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Hard Drive Encryption Not All Its Cracked Up To Be

According to researchers at the University of Washington, PC users using encryption software to keep part of a computer's hard drive private, may be fooling themselves.

Addonics Announces Hard Drive Kit With AES 256-bit Hardware Encryption

Addonics has announced a new hard drive enclosure that provides native 256-bit AES hardware encryption on the fly with no detectable performance degradation. The Diamond Cipher enclosure can be connected to a computer via its built-in eSATA and USB 2.0 connectors or mounted into a 5 ¼” drive bay using Addonics cradle system.

The Death of UMD, and a PSP Hard Drive?

the company has considered adding a hard drive to the PlayStation Portable and he also stated the possible demise of the UMD format. Both comments were spurred by the thriving PlayStation Network, which just recently added downloadable movies and television shows. A hard drive seems like a logical step moving forward, but one has to wonder what that'd do to the PSP's size, weight and most importantly, battery usage. Sony made the PSP slimmer, lighter and more power efficient last year, so this could wind up reversing all that.

Hitachi announcement adds momentum to hard drive encryption

Last week, Hitachi announced its 7K1000, a 3.5-inch terabyte drive for PCs that also offers full-disk encryption (FDE). This drive joins a growing number of encrypting drives from Hitachi as well as Fujitsu and Seagate. Certainly, Samsung and Western Digital can't be far behind.

Buffalo ships low-cost encryption drive

Buffalo Technology has become the latest vendor to announce a USB hard drive featuring built-in, hardware-backed encryption. Almost as interesting is that is costs almost the same as the same drive without security.

What To Do With a Hundred Hard Drives?

Makoto916 writes "In five years with my current employer as the IT administrator, I've amassed a sizable cabinet of discarded hard drives; just shy of 100, in fact. All of the drives range in size from 20GB up to 300GB. They've all been stored in anti-stat bags, and spot checks of even the oldest ones show that most of them still work. Individually, they're mostly useless for our line of work, which is digital video production. However, the collective storage potential is quite significant. They are of varying size and speed, but the one commonality is they're all IDE. What is the best way to approach connecting all of these devices and realizing their storage potential? On a budget, of course. Now, I'd never use such an array for critical data storage, but it certainly would be useful as a massive backup array to our existing SAN that do

Western Digital Working On a 20,000 RPM Drive

MrKaos writes "Western Digital seems to be preparing for the onslaught of solid-state drives set to impact its market by developing a 20,000 rpm hard drive. Similar to the VelociRaptor line of drives, the new drives are speculated to be offering lower capacity as a tradeoff for faster seek and write times." This report out of Taipei is the only word on the rumored WD 20K drive. It's said to be a 2.5" drive in a 3.5" enclosure, for efficiency of cooling — the arrangement the Register enjoyed poking fun at when the 10K drive was upgraded last month.

Nintendo stubs Wii hard drive rumours

It will come as little surprise that the so-called "first pics" of the Wii Hard Drive that surfaced this morning are totally fake. All you had to do was look at it.

Opening CD/USB Flash Drive "Application not found" [Vista-XP Security: Virus/Worm Busted!]

She brought back the USB Drive and I inserted it to my laptop (Drive D:, E:, F:, G:, H:, I:, J:, it depends on the number of drives exists). After Clicking the Drive Icon the Error Message appears: "

Feds Say They're Ready For Monday's IPv6 Deadline

netbuzz writes "By all indications and against all odds, it appears as though most, if not all federal agencies will have met the mandate issued back in 2005 that their network backbones become capable of passing IPv6 packets by June 30, 2008. NetworkWorld quotes Pete Tseronis, chair of the IPv6 working group of the Federal CIO Council, saying, 'I have not heard of anybody who is not going to make the IPv6 deadline.' Those involved are calling this a significant milestone in what has been an extensive effort to bring IPv6 into widespread deployment."

Backup Your Pictures with Picasa

Picasa 2 includes a backup feature which will help you to keep your photos safe from disaster like a hard drive crash or stolen computer. Most computers these days have a DVD burner, so you can use writable DVDs to back up your pictures rather inexpensively. Of course, you can use CDs or an external hard drive or network drive as well. Since Picasa is free, there is no excuse for you not to be making regular backups of your precious photos.

Linus on Kernel Version Numbering

walshy007 writes "In a recent thread it was asked what it would take for an 'unstable' 2.7 development tree to be created, to which Linus replied: 'Nothing. I'm not going back to the old model. The new model is so much better that it's not even worth entertaining as a theory to go back. That said, I _am_ considering changing just the numbering. Not to go back to the old model, but because a constantly increasing minor number leads to big numbers. I'm not all that thrilled with "26" as a number: it's hard to remember. I think the time-based releases (ie the "2 weeks of merge window until -rc1, followed by roughly two months of stabilization") has been so successful that I'd prefer to skip the version numbering model too. We don't do releases based on "features" any more, so why should we do version _numbering_ based on "features"?'"

The Linux Saga: Boot Loader, initrd & Sys V

"The name initrd is an abbreviation for “Initial RAM disk�. It’s a file, which includes the image of a file system. The idea is this: RAM disk (that is, a carefully selected chunk of memory which is visible for everyone else as just another data device - it could be described as a virtual hard drive) is kept in the computer memory. Its content is kept in the initrd file. Now the obvious question comes: why do all that? Why can’t we simply use the hard drive directly? Well we could, but the virtual drive has its indisputable benefits..."

Do All MP3 Players Sound Alike?

"Recently I read a review of an mp3 player where the author purposely chose not to discuss sound quality because, in the author’s words, 'The chosen player has a great deal to do with how you access your music, but very little to do with how it sounds…' That got me thinking. Do all mp3 players sound alike? They are all digital, so it’s the same 1’s and 0’s playing the music, so how can there be a difference in sound quality? I have tested some mp3 players myself and have noticed drastic differences. I have trouble believing that mp3 players don’t influence sound quality that much. They have different components, circuitry, software and build tolerances, so how can there not be a difference?"

Google Has All My Data – How Do I Back It Up?

shadeshope writes "Slowly but surely Google has taken over my computing life.How can I back it up? Bit by bit with their mantra, hip image and brilliant services. Google has gained my trust and all my data. I am doing almost all of my computing in the cloud. Google Reader, Calender, Email, Docs and Notes have become my tools of choice. Even to the point where my day book, research notes etc are all on Google's servers.It was just so easy, enabling me to effortlessly work from multiple computers, operating systems and locations. I know, I know, this is foolish — all my eggs are firmly in one basket. It has crept up on me. As a long-time computer user, and committed pessimist, I have used many schemes over the years to ensure my data is safe.

Dual Boot Not Trusted, Rejected By Vista SP1

Alsee writes "Welcome to our first real taste of Trusted Computing: With Vista Enterprise and Vista Ultimate, Service Pack 1 refuses to install on dual boot systems. Trusted Computing is one of the many things that got cut from Vista, but traces of it remain in BitLocker, and that is the problem. The Service Pack patch to your system will invalidate your Trust chain if you are not running the Microsoft-approved Microsoft-trusted boot loader, or if you make other similar unapproved modifications to your system. The Trust chip (the TPM) will then refuse to give you your key to unlock your own hard drive. If you are not running BitLocker then a workaround is available: Switch back to Microsoft's Vista-only boot mode, install the Service Pack, then reapply your dual boot loader.

Online Technology Trends Set To Transform All Aspects Of Small Business

Online Technology Trends Set To Transform All Aspects Of Small Business - With technology moving fast and the cost of entry coming down every day, if you’re not onboard with the latest trends your business is not running efficiently as it could. VoIP: Telecommunications costs used to be significant for small business. Now that’s a thing of the past, thanks to the prevalence of Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP). “Providers like Skype have made it possible to talk, teleconference, and even videolink with people around the world for nothing! If you’re not using VoIP everyday, you’re missing out.� Online services: With an increasingly mobile workforce and a proliferation of remote workers, the software industry is changing rapidly.

DVD Shatters Inside Drive! What Next?

I was scared to death when I heard the loud shot-like noise that came from the DVD disk I was playing. Apparently the disk shattered inside the drive! The drive is wide open but it won’t close, and half the disc seems to be inside the drive somewhere. No other CD can go in at all. How do I take out the rest of the CD broken inside? Can someone please tell me how can I open the CD player inside the computer? I need to see inside so I can remove the rest of the disk. How did this thing happen? My computer is working fine. I mean I even turned it off and on again to see what could happen. Nothing. Can someone tell me if I should open the computer CPU case so I can remove the pieces? Thanks, Mary

Photographer Images Satellites That Do Not Exist

Trevor Paglen is an astrophotographer with a difference… he takes photos of satellites that are not there. Officially "not there", anyway. He spends many nights surveying the skies, waiting for classified spy satellites to pass overhead. When one appears, after researching what is actually out there (which is a hard task, these things are not meant to be discovered!) he captures it with his hi-tech astronomical spy satellite-catching equipment. His work makes for captivating (if unnerving) reading. Apart from capturing 189 "ghost" satellites in orbit, he's turned his stargazing lenses to Earth and taken a peek into the top secret world of "black ops"…

PGP Corporation Receives 'Encryption Product of the Year' at Techworld Awards 2008

LONDON and MENLO PARK, Calif., July 3 /PRNewswire/ -- PGP Corporation, a global leader in enterprise data protection, has announced that the PGP Universal(TM) Gateway Email with PGP(R) PDF Messenger has won "Encryption Product of the Year" at the prestigious Techworld Awards 2008. PGP Universal Gateway Email, now featuring a range of secure delivery solutions, provides standards-based email encryption for secure communication with customers and partners. Based on highly configurable encryption rules, emails and their attachments are secured as they enter and leave the enterprise network. The application is highly regarded for its unique ability to apply centrally defined email encryption policies, making it ideal for audit, regulatory, and compliance requirements.

Magnetek, Inc. acquires DDC⢠Direct DC Drive Systems product line and patent

To accommodate for its continued growth, valve drive system and safety interlock manufacturer, Smith Flow Control (SFC), has moved to a new location in Erlanger, KY. Besides providing a larger 2000 square foot office space for the growing company, the new 5100 square foot facilities also provide a more spacious 3100 square foot area for manufacturing and assembly of the Flexi-Drive remote valve operating system. In addition to the Flexi-Drive, all other SFC products will be available for sale from the new location to customers in the United States and Canada. The company’s new address is 1390 Donaldson Road, Suite E, Erlanger, Kentucky 41018. Its current phone number and website address will remain the same 859 578-2395

PGP Corporation Receives 'Encryption Product of the Year' at Techworld Awards 2008

LONDON and MENLO PARK, Calif., July 3 /PRNewswire/ -- PGP Corporation, a global leader in enterprise data protection, has announced that the PGP Universal(TM) Gateway Email with PGP(R) PDF Messenger has won "Encryption Product of the Year" at the prestigious Techworld Awards 2008. PGP Universal Gateway Email, now featuring a range of secure delivery solutions, provides standards-based email encryption for secure communication with customers and partners. Based on highly configurable encryption rules, emails and their attachments are secured as they enter and leave the enterprise network. The application is highly regarded for its unique ability to apply centrally defined email encryption policies, making it ideal for audit, regulatory, and compliance requirements.

Latest PS3 Firmware Update Requires Hard Disk Wipe to Fix

An anonymous reader writes "Earlier today Sony launched firmware V2.40 for the PS3 which is mandatory for online play. To my horror after installing the update my console wouldn't boot, and this appears to be a not uncommon problem affecting all ages and models of PS3s. Although there is rampant fanboy denial over at the official Playstation forums, the Kotaku article details the issue and has a suggested solution if you don't mind yanking your PS3's hard drive."

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