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Revealed: Top tech security risks and cash-sappers
News A company with 20,000 PCs would typically see around 2.4TB of hard drive space being taken up with these files. Viruses, dodgy printers, unsupported open source software and iTunes are all among the 10 most common tech problems that can cost money... [29 May 2008]
MoD fights data losses with encryption
News A spokesman for the MoD said: "There was a feeling there was a need for stringent security standards and the reason we chose BeCrypt was its ability to deliver full hard drive encryption quickly. Disk Protect Baseline allows a hard disk to be... [08 May 2008]
Ballmer: Windows XP may live and breathe for longer
News It's a category that covers machines with slower processors, smaller screens and, in many cases, flash memory, rather than a traditional hard drive, for storage. The death of Windows XP may have been greatly exaggerated. [24 Apr 2008]
Microsoft embraces cloud computing with 'Live Mesh'
News Microsoft, the dominant force in software that runs on a computer's local hard drive, has seen rivals like Google and Salesforce.com encroach on its turf with competitive offerings delivered over the internet. [23 Apr 2008]
silicon.com Classics: 10 hard drive disasters
News From deaths at the hands of bananas, sending a broken drive in a pair of dirty socks and WD-40 are some of the unusual fates to have befallen innocent hard drives. Click here to read the full list of hard drive disasters. [28 Mar 2008]
Mozilla chief slams Apple's Safari-iTunes move
News Lilly said: "Keeping software up to date is hard - hard for consumers to understand what patches are for, how to make sure they're up to date. Andrew Walls, security research director at analyst Gartner, said: "User expectations drive the industry... [25 Mar 2008]
Microsoft backtracks on Vista SP1 update
News One irate Windows Vista Ultimate user replied to White's blog post, saying the prerequisite had corrupted their PC and they had needed to reformat the hard drive, losing all of their files and programs as a result. [21 Feb 2008]
Linux-based laptop latest OLPC rival?
News According to Elonex, the Linux-based laptop will boast a three-hour battery life, wi-fi, a flash-based hard drive, a "hard-wearing case" and a "wireless music server", and will weigh less than one kilogram. [19 Feb 2008]
Vista-XP downgrade software launched
News The first DVD sets up a partition on the hard drive and installs core XP files and drivers, while the second DVD installs the remaining XP files in the partition, said Newbould. The Japanese computer supplier NEC has officially launched a product... [06 Feb 2008]
Gov't IT spending to face scrutiny
News The Treasury said IT systems underpinning these projects will be examined as part of the drive to uncover savings in service delivery but refused to give specific details of the projects under the microscope. [01 Feb 2008]
Outsourcing 'increases IT costs'
News As a generalisation it would be hard to save money - and maintain excellent service - in a well-run service. The academic sector isn't known for major use of outsourcing but the drive towards shared services is set to change that. [31 Jan 2008]
Bill Gates sings at CES for one last time
News As for PCs, Microsoft plans to show off a new Lamborghini laptop from Asus, as well as Lenovo's new IdeaPad consumer laptop line, which includes a model that uses flash memory rather than a hard drive for storage. [07 Jan 2008]
2008: The year of mobile handset evolution?
News With the glamorous promise of Google's Android and the glitz of Apple's iPhone, 2007 may seem like a hard year to beat in mobile terms - but 2008 looks set to be a battleground year for mobile handsets. [03 Jan 2008]
Millions of L-driver details "gone missing"
News The hard-disk drive contained the records of just over three million candidates for the driving theory test. Kelly said: "Pearson Driving Assessments Ltd, a private contractor to the Driving Standards Agency, informed the agency that a hard disk... [18 Dec 2007]
Top 10 weird data disasters
News Melting point: During an experiment, a scientist spilt acid on an external hard drive and burnt away his important data. Ooooops: A scientist was fed up with his hard drive squeaking, so drilled a hole through the casing and poured in oil - which... [05 Dec 2007]
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