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Solid-state disks offer 'fast erase' features 10 February, 2009 10:13
As the pilot ejects inside enemy territory, the fighter jet triggers an automatic data-destruction sequence. Within 15 seconds, the highly classified mission data on the solid-state disk has been wiped out. - +
Intel, Ericsson team up on mobile security for laptops 12 December, 2008 10:21
Intel and Ericsson are offering to protect lost or stolen laptops by sending an SMS (Short Message Service) to the laptop will render it useless to thieves. - +
New service tracks missing laptops for free 15 July, 2008 11:05
Lose your laptop these days and you lose part of your life: You say good-bye to photos, music and personal documents that cannot be replaced, and if it's a work computer, you may be the source of a very public data breach. - +
Laptops lost like hot cakes at US airports 01 July, 2008 09:19
Keep laptops close at airports, because they have a startling tendency to disappear in the blink of an eye, according to a new survey. - +
Lenovo to offer new ThinkPad line for SMBs 24 June, 2008 11:01
Lenovo on Monday confirmed plans to launch a new ThinkPad laptop line, the SL series, with features and support services geared toward small and medium-size businesses. - +
Eight incredibly useful tools for road warriors 05 June, 2008 07:46
When you're on the road, you can feel more like a juggler than a traveler: You've got your notebook, your smart phone, your camera, your GPS device, your MP3 player -- and all the power cords, USB drives and other gadgets that go with them. - +
Codie awards go to Red Hat, Adobe, Salesforce.com 22 May, 2008 07:38
Winners of this year's Codie awards, given by the Software & Information Industry Association (SIAA) Tuesday evening, include some familiar names in software as well as some lesser known and new companies. - +
Laptop thieves foiled by tracking system 04 April, 2008 08:53
Laptop tracking systems do work, and Absolute Software has a real-world example to add to its PR arsenal. The security tracking company's LoJack system has been used to catch alleged laptop thieves at a US airport. - +
Vancouver security vendor joins McAfee alliance 31 January, 2008 09:14
Vancouver-based Absolute Software hopes its involvement in a new McAfee partnership will help give IT mangers a consolidated and simplified platform for dealing with enterprise security. - +
Security vendors lagging on support for Vista 01 March, 2007 14:00
Windows Vista's revamped security features are posing difficulties for some IT security vendors looking to make their software work on the new operating system. - +
SMB - Technology for rescuing stolen laptops emerges 14 August, 2006 08:15
Perhaps you followed the dramatic headlines in May as the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs came to grips with the fact that it had lost a laptop (since recovered) with personal information on 26.5 million veterans, exposing them to identity theft.
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