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Comment The recurring cost of manufacturing CDs, shipping them to shops and selling them, with all its dependencies on the price of raw materials, transportation, fuel, retail space and shop assistant wages, disappears when digitised. [31 Jul 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 25.07.08
Round-Up Did you know the company has published a technical support note advising users how to open the box containing the CDs? Sat-nav devices are either the saviour of the modern driver or the new bane of our roads. [25 Jul 2008]
Editor's Blog: Less data equals more privacy
Comment We kicked off the campaign early last summer and little did we expect that it would become a national issue when in November the taxman managed to misplace a couple of CDs containing records of 25 million people. [26 Jun 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 02.05.08
Round-Up The HMRC has discussed 11 data security incidents involving customer information with the Information Commissioner's Office since April 2005, has stopped data transfers unless there is a business critical need, and now demands adequate security... [02 May 2008]
ID tech tightens up compliance
Comment Companies should also develop policies around use of portable storage devices such as CDs and USB memory sticks and consider using technologies to block their use so that they cannot be used to leak data out of an organisation. [18 Mar 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 14.03.08
Round-Up In the 1990s, web 1.0 boy is the new kid on the block, popular with loads of buddies and has a great time filling the planet with free CDs. The 1990s internet fireball responsible for millions of annoying CDs tucked inside newspapers has been... [14 Mar 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 07.03.08
Round-Up Fielding questions from his chaise-longue at the CeBit trade show in Hanover, Turner told the assembled masses (the Round-Up imagines them angrily waving CDs with printer drivers and redundant security software) that the company was not at all... [07 Mar 2008]
Dear silicon.com... data guardians, not so "killer" mobile apps, Vista on sale…
Comment OK, 37 people is more than one person - but just how are 37 people going to monitor hundreds if not thousands of people if the HMRC does not have the technology to prevent people copying data on to CDs, or at least flag it up if somebody is... [06 Mar 2008]
Editor's Blog: Another blow to identity fraudsters
Comment But it has taken a mountain of lost CDs and stolen laptops for even this - modest - move to come about. Some parts of Whitehall have finally realised what silicon.com has known for some time - that UK law is not strong enough to protect the public... [06 Feb 2008]
Minority Report: MacBook Air - slim chance of success?
Comment The remote disk technology feature, which allows the computer to use the optical drive of another networked computer, is a neat trick but reinforces the impression that the computer is reliant on another machine for access to CDs and DVDs. [06 Feb 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Ageism, broadband row, ID cards…
Comment In my experience one in five packages gets interfered with in some way and one in ten fails to arrive at all, with CDs and DVDs most commonly targeted. They used Royal Mail to send sensitive data CDs - are they mad? [31 Jan 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 25.01.08
Round-Up It also transpired this week that the government department responsible for ensuring standards in the UK's courts is investigating the loss of four CDs containing personal details which went Awol in the post. [25 Jan 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Tax man's stamp bill, more lost data, unencrypted laptops…
Comment Fine to ban a removal of laptops from the premises but what about the use of CDs and memory sticks? Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are responding to the latest tech news and views on the site. [24 Jan 2008]
Whose data is it anyway?
Comment The loss of two CDs containing the data of 25 million people by HMRC has thrown a spotlight on the government's approach to handling personal data. Eric Woods looks at the possible impact of this debacle on the broader government IT agenda and asks... [17 Dec 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 14.12.07
Round-Up In a statement, Department of Environment minister Arlene Foster said the CDs had been tracked at every stage of the handling until they reached the company's central hub in Coventry but said there is no record of the packages leaving the depot. [14 Dec 2007]
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