A new anti-piracy technique embeds copy-protection or other data inside audio files, even if they are compressed or recorded through an analogue connection.
A former government security advisor now in the employ of Hitachi Data systems claims major storage players, including his own company, have fundamental problems with securing their systems.
Motorola plans to announce this week that it has manufactured prototypes of a flash-memory chip that relies on a thin layer of silicon crystals to retain data, a breakthrough that could help the flash industry overcome looming technical hurdles.
IBM is devising Internet search technology that could let future generations archive important news footage, or just retrieve old scenes from "Flipper."
The same technology that allows Web surfers to locate and connect to computers on the Internet can be used to create covert communications channels, bypass security measures and store distributed content, a security researcher said Saturday.
Storage is a serious business, but when things screw up in a chronic manner, sometimes all you can do is cackle louder than Jeanne Little and then get on with cleaning up the mess.
I was interested to read that Telstra had the good sense to finally hand over its network designs to the Federal government last week.
Despite the fact that a study out this month has shown that the cancer risk from mobiles is more hot air than anything, how many people would be willing to put a base station in their home?
After the government threw its hat in the ring over WiMax, friends and foes of the technology have been frothing at the mouth to deliver a natty sound bite on why the standard is the wireless equivalent of a cold sore or the saviour of all things broadband. Vodafone has now announced it's sleeping with enemy and joining the WiMax Forum. Who's the winner here?
Australian Federal Police (AFP) boss Mick Keelty is the latest to voice concern about India becoming an outsourcing no-go zone, but how real is the risk?
Traditional security models are dependent on "border patrol" via firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention system and other perimeter protection methods. In new, borderless networks, the focus shifts to protection of the data itself. Here are 10 technologies you should be looking at to help secure your borderless network.
Cisco security maven John Stewart says never mind the OS -- attackers are after the apps, from IM to Office.
After a rash of data breaches, one wonders why our personal data is being stored by companies at all.
In this issue of Industry Insider, Mark Heers, our guest columnist from EMC Australia and New Zealand, explains the importance of data classification in helping businesses effectively manage information and how this affects the bottom line.
Texas Instruments plans to unveil its first Wi-Fi chips specifically designed for mobile devices, such as mobile cell phones and PDAs.
Road warriors rejoice -- 3G data cards are bringing some long awaited speed to mobile Internet access. We take a look at offerings from the major Australian carriers.
Secrecy seems to shroud the data centre arena -- all well and good for security's sake, but not so great when trying to pick a provider. We pull back the curtains to find what data centre options exist in Australia.
FireWire 800 ups the speed ante, promising twice the data transfer rate of FireWire 400. But what does this mean for you?
Texas Instruments plans to unveil its first Wi-Fi chips specifically designed for mobile devices, such as mobile cell phones and PDAs.
SunnComm Technologies, one of several companies developing anti-CD copying products, has licensed a new technique that can hide data, video, software or an identifying watermark inside music files.
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