How secure is your physical storage? If your answer was “not secure enough,” you might want to check out the E08 2.5″ hard drive enclosure from Systen. The drive uses an Read more…

Good news for everyone who’s waiting with baited breath for the release of Windows Vista Service Pack 1: Microsoft released the first release candidate of SP1 to beta testers today, which means that Read more…

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The rumors have been floating around for a while now but the AACS (Advanced Access Content System) licensing authority has finally made it official: both HD DVD and Blu Ray have been cracked. More specifically, the keys used to unlock commercial films have been stolen while the actual encryption used for the discs remains intact. Regardless, those of you with eyepatches and parrots on your shoulders can now “backup” high-def discs to your hard drive. And if you pay any attention to the …

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With all of the excitement about Linux in the enterprise lately, it’s easy to forget about Linux’s less flashy, open-source cousin, Unix. HP, for one, hopes that its enterprise customers don’t completely ignore Unix: starting today, the company will bundle new security features, including encryption and hardening capabilities for its Integrity servers, into its HP-UX 11i v2 OS for free. The move …

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Bill Watkins, the CEO of Seagate Technology recently sat down with CNET to discuss the hard drive industry and why selling hard drives is suddenly a profitable business. The company certainly has a number of interesting technologies on the way, including drives with built-in encryption.

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WebEx finally released their AIM Pro Business Edition, with numerous corporate-class features built atop AOL’s popular instant messaging platform. In addition to the regular IM and WebEx’s collaboration tools, the Business Editon has tighter security and encryption, on-site servers to ensure voice and video quality and integration with Microsoft Outlook. It also connects to ICQ, Apple’s iChat and various smaller business IM applications. Best of all, it’s free to download.

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BlackBerry devices just became a bit less secure: Security researchers, who often work in overlapping circles with hackers, recently let loose some exploit code which BlackBerry maker Research In Motion already patched but which many customers haven’t installed, experts say. The code is even called BlackBerry Attack Toolkit so it’s not exactly subtle. RIM previously defended itself by noting that the attack method affects all wireless devices, not just theirs and experts noted that …

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Government-endorsed projects to build VoIP wiretapping could result in harm to the rest of the Internet, concludes a new study led by TCP/IP co-creator Vint Cerf, public-key pioneer Whitfield Diffie and encryption expert Clint Brooks. The study was undertaken on behalf of the Information Technology Association of America. The trio of pioneering computer scientists said it’s too challenging and dangerous to build VoIP wiretapping technology without losing control.

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