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RSS usb stickIntel's Atom cracks into PC World
News These specifications tally with the Wind but there are three key differences: the 4211 comes with YouCam webcam software preinstalled for easy uploading to YouTube; drive-based recovery for reinstalling Windows, if necessary, without needing an... [08 Jul 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Getting thinner fast
Comment Well, my USB memory stick is a 16GB unit and I will shortly be upgrading to 32GB or possibly 64GB. Well, wi-fi will do it, as will a USB stick. So the external ports only comprise: power, audio-out, USB and DVI. [28 Jan 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Tax man's stamp bill, more lost data, unencrypted laptops…
Comment If there is a real need, why are they being moved unencrypted, by people so careless they can lose a USB stick? I left a USB flash drive in my shirt pocket and my wife washed it. Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are responding to... [24 Jan 2008]
Top 10 weird data disasters
News All in a spin: A customer who told engineers she had 'washed away all her data' after putting a USB stick through a cycle in her washing machine. Feeding time: A father who, while feeding his baby daughter, forgot about the USB stick in his top... [05 Dec 2007]
Wi-fi piggybacking is OK, say silicon.com readers
News U is for USB sticks/devices He added: "If I stick a tap outside my gate with a sign on it saying 'Drinking Water' I wouldn't expect the police to arrest anyone drinking from it. And readers were quick to respond to a silicon.com article that... [19 Nov 2007]
Work-related files go walkabout
News U is for USB sticks/devices A survey has found 49 per cent of PC users store corporate files in multiple locations, with 21 per cent using a memory stick, therefore compounding the risk further. Security from A to Z [13 Nov 2007]
Cabinet Office flexes its shared services
News Court explained to silicon.com that the service is competitive and opens up opportunities for changes, such as flexible working and a single sign-on for staff through the use of a USB data stick on any device. [25 Oct 2007]
Huawei's $1bn R&D pot 'matches Western rivals'
News However, the company now has a comprehensive product portfolio - from optical switching technology capable of maintaining tens of millions of lines through one fibre cable, to 3G and HSPA (mobile broadband) USB modems no bigger than a box of matches. [06 Sep 2007]
External USB HDD Backups: Using BackupAssist With External USB Hard Drives
White Paper This backup file can be saved to a hard drive, DVD/CD, USB Memory Stick, USB Hard Drive or Network Storage Device, enabling users to perform their backups using BackupAssist when a tape drive is unavailable With the advent of USB 2.0 and storage... [25 Aug 2007]
Watch your staff: 'Insider threat must be addressed'
News By simply asking a colleague to print a file from a USB stick Muscat was able to steal his workmate's My Documents folder and all passwords saved on the machine. Muscat didn't even need to touch his colleague's machine - he simply handed him the... [26 Apr 2007]
UWB goes legit
News It predicts the advent of UWB will do away with cabling between devices, such as a USB memory stick and a computer or a digital camera and a printer, and end up facilitating communications, measurement, location, medical, surveillance and imaging... [22 Feb 2007]
SanDisk to bolster USB key security
News Flash memory maker SanDisk is planning to announce a product designed to help businesses manage and control the use of USB drives. It said in a statement: "SanDisk will unveil a comprehensive solution for the enterprise security market, providing... [31 Jan 2007]
Cheat Sheet: Blade servers and PCs
Cheat Sheet With the hardware tucked away in a server room, the IT staff can keep a close watch on it - and dubious characters aren't able to just walk up to PCs, stick in a USB memory stick and steal data, for instance. [24 Jan 2007]
GFI EndPointSecurity: Network-Wide Control of Portable Storage, Media and Consumer Electronic Devices
White Paper Yet any user can come into the office, plug in a USB stick the size of the average keychain and take in/out over 32 GB of data. A person has invested in network anti-virus software, firewalls, email and web content security to protect against... [21 Sep 2006]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Good-bye CDs
Comment So my prediction is that the CD will go quickly, overtaken by the DVD and USB stick, and promoted by exactly the same mechanisms that killed the floppy - file size growth, increased storage demand, plus a growing universality that will leave the... [14 Jul 2006]
