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Peter Cochrane's Blog: Energy shortages loom

Comment Other simple energy-saving measures would involve a move to less power hungry laptops and thin clients, plus of course far more mobile, nomadic and home working. Written during an intensely boring conference session and dispatched via a free wi-fi...

Tags: data centres, green, energy, power

[16 May 2008]

Minority Report: iPhone, Android and the world in your pocket

Comment That growth is partly because smart operating systems are filtering down from desktop computers and laptops into handheld middle-tier devices, as users demand that desktop and internet applications bridge the divide between computer and phone.

Tags: smart phones, apple, android, iphone

[23 Apr 2008]

Minority Report: Why I am a Mac user

Comment Its hardware and software, its case designs for laptops, desktops and other computers form the focus of its marketing. Similarly with Sony and Toshiba fans, the passion for the technology - laptops usually - shines through.

Tags: leopard, iphone, mac, apple

[17 Apr 2008]

Editor's Blog: Signs of terminal decline at T5?

Comment Plus, spy on some very small laptops here. It's a small claim to fame, I know, but I was one of the passengers who flew from the newly opened Heathrow Terminal 5 last week - and my luggage even came with me.

Tags: project, t5, ba

[16 Apr 2008]

Dear silicon.com... T5 chaos, mobile maladies, and laptop losses…

Comment Lost laptops More than 1,000 gov't laptops lost since 2001 No doubt if it were personal laptops they were losing, they'd soon make a better effort to ensure they're not lost. Heathrow Terminal 5 suffers first day baggage chaos

Tags: laptop, t5, heathrow, mobile

[03 Apr 2008]

Legal Eye: Is encryption really the silver bullet?

Comment After HMRC's data loss, the government instructed all departments to encrypt laptops and has issued new guidance developed by the Communications Electronics Security Group on the standards to be applied.

Tags: data protection, companies act, encryption, security

[27 Mar 2008]

How to detect data leaks

Comment Heiser continues: "As a result they send huge amounts of inappropriate email, and store highly sensitive data on laptops and memory sticks, ignorant of the risk it represents to their employers. Losing laptops or other storage is still one of the...

Tags: security, data protection, data leaks, comply

[19 Mar 2008]

Malice, misuse, mistake - security dangers pile up

Comment Hardly a week passes without another big data breach - typically from laptops left in pubs and disks that go missing in the post. Most recently it was the news that government departments had lost more than 1,000 laptops over the past 10 years.

Tags: threat, data theft, social engineering, security

[10 Mar 2008]

Dear silicon.com... data guardians, not so "killer" mobile apps, Vista on sale…

Comment Just to be sure, also ban wire.and laptops. Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are responding to the latest tech news and views on the site. Data watchers Data guardians' keep a watch over HMRC

Tags: mobile, data, vista, views

[06 Mar 2008]

Dear silicon.com... Laptop losses, mobile ads, gas-guzzler charge, Vista backtrack…

Comment Seems a safe bet that it would be higher than the figures for either laptops or mobile phones. 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...

Tags: vista, data, anpr, sp1

[21 Feb 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...

Tags: full disclosure, data protection, identity fraud, id cards

[06 Feb 2008]

Minority Report: MacBook Air - slim chance of success?

Comment And with justification: the market was ripe for a sub-notebook from Apple and the company has always been ahead of the game with its laptops. Two laptops, consumer and pro. In its last quarter the company reported record Mac sales and in recent...

Tags: apple, laptops, jobs, macbook

[06 Feb 2008]

The Weekly Round-Up: 25.01.08

Round-Up This week the MoD was kind enough to point out that it had actually lost loads of laptops, some containing similarly sensitive data. How about this for an advertising slogan for the Ministry of Defence: "The Armed Forces Want You!

Tags: laptop, mod, air, enter

[25 Jan 2008]

Dear silicon.com... Tax man's stamp bill, more lost data, unencrypted laptops

Comment Whitehall staff banned from removing laptops Fine to ban a removal of laptops from the premises but what about the use of CDs and memory sticks? The laptops should only hold relevant (encrypted) extracts of the data.

Tags: encryption, whitehall, hmrc, laptops

[24 Jan 2008]

Editor's Blog: Digital cold turkey, Himalayan style

Comment And while a few hardy hikers were apparently willing to lug laptops 5,000m above sea level, I wasn't one of them. I've often talked about going digital cold-turkey, dumping the gadgets, the laptop and the broadband, and finding out how long I could...

Tags: mobile, digital, ipod, mountain

[10 Jan 2008]

Peter Cochrane's Blog: Aerial bombardment

Comment It is rapidly heading our way as more and more wireless facilities are included on laptops and mobile devices. The competition for antenna space on our laptops and mobile devices is getting critical. Written at a hotel in Taunton, UK, and...

Tags: wireless, wi-fi, mobility, antenna

[07 Jan 2008]

Peter Cochrane's Blog: Christmas wish list

Comment Adequate PCs and laptops are now hitting the $400 break point and all the associated peripherals come at inconsequential cost. Every year of my life seems to have been challenging for one reason or another.

Tags: artificial intelligence, christmas, applications, play

[20 Dec 2007]

The greening of IT: Do it yourself

Comment Individually they may only consume a few watts of power but if active on thousands of desktops and laptops they could be costing large companies tens of thousands of pounds per year more than using screen blanking.

Tags: green, printers, virtualisation, energy

[02 Nov 2007]

The Weekly Round-Up: 02.11.07

Round-Up Yet more good news for the scheme came with reports that Microsoft is planning on getting its Windows XP operating system running on the laptops. Good news: the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project has a customer - the Uruguayan government has...

Tags: chip and bin, round-up, $100 laptop, bbc

[02 Nov 2007]

The Brampton Factor: Chinese whispers

Comment From cheap laptops to budget routers, China's low-cost products have helped bolster economic stability in the West. So, Martin Brampton asks, what's really fuelling the wave of criticism against the current workshop of the world?

Tags: offshoring, hacking, hardware, china

[25 Oct 2007]

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