Apple has reduced the cost of an SSD-based MacBook Air by around AU$700.
Social networking Web sites are fast becoming a key target for online fraud, according to the latest Symantec Internet Security Threat Report.
Intel launched its second-generation Classmate PC on Thursday at the Intel Developer Forum in Shanghai.
Dell has crunched its numbers and says there isn't a problem with solid-state drives but it's still early days for the costly technology.
Notebooks with solid state drives (flash-based) cost more than traditional hard drives, are "an order of magnitude" less reliable and do not perform as well when using Microsoft Outlook.
It's rare that we see a genuinely new technological paradigm land on retail shelves, but solid state drives, or SSDs, are one such technology. Here are five reasons we're looking forward to their ascendancy.
News headlines about portable storage devices going missing are as common as muck, but the problem could be even more widespread than you suspect.
Using a USB drive to transfer setting to a Cisco router has many benefits. Among others, it can hold multiple configurations and copies of the Cisco IOS and it will speed up the copying process. Here's how to use a USB flash drive with a Cisco 871W router.
When comparing the Windows Vista and Mac OS X user experiences, this step-by-step walk-through of Vista's Windows Easy Transfer application shows that there is still some work to be done in Redmond.
You can't boot using a floppy disk the way you used to be able to with DOS, but one handy way to easily boot XP is by using a USB flash drive. Here's how to make it work.
Organisations face a host of security concerns driven by the power of technology and the vulnerabilities inherent in its use. IT pros have to be vigilant about all these issues, from system penetration threats to hardware portability to employee turnover.
Methods for preventing internal security breaches that work in a small company environment generally don't scale well as the organisation gets larger. Here's how you develop a scalable strategy for preventing breaches as your company grows.
Asus' inexpensive 802.11n router is a bit of a bargain, although it does also bring with it some bargain basement sensibilities.
The ReadyNAS NVX is a highly capable network storage appliance that will work equally well in a small or medium-sized business or at home.
The Synology DS209 is an excellent little unit, with a more complex than necessary set up routine. Still for those looking for a highly featured, high performing NAS with an easy to use and flashy menu, it's certainly a compelling choice.
Since when did vendor battery claims actually represent the truth? Acer's Timeline notebook just keeps going and going and going, but it's a pity that it's otherwise underpowered and hampered by Windows Vista.
LG's external Blu-ray writer is huge, but does the job. We're still not in the age of Blu-ray though, and we wonder if we ever will be.
Ben Forta: All about Adobe
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