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US security blunder exposes residents' data

US security blunder exposes residents' data

The names, addresses and social security numbers of tens of thousands of Oklahoma residents were exposed to the general public for a period of at least three years.
Clement James Apr 23 2008 7:29AM Security
Coding error exposes sex offender personal data

Coding error exposes sex offender personal data

A software security researcher has exploited a flaw in the sex offender registry webpage operated by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections.
Jim Carr Apr 18 2008 9:52AM Security
Racetrack memory to change the storage landscape within a decade

Racetrack memory to change the storage landscape within a decade

Advancements in the development of spintronics-based storage technology could provide a basis for lightning-fast devices capable of holding a hundred times more data in the same amount of space than is possible today.
Liz Tay Apr 11 2008 1:34PM Storage
Data breach bosses 'should go to jail'

Data breach bosses 'should go to jail'

A quarter of IT security professionals believe that heads of companies which suffer serious breaches of confidential consumer data should go to jail, a recent survey reveals..
Andrew Charlesworth Apr 9 2008 1:04PM Security
EU reports on search engine data retention

EU reports on search engine data retention

The Article 29 Working Party on EU data protection has recommended that search engine providers should not retain user information for longer than six months..
Iain Thomson Apr 9 2008 7:22AM Storage
HSBC loses customer data

HSBC loses customer data

HSBC has lost a disc containing details of 370,000 of its customers, in an incident which will raise further questions about firms' data security policies.
Rosalie Marshall Apr 8 2008 8:50AM Security
Protecting your data from the Trojan force

Protecting your data from the Trojan force

So many application-level zero-day exploits exist today that the question is not whether your computers are safe but what's already running on them.
Marco Peretti Apr 8 2008 8:26AM Security
Primus completes data centre upgrade

Primus completes data centre upgrade

Telecommunications provider, Primus Telecom, has announced the completion of its Melbourne data centre upgrade.
Staff Writers Apr 8 2008 8:01AM Storage
ICO makes data breach noises

ICO makes data breach noises

UK's Information Commissioner's Office has some strong advice for firms making data breaches
IT Week Apr 2 2008 10:45AM Security
Iceland makes play for data centre market

Iceland makes play for data centre market

Iceland is making a play for the growing offshore data centre market, highlighting its cheap electricity and cool climate..
Iain Thomson Apr 1 2008 7:19AM Hardware
Quantum data coding gets denser

Quantum data coding gets denser

US researchers have broken the record for the most amount of data sent by photons..
Robert Jaques Mar 27 2008 7:35AM Storage
Google in trouble over data security

Google in trouble over data security

Organisations and individuals using Google's applications suite have no right to data privacy, a case in arbitration has shown..
Iain Thomson Mar 27 2008 7:35AM Security
Microsoft warns of Jet Database exploit through Word

Microsoft warns of Jet Database exploit through Word

Microsoft has issued a security advisory in response to reports that cybercriminals are using Word to exploit a vulnerability in the Jet Database Engine.
Dan Kaplan Mar 25 2008 10:03AM Security
Experts try to make sense of Hannaford data breach

Experts try to make sense of Hannaford data breach

As the dust settles from one of the largest data breaches since TJX, few fresh details emerged one day after Hannaford Bros. supermarket chain revealed that intruders stole some 4.2 million credit and debit card numbers from its computer systems.
Dan Kaplan Mar 19 2008 1:45PM Security
Government savaged over data protection record

Government savaged over data protection record

Joint Committee on Human Rights criticises "lax standards"
Phil Muncaster Mar 17 2008 12:17PM Security
Data centre chiefs dismiss green 'hype'

Data centre chiefs dismiss green 'hype'

Green initiatives are gaining traction in enterprises, but data centre managers do not trust the environmental claims that vendors attach to products and services..
Robert Jaques Mar 13 2008 7:26AM Hardware
Fujitsu goes green with data centre upgrade

Fujitsu goes green with data centre upgrade

With an eye on reducing its environmental burden and its customers’ carbon footprint, Fujitsu Australia and New Zealand has upgraded its data centre in Homebush, Sydney.
Liz Tay Mar 10 2008 2:58PM Hardware
Hitachi tackles rogue corporate data

Hitachi tackles rogue corporate data

Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) has unveiled a product at the CeBIT show in Hanover designed to help companies search and retrieve unmanaged data scattered throughout the enterprise..
Ian Williams Mar 6 2008 7:00AM Storage
US data mistakes leave thousands 'dead'

US data mistakes leave thousands 'dead'

Tens of thousands of people are being declared 'dead' thanks to poor data management by the US Social Security Administration (SSA)..
Iain Thomson Mar 4 2008 3:32PM Storage
VMware tackles data centre virtualisation

VMware tackles data centre virtualisation

VMware unveiled four virtual machine management products at its VMWorld conference in Cannes designed to help manage increasingly complex data centres..
Ian Williams Feb 28 2008 7:20AM Hardware

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