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Submission + - Western Digital Touts New "Green Drives" (computerworld.com)

Submitted by

Lucas123

on Wednesday November 21, 2007 @02:57PM

Lucas123 writes: "Western Digital today announced the availability of a new line of serial ATA drives that are supposed to use 4 to 5 watts less than other competitive drives from Hitachi GST, Fujitsu and Seagate. The new "GreenPower" line comes in 500GB, 750GB and 1TB capacities. Western Digital says it achieves better power performance by balancing the platter's spin speed in order to make it more efficient, by optimizing seek speeds and by parking the read heads when the disk is idle, according to a Computerworld story."

Submission + - 10 Ways IT Invades Thanksgiving

Submitted by

Esther Schindler

on Wednesday November 21, 2007 @02:48PM

Esther Schindler writes: "1. You choose a turkey based on its Facebook page

2. You describe the dinner table as "an end-to-end solution for our hunger needs"

and 8 more scary revelations about our cyber lifestyle."

Submission + - India outsource IT to USA (hindustantimes.com)

Submitted by

TheSync

on Thursday August 09, 2007 @08:39PM

TheSync writes: "The Hindustan Times reports that Indian software company Wipro plans to open several software development facilities in the United States. One will be open in Atlanta within the next three months, and if that works out, Wipro is considering Raleigh, NC, Austin, TX, and Richmond, VA. To address the high costs of US employees, Wipro will hire people with associate degrees and train them."

Submission + - To Err Is Human, To Plan Is Divine (informationweek.com)

Submitted by

Anonymous Coward

on Thursday August 09, 2007 @08:28PM

Anonymous Coward writes: "The term "business continuity" today conjures images as varied as flooded data centers, cascading power outages, and waves of cyber attacks. But the real reason to plan ahead for a business disruption is likely to be much more mundane: Some well-intentioned system administrator makes an ill-advised change to a server in your data center causing all hell to break loose."

Submission + - Baby monitor receives broadcast from space! (theglobeandmail.com)

Submitted by

Raver32

on Friday June 15, 2007 @12:18PM

Raver32 writes: "Young parents Tom and Natalie Meilinger, of Palatine, Ill., a northwest Chicago suburb, may have thought they'd entered the Twilight Zone when, earlier this week, they glanced at the baby monitor that normally shows pictures of their son's crib and instead saw ... astronauts. Aware that 3½-month-old Jack wasn't yet walking, let alone walking in space, they knew almost immediately what they were seeing. (Natalie, after all, is a science teacher.) The images were of astronauts gliding weightlessly through the cabin of the space shuttle Atlantis, about 100 kilometres above Earth."

Submission + - Today's Biggest IT Security Menace

Submitted by AC on Wednesday May 09, 2007 @08:07AM

AC writes: Reports found that insider attacks result in costly outages, lost business, legal liability and, inevitably, failed audits. In one case study, it took 115 employees 1800 hours to restore data deleted by a disgruntled insider. At the time of the attack, the perpetrator was an ex-employee of the IT department who was able to remotely access key systems.

Submission + - Buying a Sandwich and Soda at Work Costs $2000/Yr

Submitted by on Wednesday May 09, 2007 @07:17AM

An anonymous reader writes: If you made $40,000 a year, and you started making your own sandwiches for lunch, you'd be effectively giving yourself a 3.75% raise (yes, your sandwiches and sodas are costing you nearly $2000 a year). Buying a Sandwich and Soda at Work Costs You $2000 a Year

Submission + - Intermedia.net fails at Exchange 2007

Submitted by

Alon

on Monday April 30, 2007 @10:36AM

Alon writes: "Even though Exchange 2007 is now out, you should still be carefull who you choose to host it with. Here is a horror story about it at ZDNet — http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-12558-0.html?forumI D=1&threadID=32468&messageID=602126&start=-1 and some suggestions at http://forums.hostsearch.com/showthread.php?t=3640 "

Feed Nasal 'death' molecules may kill sense of smell (pheedo.com)

From feed by nsfeed on Monday April 30, 2007 @10:33AM

An overabundance of destructive molecules in the nasal mucus might be part of the reason that some people cannot smell anything

Web 2.0 Threats and Risks for Financial Services 56

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday April 30, 2007 @10:22AM from the where-is-my-foil-hat dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Companies are tuning into Web 2.0 but are simultaneously exposing their systems to next generation threats such as Cross site Scripting, Cross Site Request Forgery and Application interconnection issues due to SOA. With regard to security, two dimensions are very critical for financial systems — Identity and Data privacy. Adopting the Web 2.0 framework may involve risks and threats against these two dimensions along with other security concerns. Ajax, Flash (RIA) and Web Services deployment is critical for Web 2.0 applications. Financial services are putting these technologies in place; most without adequate threat assessment exercises."

Submission + - SEO hits new low

Submitted by BofhSEO on Monday April 30, 2007 @10:14AM

BofhSEO writes: You've heard of blackhat SEO. Here comes coffin SEO. Newspaper and other sites are now advertising on Google whenever a major tragedy strikes. Weird how people do things on the net they'd never do in the real world. Would a newspaper advertise its Virginia shooting coverage on a billboard?

Feed Top scientists list favourite gizmos (theregister.com)

From feed by registerfeed on Monday April 30, 2007 @09:52AM

Innovations that changed the world

A survey, asking the world's top boffins what they think the greatest innovations have been in their fields, has turned up a dizzying list of inventions, from the world wide web to the humble microscope.

Submission + - Creepiest Robot Clones

Submitted by

Rockgod

on Monday April 30, 2007 @08:55AM

Rockgod writes: "From the article:

Do we really want these creepy humanoid robots to replace humans? Maybe so, but decide for yourself after the break.

"

Journal Journal: Nuclear Capable Missile Forces Passenger Jet Diversion

Journal by Scott7477 on Tuesday April 17, 2007 @04:05PM

Aero News Network says that
"A Garuda Indonesia Boeing 747 carrying several hundred passengers last week was forced to turn around when controllers told the pilots a nuclear-capable ballistic missile had been launched in their vicinity."

Submission + - Men Cautioned For Wi-Fi 'Theft'

Submitted by

sfxdude

on Tuesday April 17, 2007 @04:02PM

sfxdude writes: "Two people in Worcestershire, UK, have been arrested and cautioned for using someone's wi-fi without permission. The men were cautioned for 'dishonestly obtaining electronic communications services with intent to avoid payment'. They had attracted attention by putting cardboard up over the window of the car they were using, but the light from the laptop could still be seen and so residents contacted the police."

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