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Article | 5/06/2008 Five effective ways to burglar-proof your laptop

Theft of laptops and other mobile devices is spiraling, and the consequences -- financial and other -- are getting increasingly dire.

Article | 3/06/2008 Sci-Fi channel has head in cloud (computing)

The buzzword: cloud computing. The technique harnesses servers' power to share the workload, run Web-based Google apps or combine CPUs for cancer rese...

Article | 3/06/2008 Desktop Linux face-off: Ubuntu 8.04 vs. Fedora 9

Over the past decade, Linux has emerged from a herd of obscure and nerdy operating systems to warrant a place in even the most technologically unsophi...

Article | 3/06/2008 iPhone: One year later

What a difference a year makes. This month, the hip iPhone celebrates its first anniversary, following its riotous US launch last June 29 . Its birth ...

Article | 2/06/2008 2020: The future of technology revealed

With PCs disappearing from desks but technology showing up everywhere else, computing will only get more personal in the coming decades.

Article | 2/06/2008 First Look: Adobe's Acrobat.com Document Collaboration Service

Today Adobe launched the free public beta version of Acrobat.com, a Web-based supplement to its popular PDF document creation application. The new sit...

Article | 2/06/2008 Will proposed treaty make border agents copyright cops?

An Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) under quiet negotiation by several countries including the US and Canada is raising concern in some quar...

Article | 2/06/2008 Better than locks: A security approach to 'free'

In January, Kevin Kelly wrote an essay entitled "Better Than Free" that explained which concepts held value on the Internet. This generated a lot of i...

Article | 2/06/2008 Web 2.0 sites a thriving marketplace for malware

A wiry young man with his head shaved and wearing a tank top points a handgun straight at the camera in a disturbing YouTube video. The man wears what...

Article | 30/05/2008 14 Classic Tech Rivalries

The greatest rivalries are fascinating to observe -- and they invite everyone to choose sides and argue the merits of their favorite.

Article | 30/05/2008 The most anticipated products we're waiting for this year

Lots of cool products and services came out in the past year, but many more have not yet debuted. Here are the biggest ones still on their way.

Article | 30/05/2008 Battlefield handhelds improve patient care

US military doctors and medics say the expanding deployment of laptops and handheld computers in battle zones and military hospitals to capture electr...

Article | 29/05/2008 PDF Key to Digital Preservation — But Not Alone

UK organization says agencies must combine PDF/A with a comprehensive records management program and formally established records policies

Article | 29/05/2008 The 10 most annoying habits of technology companies

May we vent for a minute? Much as we love technology, sometimes we get fed up with the companies that provide it. Maybe it's the notice saying that im...

Article | 29/05/2008 10 essential (and free!) security downloads for Windows

To use an Internet-connected computer is to be insecure and place your privacy in danger. Spyware, viruses, Trojans and assorted malware are everywher...

Article | 29/05/2008 Open source on the wire

Once upon a time, using open-source servers and applications for business was frowned upon in many circles. Today, you'd be hard pressed to find any s...

Article | 29/05/2008 Top 5 ultraportable notebooks

As long as I can remember, people have been asking me why small, ultra-portable notebooks are more expensive than their 14 and 15in counterparts. "But...

Article | 28/05/2008 Top 5 all-purpose notebooks

The expression, "jack of all trades, master of none" is traditionally used as an insult. As more consumers look for a blend of usability and mobility,...

Article | 27/05/2008 5 things you'll love about Firefox 3

A couple of months ago, I downloaded a beta version of Firefox 3 just to look at the new ideas Mozilla was working on. My intention was to try it for ...

Article | 27/05/2008 Windows 7 screenshots leaked

The blog 'Winners of Life' has posted a number of interesting screenshots allegedly from the latest build of Windows 7, the successor to Windows Vista...