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5 Ways You Can Get Rid Of A Hard Disk Without Smashing It

Desire Athow — Thu, 08 Jan 2009

Consumer magazine Which? advises that hard disk drives should be smashed into pieces using a hammer if you no longer use them. This solution, although quick, is neither easy nor painless especially if you will be opening a computer for the first time.

Destroy Your Hard Disks To Save Your Data Says Which

Desire Athow — Thu, 08 Jan 2009

UK Consumer Watchdog magazine, Which?, has advised its readers to destroy their hard drives to prevent fraudsters and cybercriminals from stealing their personal information in a bid to stop identity fraud.

2009 ... Good Year or Bad Year For Tech?

Desire Athow — Wed, 07 Jan 2009

Recession, unprecedented financial turmoil, unheard of levels of national debt, banks being propped up by us, the great British public, the car industry on the verge of collapse and even good old 'Woolies' failing - one could be forgiven for thinking that it’s all doom and gloom.

Enterprise Deduplication: Tools of the Trade

Team Sepaton — Wed, 07 Jan 2009

There is an old saying “a carpenter is only as good as his tools.” The same is true of enterprise deduplication. Using a department or small-business size deduplication technology in an enterprise data center is like trying to roof a house with a tack hammer - slow, highly inaccurate, and very inefficient.

New Seagate Hard Drive Paves Way For 2TB Monster

Desire Athow — Tue, 06 Jan 2009

Seagate has released a 1TB hard disk drive, the Barracuda 7200.12 HD, which packs only two 500GB platters, meaning that a four-platter 2TB hard disk drive should be announced in the next few months.

Parents Increasingly Use Social Networking Websites To Communicate With Children

Desire Athow — Mon, 05 Jan 2009

Around three in every four parents are switching to social networking platforms to stay in touch with their children living far away at university, according to recent reports.

Blu-ray Sales Grow Faster Than DVD

Desire Athow — Mon, 05 Jan 2009

In spite of the ongoing slump in the global economy, a striking growth in Blu-ray sales was observed during the holiday season, according to the recent claims from British Video Association.

New Year’s resolutions for the data centre industry : Everything’s doomed!

Desire Athow — Fri, 02 Jan 2009

The global economy has gone to the dogs, the environment is in dire straits and there is a very real possibility the data centre industry will run out of capacity in the next few years. Ah the festive season, a time to be joyful.

Facebook, Google, BBC Are Christmas's Big Winners

Desire Athow — Tue, 30 Dec 2008

ISP Plusnet and Web Analyst Firm Hitwise have published details that show that Google remained the undisputed champion when it came to UK internet traffic over the Christmas period, followed by Facebook and the BBC

Virtualisation and hosted applications : Microsoft's Perspective

Piers Daniell — Tue, 30 Dec 2008

Microsoft recently announced the launch of a new data centre in Ireland to support its growing online business. This new data centre will comprise tens of thousands of servers pumping out web-based applications to internet users (in particular business users) all over the world.