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Win Diskeeper performance and recovery software review
Reviews We're pairing the performance software with Diskeeper Undelete 2009 Professional, a utility that provides recovery protection for files on workstations and laptops. Undelete Professional provides recovery bin protection for files on workstations...
[January 5, 2009, 15:23]
Gartner: Ignore Vista until 2008
News Also on the security issue, the Windows Vista personal firewall is better than the one included in XP Service Pack 2, Gartner acknowledged, and will, crucially, improve security on inbound and outbound traffic — a particular issue with laptops.
[November 11, 2005, 12:05]
Data breaches cost an average business £1.4m
News The main cause of data breaches was the loss of laptops or other devices, accounting for 36 percent of breaches; followed by lost paper records, at 24 percent. Guy Bunker, chief scientist for Symantec in the UK, told ZDNet.co.uk that laptops and...
[February 25, 2008, 15:37]
Apple picks aluminium over titanium
News Jobs has referred to 2003 as the year of the notebook for Apple, with sales of laptops fast approaching those of desktop models. Apple also updated its 12-inch and 17-inch laptops. Goodbye, titanium. Hello, aluminum.
[September 17, 2003, 17:15]
Old iMacs stay on sale
News Meanwhile, Apple's new laptops, the MacBook Pros, will also be priced in the same range as the old PowerBooks, even though Jobs said the new laptops will be as much as five times as fast. In a break with its usual practice of having its newly...
[January 11, 2006, 8:45]
Negroponte: 'Software is too fat'
News The One Laptop Per Child project, which plans to provide affordable laptops to millions of children in developing countries, is tailoring Linux for the project to allow it to run on a lower-specification machine.
[April 4, 2006, 16:10]
Develop a security strategy for mobile working
News Although a zero tolerance policy for data storage on laptops would make it less likely that laptop thieves would have access to the data, it could result in other security risks. Some security experts advocate a complete ban on the practice of...
[July 19, 2006, 13:35]
Software licences are bogged down in tech sprawl
Articles Smartphones are just small laptops that can load any software and they create a security problem. The question is: how can I remove physical content from mobile devices including laptops and keep it in a secure environment, and still have usage of...
[October 28, 2009, 11:24]
Security fears over London's blanket Wi-Fi
News The latest laptops have Wi-Fi built into them, and depending on how they are configured, can automatically connect without the users knowledge, using the Windows Wi-Fi feature for example. This means that laptops can be accessed without the users...
[February 22, 2006, 13:15]
Fingerprint reader can help navigation
News Gateway has provided the laptops for the prototypes," he said. MicronPC launched a line of laptops last year with embedded fingerprint scanners. Such laptops are frequently required by government customers.
[May 6, 2003, 8:56]
Apple pitches Mac OS X to Linux fans
News The combination has proved appealing to many techies, with Apple laptops, in particular, beginning to make a significant showing at Linux conferences. Apple's laptops, such as the Powerbook and iBook models, especially shine on power management and...
[October 10, 2002, 16:01]
Intel deal provides WiMax boost
News Wi-Fi radios are now embedded in nearly 100 percent of all laptops, he noted. But it is working on a WiMax part that can be used in mobile devices, such as laptops, that are based on the 802.16e mobile standard.
[October 26, 2004, 9:20]
OpenBSD update improves hardware support
News The distribution includes better hardware support, including drivers for sensors; support for the Intel G33 and G35 chipsets; a new driver for Attansic L2 10/100 Ethernet devices; and additional ACPI support for IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad laptops and...
[November 4, 2008, 12:46]
PC World claims UK first with Atom netbook
News Fennell said netbooks — a term initially promoted by Intel to identify low-cost, low-performance, ultraportable laptops, and epitomised by the Asus Eee — are "far more convenient [than notebooks] when on the move and provide a full range of...
[July 7, 2008, 15:17]
Analysis: Teething problems for Bluetooth?
News Sales will be driven by laptops and handsets, but IDC analyst Jill House says in a recent report that a variety of devices will also appear: "With a broad array of industry providers and partners, the SIG is capable of pushing the initiative into...
[June 14, 2000, 16:24]
A good forget-it-and-leave-it AV solution
Member Review OfficeScan will automatically remove PC-cillin from the laptops (without asking) and eliminates the tight security I’ve created for those laptops that VPN into our networks. I like the PC-cillin anti-virus program, and I have been using all...
[January 15, 2004, 10:32]
Apple G4s could sleep their way to success
News But, due to power consumption and heat-dissipation, Intel cannot port these chips to laptops. Apple naturally wanted to keep future issues for laptops quiet at this briefing -- naturally because it was, after all, the G4 launch.
[September 9, 1999, 9:55]
'$100 laptop' struggling with costs
News At that time, it plans to ship 1.2 million laptops to children and teachers in Libya, and roughly 4 million more to the other countries, Bender said. Power for the laptops comes from conventional electric current or batteries, since many countries...
[November 17, 2006, 8:49]
Intel's convertible Classmate in action
News The Classmate's carrying handle would be a useful feature on other laptops designed for more general use. It can charge 16 laptops and 16 spare batteries simultaneously — a useful thing, since the Classmate battery only lasts a few hours, according...
[January 16, 2009, 15:21]
Lagging technology exposes wireless networks
News A total of 1,137 laptops -- valued at £1.8m -- were stolen, largely from cars, in the year to May. Thames Valley Police recently reported a leap in thefts of laptops in their area, where some of the UK's leading companies are located.
[October 18, 2001, 11:56]
