cd in comment and analysis
Peter Cochrane's Blog: DVD format wars
Comment If we had gone with the-worst-technology-wins theory we could have expected HD DVD to win because it only involved a tweaking of the well-established CD technology. There are many theories about how one technology or brand wins the global market... [17 Mar 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Laptop losses, mobile ads, gas-guzzler charge, Vista backtrack…
Comment If you're going to install a major update (in beta to that fact) on a PC that has no backup DVD or CD then you are putting yourself at risk from losing your data. Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are responding to the latest tech... [21 Feb 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Getting thinner fast
Comment So when my new machine does arrive it will also lack wired LAN and FireWire ports - and, most dramatic of all, no CD/DVD drive. Can I really manage without a CD/DVD drive? During the past 15 years I have seen one generation of laptop after another... [28 Jan 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Tax man's stamp bill, more lost data, unencrypted laptops…
Comment This story is a lot bigger than a missing CD and yet its significance seems to have gone largely unreported so far. The ability to copy data onto portable devices, be it CD, DVD or portable drive should be extremely limited. [24 Jan 2008]
Dear silicon.com... HMRC search costs, Vista SP1 moans and fingerprints for visas…
Comment Police seek full costs of HMRC CD search What's got silicon.com readers reaching for their keyboards this week? Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are responding to the latest tech news and views on the site. [17 Jan 2008]
Editor's blog: What your identity is worth
Comment Considering the failure of the search for the discs so far, how long will it be before 'like looking for a CD in the taxman's office' becomes common usage instead? I always thought the cliche 'like looking for a needle in a haystack' was in need of... [05 Dec 2007]
Dear silicon.com... Vista uptake… HMRC blunder… iPhone too cool or too costly?
Comment Enrypting such data as it is being created or stored, for example on disk, tape, CD's --whatever -- with software encryption is low and hhits procesors hard. This would have prevented damage no matter who had the CD's. [29 Nov 2007]
Leader: It's time for a data breach disclosure law
Leader The HMRC data breach - in which the unencrypted details of 25 million people on the child benefit database were downloaded by a junior official onto a CD and sent, unregistered and unrecorded, by post to the National Audit Office - highlights the... [22 Nov 2007]
Dear silicon.com... Data breach row, hotel iMac, wi-fi piggybacking: yay or nay?
Comment Even if the CD's are posted using recorded delivery it only means they are informed once they have gone astray. What's got silicon.com readers reaching for their keyboards this week? Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are... [22 Nov 2007]
Editor's Blog: Missing data, missing brains
Comment And some encryption wouldn't have gone amiss, either, if they really needed to download it to a CD. No one should think it's a good idea to download a database containing the confidential details of 25 million individuals and then send in through... [21 Nov 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: The last CD
Comment However, what was a surprise was the short lifespan of the CD. Ask yourself this simple question: when was the last time you burned a CD and can you even remember the floppy disk? The old 1.44MB floppies survived for a long time but then quickly... [25 Oct 2007]
The Yearly Round-Up 2006
Round-Up Because it's surprising you see, as the silicon.com editorial team plays its CD of Christmas number ones, just how many (shoe-horn at the ready) put us in mind of major happenings in the world of technology this year. [21 Dec 2006]
Leader: The music industry's stupidest idea... tax the net
Leader It has always had a problem with people copying music, be it by tape, CD or file sharing. Greed and stupidity are two very unattractive traits. The music industry's attempt to tax internet service providers for users downloading illegally copied... [14 Jul 2006]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Good-bye CDs
Comment And where does this leave the CD? Already the ubiquitous USB memory stick is sidelining the CD for many applications and is augmented by the rollout of broadband. When we transitioned from floppy to CD the capacity multiplier was over 300:1. [14 Jul 2006]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Scam repeats
Comment Written at The IoD London after having found an apparently blank CD at a coffee shop on the way in. Despatched to silicon.com via a free hotel wi-fi service available in a coffee shop next door. Way back when people still used floppy disks, I... [22 Jun 2006]
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