Aug 16 2008

Britain – The Internet Police

Posted by admin in Legal/Legislation

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, murat $en
Do we want government to watch us while we troll the internet?
Do we want government to capture, store, and evaluate our chat, email, and browsing sessions?
D…

Aug 08 2008

Check your USB drives at the door

Posted by admin in Legal/Legislation

One of these days corporations will start issuing laptops and personal computers without USB drives, CD burners, and connectivity to the Internet for file transfers.

Case in point: It is just too e…

Jun 21 2008

The Dell patent web

Posted by admin in Legal/Legislation

Convolve, the holder of a patent that limits vibrations in hard drives has claimed Dell Inc and two suppliers (Western Digital, and Hitachi) have infringed on the patent. Despite earlier talks betwee…

Jul 21 2007

Credit Card Compliance

Posted by admin in Legal/Legislation

Another day, another theft of valuable credit card information. Even though companies are being pressured to meet the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), many are foregoing complia…

Jun 08 2007

An Expensive Security Breach

Posted by admin in Legal/Legislation

The first settlement under New York's Information Security Breach and Notification Law has been handed down in that state. In the lawsuit, it was alleged that CS STARS, a claims management company…

Mar 28 2007

HP Sues Acer

Posted by admin in Legal/Legislation

It's tough keeping up with the Joneses, especially when your professional life depends on it. Technology changes at lightning speed, and as a result, companies get caught up in legal arguments inv…

Mar 23 2007

Homeland Security Risks

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Even the government can't get it right. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is developing a data mining tool that allows for faster searches through mountains of data. However, according to …

Apr 15 2006

Misunderstandings About Storage Virtualization

Hu Yoshida's Blog: Misunderstandings About Storage Virtualization:

Hu Yoshida weighs in with his viewpoint on vendor-lockin on Storage Virtualisation systems. *phew*. Interesting view, and makes…

Apr 15 2006

Un-ingestion

DrunkenData.com » Blog Archive » Un-ingestion:

I'm a big fan of open standards – if for no reason other than to avoid this sort of scenario.

Our dev team at work is doing some work customizing o…

Mar 12 2006

A giant hard disk in the sky?

Posted by admin in Legal/Legislation, Online, Opinion

Google: A giant hard disk in the sky? | Computerworld Blogs:

If Google starts to offer free, unlimited storage, things could get very interesting.

I don't know how I'd feel about using th…