Nobody wants to come face to face with a nasty Trojan or any other malware. But if you do, you may benefit from what we learned during a recent encounter.

Storage Appliance today announced two backup devices that enable iPods and iPhones to be used for computer backup storage. They also enable transfer of music from any iPod or iPhone to a Windows or Mac-based computer.

NETGEAR today announced it has partnered with OpenDNS to introduce a free Parental Control service for select NETGEAR routers.

NETGEAR and ElephantDrive have teamed up to add "cloud" backup capability to the ReadyNAS Pro. Join us on a brief tour.

Carbonite today announced Carbonite Online Backup for Mac, offering unlimited, automatic online backup for Intel-based Macs running OS 10.4 or 10.5.

Cisco today announced it has teamed with Trend Micro to offer a Home Security service for select Linksys by Cisco routers.

NETGEAR today announced a new line of Threat Management appliances with enterprise-class features but priced for SMB buyers.

The Clickfree Transformer does a good job of automatically getting all your data files safely onto any USB drive you have lying around.

Clickfree's Transformer is a $60 USB cable that turns any USB drive into an automatic backup drive for Windows PCs.  Read the full review.

With a spare notebook or PC and a little time and Copfilter, you can centralize your network virus, spam and email protection.

D-Link today said its SECURESPOT 2.0 Internet Security and Parental Control Services has been added to two more of its draft 802.11n routers.

The second and final part of our review covers the USG100's extensive UTM features.

Yoggie Security Systems today released MacOS versions of its miniature hardware internet security devices.

ZyXEL has packed a lot into its $500 UTM. Part 1 of our two-part review covers its routing, VLAN and VPN features.

NETGEAR yesterday announced that it is acquiring privately-held CP Secure, Inc.

ZyXEL today announced its expanded Unified Security Gateway (USG) series that combines a deep packet stateful inspection firewall, anti-Virus, IDP, content filtering, anti-spam and VPN (IPSec/SSL/L2TP).

Nagios is an open source tool that provides pro-level network monitoring.

You can securely browse the web from any public location by using a secure web proxy.

EMC's MozyHome Online Backup service is simple to use and affordable, but won't back up everything you might want.

If you have access to an SSH daemon, you can surf safely no matter where you are connected.