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There's no perfect way to back up your hard drive

If there's one thing to keep in mind about computers, it's this: Hard drives fail. I relearned that lesson recently when one of my laptop's external hard drives stopped working and then my 4-year-old iPod died.

Electronics / Hardware

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (4) | comments 3

Judge rules against RealNetworks DVD copy software

(AP) -- A federal judge has barred RealNetworks Inc. from selling a device that allows consumers to copy DVDs to their computer hard drives, pending a full trial.

Technology / Business

created Aug 12, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Review: Facebook snapshot doesn't capture dynamics

(AP) -- In my five years on Facebook, I've shared a lot of photos, links and other tidbits about my life. I've commented on what my friends share, and I've endorsed plenty of their posts by hitting the "like" button. I've ...

Technology / Internet

created May 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Customised computing clouds on the horizon

Cloud services currently on the market do not provide sufficient security. According to one Norwegian research scientist, users are better off forming cloud computing ties among their circle of friends, family, ...

Technology / Software

created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Lost data may have exposed 800,000 people in Calif

(AP) -- A disaster preparedness exercise to ensure California's child support system could be run remotely went smoothly, except for one casualty: the names, Social Security numbers and other private records of about 800,000 ...

Technology / Internet

created Mar 30, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cloud computing's ubiquity brings down prices

If you've ever had your laptop stolen, watched your toddler baptize your PC with Pepsi, or had your MacBook come to a cold, dead stop, you know that the digital memories we store on our home computers are anything but indelible.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Digital music lockers offer compelling bargain

If you've got a big digital music collection, you may want to consider signing up for a digital music storage locker.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Removal of restrictions can decrease music piracy

Contrary to the traditional views of the music industry, removal of digital rights management (DRM) restrictions can actually decrease piracy, according to new research from Rice University and Duke University.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Oct 07, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (11) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

US gets chance to catch up on credit card security

The next time you swipe your credit card at check-out, consider this: It's a ritual the rest of the world deems outdated and unsafe.

Technology / Other

created Sep 09, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (12) | comments 17

Ten years after 9/11, infrastructure interdependence still a challenge in US

Al Wallace was watching the live television news coverage from Manhattan when his phone rang. Only a few hours after the unthinkable terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, a program manager from the National Science Foundation ...

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

NRC report downsizes estimates of deaths from nuclear plant meltdown

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in conjunction with Sandia National Laboratories has been working on a report to update and revise estimates of the number of people that would be killed or harmed as a result ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Aug 03, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 9 | with audio podcast weblog

Gobbler lets musicians collaborate over the Internet

The light bulb moment for Chris Kantrowitz came in the form of a broken disc drive.

Technology / Internet

created Jul 22, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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