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Google releases notes on Chrome security fixes
News Second was to prevent the user's desktop from being the default download directory to mitigate "the risk of malicious cluttering of the desktop with unwanted downloads, which can lead to executing unwanted files", Larson... [09 Sep 2008]
UK crime fighters grapple with iPhone wipe threat
News The team cracks low-grade encryption using 100 quad-core PCs but for high-grade encryption it relies on the threat of a prison sentence for individuals refusing to hand over passwords or decrypted files. [02 Sep 2008]
Google ups Search Appliance index
News They can use connectors to access files archived with document management systems such as EMC's Documentum. And they can extract structured data stored in databases and software for enterprise resource... [06 Aug 2008]
RIM warns on BlackBerry PDF flaw
News RIM is warning businesses to disable the function that allows a BlackBerry to read PDF files until an update can be issued, after a security flaw was found in the company's software. The flaw relates to how the... [17 Jul 2008]
Google open sources data-moving tool
News The binary files produced by Protocol Buffers are three to 10 times smaller than a comparable XML file, Google said. Google has open sourced an internal development tool called 'Protocol Buffers', a data... [11 Jul 2008]
Intel's Atom cracks into PC World
News Fennell said netbooks - a term initially promoted by Intel to identify low-cost, low-performance, ultraportable laptops, and epitomised by the Asus Eee - are "far more convenient [than laptops] when on the move and provide a full range... [08 Jul 2008]
Timeline: HM Revenue & Customs data blunder
News An EDS employee burns the files, containing the full records of all child benefit claimants at that time, onto two 700MB CD-ROMs. The files are compressed as zip files, providing... [26 Jun 2008]
Corporations riddled with security holes
News Roy Hills, technical director at NTA said in a statement: "A hacker could also gain entry to the corporate network and change users' passwords or delete files, which could wreak corporate havoc. Vulnerabilities on UK... [19 Jun 2008]
Revealed: Top tech security risks and cash-sappers
News Name confusion: System names and domain name systems names often differ, meaning files transferred through FTP can be sent to the wrong machine, again having an impact on security and data protection. [29 May 2008]
Microsoft embraces cloud computing with 'Live Mesh'
News Microsoft's "Live Mesh" program, which uses the internet as a data hub, synchronises files across computers, phones and other devices so a digital picture frame at home could show a picture minutes after... [23 Apr 2008]
Google bots are crawling in a new way
News The new Google indexing practice involves only "high quality" websites and doesn't run on sites with 'robots.txt' files or other standard mechanisms of warding off indexing software. In fact, HTML forms have long been... [16 Apr 2008]
Intuit Mac bug creeps back through public wi-fi
News Data-recovery companies can often recover deleted Mac data, as long as the files have not yet been overwritten. The bug, which was contained in a flawed product update released in... [04 Jan 2008]
HMRC email rejected filtering of sensitive data
News That data was sent without being filtered, in 100 zipped files on two CDs, but did arrive safely at the NAO. The NAO has released the details of an email exchange between the junior HMRC manager... [23 Nov 2007]
Renault F1's tech race never stops
News The team has also recently implemented a security system to stop employees writing files to and from their MP3 players to make sure information is kept on company systems. Hackland told silicon.com: "We're moving masses... [22 Nov 2007]
MoD shells out on data transfer tech
News The software compresses data by identifying information that has changed, rather than sending complete files every time. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) tech supplier the ATLAS Consortium has awarded... [05 Nov 2007]
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