Business travellers are fuelling a growing mountain of lost laptops at UK airports which are increasingly being auctioned off as their owners fail to claim them.
Air travellers leaving the United Kingdom on Thursday faced the strictest security measures in years: iPods, mobile phones, laptops, and even books and magazines were no longer permitted as carry-on items.
Australia's airports are introducing advanced kiosk-based facilities to help make the check-in process faster for both domestic and international passengers.
The South Korean government is ploughing US$800 million into research and development of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags.
The carrier has ordered the latest in IP-based digital video surveillance equipment as part of its plan to improve baggage monitoring at airports.
British Airways hopes that radio tagging will save it up to £400 million by reducing the chance of passengers' belongings being mislaid.
Qantas has quietly begun trialling a system to allow customers to check in for flights by sending SMS messages.
The clock is ticking for Rolex rip-offs as Toshiba introduces a tiny chip that can be embedded in watches.
Japanese authorities decide tagging is the best way to protect kids
Microsoft and Sun seem to agree on one thing, and it all has to do with a worldwide network of bodies authenticating digital signatures and certificates
Why is Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology so exciting? According to Cesare Tizi, ZDNet Australia's CIO of the year, it "opens up unbelievable business opportunities."
Welcome to the CIO Vision Series and congratulations to Cesare Tizi, who was awarded the ZDNet Australia CIO of the Year award for 2007. Tizi was recognised for the work he did while successfully leading Australia's largest energy supplier, AGL Energy, through a period of intense change.
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One year on, the postmerger company is hanging on to most PeopleSoft customers, but some big tests still lie ahead. We look at what has passed and what is yet to come.
If companies are serious about protecting their vital information, says Peter Cochrane, they may want to consider two locations unlikely to be damaged by terrorist attacks, hackers or global warming -- the Antarctic or the moon.
Most job candidates don't follow potential bosses into showers, or send Mom to lobby their case. Yet it happened to one CIO, and he offers tips for quick, clean candidate cuts.
VPNs made it easier for remote workers to connect to the corporate network. But those remote workers also pose a security risk. Follow these tips to mitigate that threat.
Having all the drivers, diagnostic, and repair tools you might need when you respond to a support call can force you to drag around a sack of floppy disks. Fortunately, you can minimise this inconvenience with a little planning and the help of a number of different storage products now available.
While encryption software might protect your organisation's data if a laptop is stolen, preventing the laptop from walking away in the first place is your best line of defence.
Designed to be compact, the Evolution is suitable for a short inner-city commute or travel to meetings only.
Designed to carry 17-inch laptops, the sturdy Kensington Contour Roller combines suitcase-like construction with the organisation of a laptop bag.
A sleek-looking ultraportable, the Fujitsu LifeBook P7230 will turn heads with its polished design, but its middling performance make it best suited for basic office tasks.
How much tech do you take on holiday?
If Philips Semiconductor CEO Scott McGregor is gets his way wireless functionality will be inserted into clothes, cars, books, plane tickets, TVs, keyboards and homes.
Could a vest designed to carry multiple devices help out the organisationally-impaired geek? It's possible. But after trying on the eVest, ZDNet's David Berlind found this one wasn't for him. Here's what made him take it off.
Before he starts work every day, Oscar Carranza places his hand in a biometric scanner that traces the contours of his palm and compares them to digital records in the airport's central database.
Innovative Australian company, STM, have designed a new range of Laptop luggage with great practicality and modern design in mind. These bags are lightweight, perfect for students, travellers, and those tired of lugging around the typical bulky laptop bag.
We’ve upgraded and so should you. Here’s our Windows Superguide with the straight story--much of it undocumented--about how to make Windows 2000 work for your business.
Celebrity comes with its perks — free alcohol, better-looking partners, lots of holiday time — and disadvantages — constant media intrusions, being forced to appear in films with Eddie Murphy for the long-term good of your career, and having to do mindless radio interviews with angry men who've been awake since 4am.
There are lots of fiddly little rules surrounding backup and disaster recovery, but some of them are, to be frank, blindingly obvious. At the top of my personal list would be this one: don't check your notebook PC as hold luggage when you get on a plane.
During a recent trip overseas, I marvelled at how technology has radically altered the way we travel
Increased airport security means business travellers may be separated from their essential gadgets for some time to come.
The trademark registration system is pretty ancient, so it's no surprise that technology trademarks wind up in some unusual categories.
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In the second part of his interview, Defence CIO Greg Farr talks about outsourcing, the skills crisis and reveals his most urgent IT priority.
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