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How to archive on disk drives

How to archive on disk drivesDo you have some references to backup your claim?I am curious, do you have any references to backup your claims? 12 months?I have never heard of this before and interested to see the research.RE: How to archive on disk driveswell it is known that...

Tags: NEW Drives, disk drive, disk, FireWire, tape

Discussion threads 2008-09-09

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News to know: Windows 7; Google Dashboard; Driving while texting; Steve Jobs; Droid

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Sam Diaz: Ballmer: So far, Windows 7 sales are "fantastic" Dana Blankenhorn: What the Google Privacy Dashboard can...

Tags: Steve Jobs, Google Inc., Web, Dana Blankenhorn, Verizon Communications Inc., Mary Jo Foley, Dashboard, Microsoft Corp., Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Channel Management, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing

Blog posts 2009-11-06

Smart Turn Off COMputer 3.6.9 (Windows)

Turn your computers off by icon, button, combination keystroke or timer and... protect privacy, cleanup PC, close applications in accordance with chosen policy, kill unknown viruses, backup data, eject CD, launch additional tasks (*.bat, *.exe, *.com) at shutdown and be sure your computers will shut down! CLEANUP FEATURES: all popular...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Smart Turn Off, Backups

Software downloads 2009-11-06

WinInstall Desktop Availability Suite 10.0 (Windows)

WinInstall Desktop Availability Suite includes: Client Reset Templates. WinINSTALL's unique client reset technology allows IT administrators to build workflow templates around common desktop management tasks. Alternative to Imaging. Whether restoring a PC, deploying new hardware, or migrating operating systems, WinINSTALL eliminates the headaches triggered by creating, updating, and tracking images-without...

Tags: PC, Operating System, Microsoft Windows, Scalable Software, WinInstall Desktop Availability Suite, WinINSTALL, Desktops, Operating Systems, Hardware, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-06

Brinell's Purestorage external hard drives are elegant, but pricey

Brinell has tried its best to combine elegance and performance with their suave-looking new line of Purestorage portable hard drives. Is beauty worth its price? by Rachel King

Tags: External Hard Drive, Hard Drive, Brinell, Rachel King

Blog posts 2009-11-05

Antitrust charges filed against Intel

Stepping backand seeing an AMD plant being built in close proximity to the capitol of New York Albany, seeing Cuomo follow in the footsteps of his Father Mario, does it surprise anyone that Cuomo is being this aggressive?It's a move which will certainly look good on his curriculum vitae when...

Tags: Corporate law, Processors, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Antitrust charge, antitrust, processor

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

What would make you trust Microsoft?

Flame on!Let me save a couple people the time of posting"Microsoft is the most evil thing on earth and should be destroyed" - Linux Geek, Ole Man, D.T, No More Microsoft Software ...."I trust Microsoft with my life" - Mike Cox, Loverock, ... "They are a company. I trust them...

Tags: SECURITY, Microsoft Corp., extremist, open source, MHD

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

File Sheriff 2.0.4 (Mac)

File Sheriff 2.0 will have many great features including: A new, easier-to-use user interface making it easier to get things done Files can be selected and edited by dragging and dropping items onto the application and dock icons File Creator and Type codes can be modified more quickly than previous...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Sheriff, File, Apple Mac OS X, Digital Music, Apple Mac OS, Digital Media, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-11-05

Windows Security Officer 7.5.5.44 (Windows)

Windows Security Officer is an autonomous provider of log-on and resource restriction security application integrated with, yet independent of, the Windows operating system. It has the capability of providing extremely strong, secure control of who can access a personal computer resources, and exactly what they can do and when they...

Tags: PC, Security Officer, Computer, SSS Lab, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-11-05

Walmart unveils 15.6" HP Pavilion G60 laptop for $298

hmmfor once, i agree with you. why are they still making the celeron...? shouldn't the atom replace that?Intel Celeron?is Inhel still making this 10 year old crap?surplus maybe? ntnti feel 298 is bad for celron processor..but still good option for ppl who r new to these creepy labtops..RE: Walmart unveils...

Tags: Notebooks, Desktops, Processors, HP Pavilion, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., laptop computer, Hewlett-Packard Co.

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

IronKey reveals new, ultra-secure D200 USB flash drives

Another bad designIf I can lose the cap and damage the connector, it's not secure. Why would anybody make a flash drive with a separate cap any more? I'll continue to wait for a secure drive with a good physical design that operates reliably with NO software installation on host...

Tags: Flash memory, IronKey, D200 USB flash drive, USB flash drive

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

IronKey reveals new, ultra-secure D200 USB flash drives

IronKey, the self-proclaimed "maker of the world's most secure flash drive," unveiled their new D200 USB flash drive this morning. by Rachel King

Tags: USB Flash Drive, Maker, IronKey, Flash Memory, Rachel King

Blog posts 2009-11-04

Google Wave: Has potential, but let loose too soon

Open sourceKeep in mind that the code to developers is completely open source. If someone wants to make their own wave software or use the real time HTML 5 support for something else.Besides this is just a preview of the basics. Open to only 100,000 people, you can't expect much....

Tags: Google Inc., developer

Discussion threads 2009-11-03

The perfect computer?

Do we have the technology to build a perfect computer? Would it be perfect for a specific purpose or is it possible to build a perfect general purpose computer? Small Business Computing's Mark Beckley has some answers. Do we have the technology to build a perfect...

Tags: Motherboard, Computer, Machine, Chip, Small Business Computing, Watt Power Supply, Productivity, PCs, Mark Beckley Small Business Computing, Special to ZDNet, Mark Beckley Small Business Computing, Special to ZDNet

News items 2009-11-02

Holiday Gift Guide 2009: Laptop computers

This year the laptop list was a tough assignment for several reasons. First, the emergence of a new class of ultra-thin laptops--spawned by lower-cost processors from Intel and AMD--has made things more complicated. Second, there's a fresh crop of Windows 7 laptops, and...

Tags: Processor, Hard Drive, Performance, Apple MacBook, Memory, Graphics, Laptop Computer, Netbook, Computer, Intel Corp., Compaq Computer Corp., Compaq CQ61z, Timeline 1810T, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows 7, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, John Morris

Blog posts 2009-11-01

FileLocator Pro 5.2 (1025) (Windows)

FileLocator Pro allows you to search your computer for all your important data. You can search for ZIP, RAR and CAB files as well as for PDFs, Word documents and more. Also perform searches in your LAN/WAN network drives. New in this version: now uses XP/Vista visual styles. New Boolean...

Tags: Mythicsoft, FileLocator Pro, WANs, Microsoft Word, LANs, Network Technology, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Word Processors, Networking, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Operating Systems

Software downloads 2009-11-01

Apple TV update looks good but doesn't offer much more

I second your thoughts, Sam.The updates were nice, but hardly worth it from the functional standpoint. Yes, Netflix would be nice, although iTunes provides most, if not all, of what Netflix would, doesn't it?One thing Tim Cook mentioned during the most recent earnings call was that Apple was going to...

Tags: INTERNET, Apple TV, Internet radio, Apple Inc., TV, NetFlix Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

Intel seeks new 'microserver' standard

Why bother with a new standard?What Intel needs to do is use the pre-existing motherboard form factors like Micro-ATX and Mini-ITX. Why can't they just design a board in the Mini-ITX form factor for a single-socket Xeon 3400-series processor with ECC RAM and dual-GBe ports with the standard fare...

Tags: Servers, MicroServer, server, Mini-ITX, Intel Corp., HP MediaSmart

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

Phishing experiment sneaks through all anti-spam filters

A recently conducted ethical phishing New study details the dynamics of successful phishing experiment impersonating LinkedIn by mailing invitations coming from Bill Gates, has achieved a 100% success rate in bypassing the anti-spam filters it was tested against. The experiment emphasizes on how small-scale spear phishing campaigns...

Tags: Anti-spam, LinkedIn, E-mail, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-10-29

Five reasons to deliver a virtual service, not a virtual server

What began as an interesting technological experiment has now become an opportunity for IT to shape its future, says Fortisphere's Lilac Berniker Commentary - As virtualization becomes an increasingly commonplace technology in the datacenter, the breadth of stakeholders in the virtual environment is growing. ...

Tags: Information Technology, Workload, Virtual Server, Server, Strategy, Management, virtualization, Lilac Berniker Fortisphere, Special to ZDNet, Lilac Berniker Fortisphere, Special to ZDNet

News items 2009-10-29