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News Instead of running from a USB stick, as is typically the case with the tech, the SPO will run as an applet from an SD card embedded in the laptop - a precaution against the danger of lost USB sticks. We'll be able to use that as it runs on any... [27 Aug 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. Details of how unprotected sensitive data came to... [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 on the memory stick include names, dates of birth and some... [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 missing USB stick contains: [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 needing an... [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 external ports only comprise: power, audio-out, USB and DVI. [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. Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are responding to... [24 Jan 2008]
Top 10 weird data disasters
News All in a spin: A customer who told engineers she had 'washed away all her data' after putting a USB stick through a cycle in her washing machine. Feeding time: A father who, while feeding his baby daughter, forgot about the USB stick in his top... [05 Dec 2007]
Wi-fi piggybacking is OK, say silicon.com readers
News U is for USB sticks/devices He added: "If I stick a tap outside my gate with a sign on it saying 'Drinking Water' I wouldn't expect the police to arrest anyone drinking from it. And readers were quick to respond to a silicon.com article that... [19 Nov 2007]
Work-related files go walkabout
News U is for USB sticks/devices A survey has found 49 per cent of PC users store corporate files in multiple locations, with 21 per cent using a memory stick, therefore compounding the risk further. Security from A to Z [13 Nov 2007]
Cabinet Office flexes its shared services
News Court explained to silicon.com that the service is competitive and opens up opportunities for changes, such as flexible working and a single sign-on for staff through the use of a USB data stick on any device. [25 Oct 2007]
Huawei's $1bn R&D pot 'matches Western rivals'
News However, the company now has a comprehensive product portfolio - from optical switching technology capable of maintaining tens of millions of lines through one fibre cable, to 3G and HSPA (mobile broadband) USB modems no bigger than a box of matches. [06 Sep 2007]
External USB HDD Backups: Using BackupAssist With External USB Hard Drives
White Paper This backup file can be saved to a hard drive, DVD/CD, USB Memory Stick, USB Hard Drive or Network Storage Device, enabling users to perform their backups using BackupAssist when a tape drive is unavailable With the advent of USB 2.0 and storage... [25 Aug 2007]
Watch your staff: 'Insider threat must be addressed'
News By simply asking a colleague to print a file from a USB stick Muscat was able to steal his workmate's My Documents folder and all passwords saved on the machine. Muscat didn't even need to touch his colleague's machine - he simply handed him the... [26 Apr 2007]
UWB goes legit
News It predicts the advent of UWB will do away with cabling between devices, such as a USB memory stick and a computer or a digital camera and a printer, and end up facilitating communications, measurement, location, medical, surveillance and imaging... [22 Feb 2007]
