVIDIA-Tegra-General-Manager-186409.shtml During our visit at this year's Mobile World Congress, we've had the chance of getting a few moments out of the busy schedule of Mr. Michael Rayfield, the General Manager of NVIDIA's Tegra-oriented Mobile Business Unit.

Since the interview was carried out just after the official unveiling of the Kal-El quad-core... (read more)]]> Fri, 25 Feb 2011 15:19:00 GMT Softpedia News - Interviews http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-Mike-Rayfield-NVIDIA-Tegra-General-Manager-186409.shtml Interviews http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-Mike-Rayfield-NVIDIA-Tegra-General-Manager-186409.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Alex Vochin) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-Sophos-174140.shtml For the past several years, security experts from Sophos have actively kept users informed about the latest malware threats and attacks on the Internet. However, consumers might not be familiar with the company's products, because the UK-based security vendor only caters to businesses and organizations.

We recently reached out to Graham Cluley, se... (read more)]]> Fri, 24 Dec 2010 17:01:00 GMT Softpedia News - Interviews http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-Sophos-174140.shtml Interviews http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-Sophos-174140.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Constantin) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-Kaspersky-Lab-171187.shtml
The vendor's security researchers are always on top of the latest threats, helping the company stay ahead of the game. So we saw fitting to take our questions about malware trends and antivirus technologies up with Mr. Costin Raiu, director of Kaspersky Lab's Global Research and Analysis Team, who was kind ... (read more)]]> Sat, 11 Dec 2010 11:30:00 GMT Softpedia News - Interviews http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-Kaspersky-Lab-171187.shtml Interviews http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-Kaspersky-Lab-171187.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Constantin) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-Open-Xchange-CEO-Rafel-Laguna-165295.shtml On November 4th, 2010, took place the worldwide Open-Xchange Partner Summit 2010 event, at the KölnSKY building in Colonge, Germany. Softpedia was on site, invited by Open-Xchange, to cover the entire event.

Open-Xchange's CEO, Rafael Laguna, was kind enough to sit down for a few minutes and discuss with us about the up... (read more)]]> Mon, 8 Nov 2010 11:40:00 GMT Softpedia News - Interviews http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-Open-Xchange-CEO-Rafel-Laguna-165295.shtml Interviews http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-Open-Xchange-CEO-Rafel-Laguna-165295.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Lingotek-Driving-Brand-Engagement-with-Crowdsourcing-Translation-163855.shtml Crowdsourcing can easily break all of the limits associated with the traditional translation process, high costs, restricted resources, the inherent errors caused by the discrepancies between linguistic skills and domain knowledge.

I had a chance to chat with Rob Vandenberg, President and CEO of Lingotek recently, and... (read more)]]> Sat, 30 Oct 2010 11:24:00 GMT Softpedia News - Interviews http://news.softpedia.com/news/Lingotek-Driving-Brand-Engagement-with-Crowdsourcing-Translation-163855.shtml Interviews http://news.softpedia.com/news/Lingotek-Driving-Brand-Engagement-with-Crowdsourcing-Translation-163855.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Oiaga) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-AVAST-Software-CTO-Ondrej-Vlcek-Part-2-153426.shtml Recently we had the opportunity to interview Ondrej Vlcek, the chief technology officer of AVAST Software, the company behind one of the most popular and feature-rich anti-malware products on the market – avast! Antivirus.

To make for an easier reading we split the interview in two. We already published part o... (read more)]]> Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:29:00 GMT Softpedia News - Interviews http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-AVAST-Software-CTO-Ondrej-Vlcek-Part-2-153426.shtml Interviews http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-AVAST-Software-CTO-Ondrej-Vlcek-Part-2-153426.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Constantin) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-Marginize-Founder-and-CEO-Ziad-Sultan-152217.shtml Earlier this week we wrote about Marginize, a startup bent on succeeding where others have failed, making an universal annotations system for the web that people actually use. We got in touch with founder and CEO Ziad Sultan to see why he thinks Marginize will fare better than others before it.

Softpedia: To start t... (read more)]]> Sat, 14 Aug 2010 12:00:00 GMT Softpedia News - Interviews http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-Marginize-Founder-and-CEO-Ziad-Sultan-152217.shtml Interviews http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-Marginize-Founder-and-CEO-Ziad-Sultan-152217.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-AVAST-Software-CTO-Ondrej-Vlcek-Part-1-151199.shtml In our recent trip to Prague, the Czech Republic, we had the opportunity to visit the headquarters of AVAST Software, the company developing one of the most popular AV products on the market today - avast! Free Antivirus. While there, we also got to meet the AVAST management team and we jumped at the occasion to ask them a few... (read more)]]> Mon, 9 Aug 2010 06:12:00 GMT Softpedia News - Interviews http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-AVAST-Software-CTO-Ondrej-Vlcek-Part-1-151199.shtml Interviews http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-AVAST-Software-CTO-Ondrej-Vlcek-Part-1-151199.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Constantin) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-Carol-Smith-Google-Summer-of-Code-Program-Administrator-151140.shtml Started in 2005, the Google Summer of Code program has allowed for over 2500 students from 98 countries to contribute under the watchful eye of a professional mentor with code to various open-source projects. Launched under Google's big wing, what started as a small project and a way to contribute back to the ... (read more)]]> Sat, 7 Aug 2010 14:11:02 GMT Softpedia News - Interviews http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-Carol-Smith-Google-Summer-of-Code-Program-Administrator-151140.shtml Interviews http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-Carol-Smith-Google-Summer-of-Code-Program-Administrator-151140.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Catalin Cimpanu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-AVAST-Software-CEO-Vincent-Steckler-149180.shtml avast! Free Antivirus is one of the most complete free antivirus solutions on the market today and is backed up by an over one-hundred-million-strong active user base. In turn, this makes it's developer, AVAST Software (formerly known as ALWIL Software), one of the fastest growing firms in the AV industry.

We recently ... (read more)]]> Tue, 27 Jul 2010 06:29:00 GMT Softpedia News - Interviews http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-AVAST-Software-CEO-Vincent-Steckler-149180.shtml Interviews http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-AVAST-Software-CEO-Vincent-Steckler-149180.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Constantin) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-Emsisoft-Takes-Over-Online-Armor-145966.shtml Earlier today, we reported that Emsi Software had sealed the deal to take over renowned firewall solution Online Armor from Tall Emu. At that point in time, no details about the move were known, save what the company had made public through their newsletter service.

We contacted Tall Emu CEO Mike Nash and Emsi Software CE... (read more)]]> Thu, 1 Jul 2010 14:55:00 GMT Softpedia News - Interviews http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-Emsisoft-Takes-Over-Online-Armor-145966.shtml Interviews http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-Emsisoft-Takes-Over-Online-Armor-145966.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Ilascu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-Symantec-145024.shtml There is no secret that Symantec is a leading company in what concerns antivirus sales and product reliability. The diversity of its products fit any user’s needs, from the newbie that needs an easy-to-handle dependable security solution to the expert users who require a wide spectrum of options and granular control, Symantec has a product to fit all... (read more)]]> Sat, 19 Jun 2010 12:33:00 GMT Softpedia News - Interviews http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-Symantec-145024.shtml Interviews http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-Symantec-145024.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Ilascu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-BitDefender-143890.shtml BitDefender has been an important player on the antivirus market since its inception, in 2001 and has gained increasing popularity due to the high quality products delivered. The money makers of the company on the home use segment are BitDefender Antivirus, BitDefender Internet Security and the ultimate suite,BitDefender Total Security. However, there a... (read more)]]> Sat, 5 Jun 2010 10:07:00 GMT Softpedia News - Interviews http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-BitDefender-143890.shtml Interviews http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-BitDefender-143890.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Ilascu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-ESET-142461.shtml The Slovakia-based security vendor ESET is one of the fastest growing antivirus companies. Its NOD32 Antivirus program has seen a wide appreciation in Europe for a long time, but in recent years the company has gained significant traction in other markets around the globe as well.

As we were curious about the company's current strategies, as well as... (read more)]]> Wed, 26 May 2010 20:51:00 GMT Softpedia News - Interviews http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-ESET-142461.shtml Interviews http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-ESET-142461.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Constantin) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-Microsoft-Security-Essentials-142742.shtml When it came out last September, Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) was received with both enthusiasm and scepticism by the antivirus industry. Some traditional vendors dismissed the product as being inferior, while developers of freeware anti-malware solutions have generally welcomed Microsoft products amongst their ranks.

read more)]]> Sat, 22 May 2010 20:51:01 GMT Softpedia News - Interviews http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-Microsoft-Security-Essentials-142742.shtml Interviews http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-Microsoft-Security-Essentials-142742.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Constantin) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-Panda-Security-142289.shtml Antivirus companies have been shy too long a time with the release of free versions of their products. But, little by little, top dogs of the industry will wash off their resilience to this idea, especially when the market trend shows that freebie users have a pretty big influence on sales. The larger the user base, the greater the sales.

... (read more)]]> Fri, 21 May 2010 20:31:00 GMT Softpedia News - Interviews http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-Panda-Security-142289.shtml Interviews http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-Panda-Security-142289.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Ilascu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/AMD-Bets-on-HD-Netbooks-with-New-2010-Vision-Platform-142002.shtml Sunnyvale, California-based Advanced Micro Devices has recently announced the launch of its 2010 VISION platform, an effort to enable an easier choice for consumers looking for a new computer system. In the luxurious Cannes, in France, AMD wanted to tie its VISION strategy to the prestigious Cannes film festival, at the same time introducing... (read more)]]> Thu, 13 May 2010 16:59:00 GMT Softpedia News - Interviews http://news.softpedia.com/news/AMD-Bets-on-HD-Netbooks-with-New-2010-Vision-Platform-142002.shtml Interviews http://news.softpedia.com/news/AMD-Bets-on-HD-Netbooks-with-New-2010-Vision-Platform-142002.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Traian Teglet) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-AVG-141746.shtml Founded in 1991 as Grisoft, AVG Technologies is one of the European pioneers of the antivirus industry. Amongst other achievements, the Czech security vendor was one of the first antivirus companies to adopt the freeware business model as a method of promoting its commercial product line.

In today's crowded antivirus market, staying above the competi... (read more)]]> Tue, 11 May 2010 11:07:00 GMT Softpedia News - Interviews http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-AVG-141746.shtml Interviews http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-AVG-141746.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Constantin) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-avast-5-140693.shtml Ever since its inception years, avast! Antivirus has continually grown to its present reputation of reliable antivirus and, more importantly, one of the most complete free security pieces on the market. The differences between the freebie and the paid version of the product are few and, for some users, insignificant.

Working on the improvement of... (read more)]]> Sat, 1 May 2010 04:28:00 GMT Softpedia News - Interviews http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-avast-5-140693.shtml Interviews http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-avast-5-140693.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Ilascu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Tuts-Improves-the-eLearning-Experience-with-Creative-Sessions-140149.shtml Many tutorial sites have been launched and gained notoriety on the web in recent years, but none of them have delivered in terms of quality and quantity as the Envato-owned Tuts+ Network. Heading operations for the Australian-based startup is Skellie, founder of Skelliewag.org, a place to find insightful blog posts on new media topic... (read more)]]> Tue, 20 Apr 2010 06:40:00 GMT Softpedia News - Interviews http://news.softpedia.com/news/Tuts-Improves-the-eLearning-Experience-with-Creative-Sessions-140149.shtml Interviews http://news.softpedia.com/news/Tuts-Improves-the-eLearning-Experience-with-Creative-Sessions-140149.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Catalin Cimpanu)