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Android on your desktop gets its second alpha
News In a Twitter update, the developers said a version running from a USB memory stick may also be released this week. The developers of the LiveAndroid project have released the second... [09 Jul 2009]
Now you can get OLPC's Sugar on a stick
News The OLPC (one laptop per child) XO-1 interface is now available on a USB stick. Sugar Labs, responsible for building the low-cost device's OS, has released it online for loading onto any... [29 Jun 2009]
NHS warned: It's time to beat the breaches
News One incident cited was the loss from Cambridge University Hospital of an unencrypted USB stick, which was later recovered by a car-wash attendant. Thomas also mentioned the loss of an encrypted... [26 May 2009]
Alien hunting, Windows through the ages and Christmas gifts
Photo If the festive season inspires your thoughts to turn to what sort of presents to buy yourself, then check out our top ten presents for the techie that has everything, including a few handy suggestions for what to stick... [22 Dec 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: How to delete sensitive data
Comment I was recently handed a small number of USB memory sticks by people requesting copies of documents at a conference. Within minutes each memory stick revealed a large... [15 Dec 2008]
Photos: Xmas presents for the techie who has everything
Photo No one quite knows why USB sticks have to come in so many desirable and frankly eccentric designs - getting the fanciest memory stick is the grown-up techie's evolution of collecting... [04 Dec 2008]
End of data losses no loss to NHS Lothian
News We've even got scenarios where some of the more scientific departments have microscopes that connect by USB, so if we were just to shut off USB ports and say 'it's only my memory sticks... [05 Nov 2008]
Top 10 green gadgets for your office
Photo Portable memory hasn't had the greenest of reputations - used data-carrying CDs and USB sticks are more likely to be lost by civil servants than recycled. The housing of this memory... [14 Oct 2008]
Photos: IBM from Spitfires to Sphynxes
Photo That means, the capacity on 100 of these devices equates to just one modern USB 2GB memory stick. One of the technologies on display at the house is this TROS memory... [19 Sep 2008]
"Shambolic" security behind Home Office data breach
News The loss of a USB stick containing unencrypted data on 84,000 prisoners by a management consultancy working for the Home Office has been slammed as a "shambolic" failure by the IT security industry.... [27 Aug 2008]
Prisoner data breach firm paid £100m
News But this week it emerged a USB memory stick containing unencrypted data on all the prisoners in England and Wales - some 84,000 individuals - had been lost by the company. Details stored... [22 Aug 2008]
Home Office loses data on 84,000 prisoners
News Unencrypted data on all 84,000 prisoners in England and Wales has gone missing after a Home Office contractor lost a USB stick on which it had been stored. According to a Home Office statement, the... [22 Aug 2008]
Intel's Atom cracks into PC World
News These specifications tally with the Wind but there are three key differences: the 4211 comes with YouCam webcam software preinstalled for easy uploading to YouTube; drive-based recovery for reinstalling Windows, if necessary, without... [08 Jul 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Getting thinner fast
Comment Well, my USB memory stick is a 16GB unit and I will shortly be upgrading to 32GB or possibly 64GB. Well, wi-fi will do it, as will a USB stick. So the... [28 Jan 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Tax man's stamp bill, more lost data, unencrypted laptops…
Comment If there is a real need, why are they being moved unencrypted, by people so careless they can lose a USB stick? I left a USB flash drive in my shirt pocket and my wife washed it. Fine to... [24 Jan 2008]
