byteblog

Google has launched its first foray into the web browser market. It’s no surprise that they’ve extended their reach into this area, given that their business is based around the web and web marketing. Perhaps it is surprising that they’ve waited this long, but it comes at a time when both Mozilla and Microsoft have both launched the new versions of their popular browsers Firefox and Internet Explorer respectively.

At first look it is a very neat browser, with nice touches such as highlighted web addresses with the main domain of the site you are visiting in black, so you can easily see where you are - difficult on some sites with vast URLs.

No crashes yet, but we’re only a few hours in, so will keep you posted!

The latest furore surrounding the loss of a memory stick with the data of all the prisoners in the UK is surprising in a number of ways.

However, the media have chosen to focus on the loss of the key itself, but I don’t think that is the surprising thing; I mean, we all lose things from time to time, especially something barely bigger than an AA battery.

The really surprising thing to me is why I can ensure that we can have all our company disks and portable media encrypted in less than a few hours for the sake of a £150 outlay, but a government contractor with contracts worth north of £50 million over the past few years hasn’t put a similar system in place.

What have they spent all that money on I wonder?

If you deal with any commercially or personally sensitive information, and if you’re in business, then that means you, then do yourselves a favour and invest a small sum in getting things secured.

www.pgp.com

Handheld gadgets storing thousands of hours of film footage could soon be a reality thanks to IBM scientists.

Researchers for the computer giant are working on a technology known as racetrack memory which uses tiny magnetic boundaries to store data.

In a paper in the journal Science, the team at IBM’s Almaden lab in California outline ways to make the building blocks of the novel storage medium.

The capacity of MP3 players could increase 100 times from present levels.

But the IBM team say racetrack memory is still seven to eight years away from commercial use.

Click here to read the full article on BBC News Online

According to Symantec, the online security company, the number of viruses, worms and trojans in circulation has reached the one million mark.

Our experience has shown that for the sake of £50 or so, it is well worth investing in a comprehensive virus-scanning and backup solution, as the inconvenience of losing your data is simply incalculable - never mind the cost to your business.

Read the story on BBC News Online