The arrival of portable USB storage devices,"so small that they fit easily in your pocket and even sport rings for easy key chain attachment,"may finally put the venerable floppy to rest. We examine four options.
Buffalo Technology has increased the capacity of its small-format hard disk drives with the announcement of a 500GB drive, compact enough to fit in your pocket.
Businesses still consider desktop users to be the biggest security risk to their networks, despite increased concern over outsourced labour and remote users.
The CSIRO has developed a tool it says will prevent criminals snooping online communications, but hacking experts say the system is not foolproof.
Microsoft has confirmed that Startkey, which enables users to carry their personal Windows applications and settings on a flash drive, will be available later this year.
A new survey highlights a predictable problem: there could be lots of risky private information stored on USB sticks. That's about as surprising as Paris Hilton flaunting her lady garden in public.
Does anyone seriously believe that Australian businesses and government agencies manage security any better than the US or UK?
There's an argument against the usage of USB sticks which has been discussed many times in this column: they're a potentially massive security risk. But there's another case you could make against having your business life stored in 4GB or so of flash memory it's a total support nightmare.
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.
It's an inevitable consequence of sitting in a lot of enterprise presentations: sooner or later, the phrase "data leakage" is going to come up -- and when it does, you can't help but think of nappies.
The arrival of portable USB storage devices,"so small that they fit easily in your pocket and even sport rings for easy key chain attachment,"may finally put the venerable floppy to rest. We examine four options.
USB storage technology could become the next floppy drive. But does the small size and blazing speed pose a security risk? One member thinks so.
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.
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.
Storage device maker Seagate Technology has acquired Mirra in an effort to develop a box that'll let people access their home and small-office content from any Internet-connected PC.
Sony's newer, slimmer and faster Micro Vault might command a price premium, but users who demand speed will find it a compelling buy.
Iomega's thrown its hat into the USB portable storage market with the Mini USB drive, bringing with it the company's proprietary ActiveDisk technology.
The market for flash memory-based USB storage devices is expected to grow rapidly over the new few years, reaching US$3.8 billion in revenue by 2006, according to a report released Monday by Semico Research.
It's known as the cig@rdrive outside Australia. Is it worth lighting up the StorDrive, or will all your data go up in a puff of smoke?
We put the latest USB Storage/MP3 playback devices to test. Two drives enter, but only one comes out humming a happy tune. Read our Australian review.
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