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Free Datum Forensics Toolbar

admin — Tue, 15 May 2012 20:36:29 +0000

When moving your business to the internet, it is hard enough finding a competent developer to create and brand your online presence. Then again, how do you know that the contents and graphics of your new company website is not stolen. It will shock you to know how many websites contain stolen content and graphics not to mention the templates and code used. We normally do not have the time to check our websites for plagiarism and copyright infringement issues and why should we?

Well, you should unless you would like to deal with a costly lawsuit. It is not only immoral, but illegal to use graphics and content you do not own the copyrights to. However, finding somebody with the expertise to thoroughly investigate your copyright issues can be just as costly as the lawsuit. The result is that most of us just leave it and hope nobody notices.

Fortunately, Datum created a toolbar for you, so you can do easily do your own investigations and computer forensics. The toolbar works with Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome. You do not need to be an expert to use it and installing it is a breeze. With the Datum Forensics Toolbar, you can perform everyday computer forensic tasks, including detecting copyright infringement and plagiarism issues, research domain ownership, collect evidence and learn how to use the resources on the toolbar. You can also download some computer forensic freeware for your computer.

Before you get carried away by all the resources available, you need to keep in mind that there are specific procedures involved when performing data forensics and when dealing with cases in court. You need to follow these procedures if you would like a successful conviction. Datum provides professional computer forensics and with the backing of competent lawyers we will make sure the proper procedures are followed, from evidence collection to prosecution. Please feel free to contact Datum for more.

The Datum Forensics Toolbar can be used by lawyers, investigators, business owners and individuals to do basic online computer forensics at home, basically for detecting issues and evidence collection. Like mentioned before, if you do not follow the correct procedures, there are absolutely no guarantees that the evidence you collect will carry any weight in court or at any other legal proceeding.

Apart from doing basic computer forensics, the Datum Forensics Toolbar can also be used easily search the internet, stay up-to-date with the latest news and tutorials from Datum, monitor your email accounts and get notified immediately when new emails arrive, manage your Facebook account and quickly receive notifications and listen to live online radio. Here is some of the common features you can expect in the Datum Forensics Toolbar:

The Best of Our Site ~ Get the freshest content from Datum delivered directly to your browser, no matter where you are on the Web.
Powerful Search ~ Search the Web and get a wide choice of useful search engines.
App Marketplace ~ Choose from thousands of free apps for your browser.
Notifications to Your Desktop ~ Receive the most important news and announcements from Datum instantly.

The Datum forensics toolbar will be updated periodically as we find new data forensics resources. Your toolbar will be updated automatically when we make an update on our side. You can download the toolbar below. The Datum Forensics Toolbar is totally free with no hidden costs, spyware free and literally installs in seconds.

Community Toolbar by Conduit

Legal Disclaimer: The resources provided with the Datum forensics toolbar are not own by Datum and you will need to respect the individual copyrights of the companies that provide the software and services. All the resources are provided free of charge, but the individual companies have their own licenses for each tool or service, it is your responsibility to read and abide by these licenses. Furthermore, Datum makes absolutely no claims that the evidence collected by you (the toolbar user) is fit to be used in court or in any other legal proceeding. You are strictly not allowed to use the Datum forensics toolbar for any illegal purposes. It is required by law for us to mention that Datum will receive an extremely small commission from every active user of the Datum Forensics toolbar.

Datum fights Plagiarism

admin — Tue, 08 May 2012 23:49:40 +0000

Plagiarism is no laughing matter, especially when you’ve spend hours writing that perfect article or even days creating contents for your website only to find that somebody copied your work. Keeping it honest is not only hard, but can be an expensive exercise.

Here at Datum we take pride in the fact that our contents are unique and we do not violate the rights of honest working bloggers. We write all our contents ourselves and buy the rights to all the images we use on our site. Note: Just because we have the right to use these images does not mean our users have the right, but that makes for another interesting article.

Some bloggers have the idea that because contents (articles) are freely available on the internet, it is free and they can use it anywhere and everywhere they like. What you need to understand is that the moment something is published on paper or digitally (on the internet), it will be copyrighted automatically under the name of the publisher, unless otherwise specified. The contents will always remain the property of the publisher until it is officially transferred to another person or business, normally in writing.

Never let anybody tell you that it is alright to copy one or more sentences from another article. This is not only illegal but is the most common form of plagiarism. I’ve seen hundreds of Frankenstein articles created using the method of combining several copied (stolen) sentences. Stop the madness and start being a little more creative. The lack of creativity is destroying our generation!

So, what is Plagiarism?

Plagiarism is when you take a piece of literature (even just a sentence) and publish it, claiming that it is yours and unique. Plagiarism is not only immoral; it is illegal in every sense of the word. Sure, it is easy to get away with it, but getting caught can lead to a costly law suit against you and/or your business.

Sometimes you need to quote another person. Do this by encasing the quote with quotes with the source clearly indicated or if you are using the popular WordPress platform, use the tags, for example:

Many people think of plagiarism as copying another’s work, or borrowing someone else’s original ideas. But terms like “copying” and “borrowing” can disguise the seriousness of the offense – www.plagiarism.org

If you are not a writer and believe me, not everybody can, you can use services like iWriter to find somebody to write professional articles for you. iWriter uses Copyscape to detect plagiarism. You can even write some articles for iWriter and make some extra cash.

How to stop Plagiarism?

Place a copyright notice under every article you write. This can be done by using the © (html: ©) symbol followed by the date and then the name of the copyright holder. See the example at the bottom of this article.

Try an automatic plagiarism detection system like Copysentry from Copyscape. It will automatically scan the internet for copies of your contents.

How to detect plagiarism?

One of the best online tools you can use to detect plagiarism is Copyscape. Copyscape is a free service that will search for duplicate content on the internet. All you need to do is provide the website address you would like to check and Copyscape will handle all the hard work. Click on the banner bellow and check if you have been plagiarized.

You’ve been Plagiarized, now what?

Do not start prosecuting the moment you find something suspicious. Many plagiarizers are innocent and do not know about the incident, mainly because the content was created by a web designer or an unprofessional writer. You will legally be forced to give them some time to remove the offending contents first. Here is the procedure you need to follow:

Go to the offending website and look for a Contact page and send a ‘Cease and Desist’ letter to them asking for the offending contents to be removed immediately.

If the site is a blog you can leave a comment and the webmaster should pick up on it.

If you do not find any way to contact the creators of the site, try using a Whois service to acquire the relevant contact information.

If you get no response from them within a reasonable time, you can file a notice of Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) infringement with some of the top search engines like Google and Bing.

Lastly, after trying everything you can to resolve the matter, start gathering evidence and start legal proceedings against the owners of the offending website.

Ask Datum to Help!

Datum has procedures and the backing of a professional law firm to help you deal with plagiarism in South Africa. Datum will first investigate to see if plagiarism was committed, find the relevant contact information, compile and send a professional ‘Cease and Desist’ letter to all the offending parties, file a DMCA complaint with all the top search engines, collect all the required evidence and start building your case. You can contact us for more information.

Welcome to Datum

admin — Sat, 05 May 2012 13:17:46 +0000

Rizonesoft merged with Datum, South Africa. Datum will continue to develop all freeware acquired from Rizonesoft and will even bring back other discontinued stuff. We need to re-brand, update and optimize everything, so if you could please be patient while we finish these tasks. Everything should be available for download again by 19 May 2012, Saturday.

Welcome to the official home of Datum. Datum is an IT service orientated company specializing in services like Data Forensics, Data Recovery, PC Support, Server Support, Backup Solutions, Security Solutions and general SEO services. Datum was established out of necessity due to a lack of professionalism in most IT companies.

The void in the IT industry for professional services became clear from the moment the concept of Datum was conceived. Services like Data Forensics, Data Recovery, Password Recovery and Server Management are almost no-existent in the majestic Garden Route of South Africa.

Datum is based in Mossel Bay, South Africa and our goal is to bring back professionalism to the IT industry. Together, the founders of Datum, Danie Botha and Derick Payne have over 20 years of experience in the IT Industry and has worked offering the services mentioned above.

Derick is also the founder of Rizonesoft with experience in programming, data forensics, PC support, backup solutions, virus removal, security solutions, graphical designing, sound engineering, website design and online marketing.

Danie brings to Datum expertise like data forensics, data recovery, PC support, networking, server support, server management and server solutions.