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Disk encryption is no silver bullet, researchers say
Disk encryption, which people rely on for protecting sensitive data on laptops, can fairly easily be foiled, security researchers said in presenting a paper on a so-called "cold-boot attack" at the Usenix security conference on Wednesday. Read more »
Sun: Tape storage evolving, not dead
Magnetic tape data storage may have been around for more than half a century but systems administrators will be stuck with it for some time yet, according to one of Sun Microsystems' top storage executives. Read more »
UK government in massive personal data loss
The UK government has admitted that its Revenue & Customs department has lost the details of 25 million individuals after two disks went missing in the mail. Read more »
IBM's Venom data compression bites back costs
IBM on Monday in the United States plans to announce details of a data compression technology, code-named Venom, that the company says will lower the cost of its forthcoming database and storage hardware. Read more »
Prototype holographic storage device unveiled
High-capacity drives that use '3D pages' to store data could be on sale before the end of 2006. Read more »
Data breach laws years away
The Australian Law Reform Commission yesterday released a report recommending Australia introduce data breach disclosure laws — but Senator John Faulkner said that bridge would not be crossed by government at least for the next 18 months. Read more »
Big Blue DB2 Viper database will feature data-compression technology, code-named Venom, imported from mainframe.
Big Blue DB2 Viper database will feature data-compression technology, code-named Venom, imported from mainframe. Read more »
Google open sources 'Protocol Buffers'
Google has open sourced an internal development tool called 'Protocol Buffers', a data description language that forms a basic part of the operation of the company's vast computing cluster. Read more »
Google open sources XML-alternative Protocol Buffers
XML, it seems, has run out of steam for Google. Google said Monday that it has created an open source project for a data interchange format called Protocol Buffers. Read more »
Linux speeds up computer forensics for cops
Australian university students have developed a Linux-based data forensics tool to help police churn through a growing backlog of computer-related criminal investigations. Read more »
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Define disk quotas to keep users from hogging drive space
With massive hard drives, one might be tempted to think disk quotas a thing of the past. However, with larger capacity comes larger amounts of data, and in multi-user systems, one user can easily consume more drive space than they should, preventing other users from utilising storage space. Read more »
Using Mirrored Media Sets in SQL Server 2005
Mirrored Media Sets is a new feature in the Enterprise Edition of SQL Server 2005. It enables the creation of redundant copies of a backup file to reduce the possibility of a backup device malfunction. Here's how you make it work. Read more »
How do you do your back-ups?
In the past, tape was the solution. The problem is that this still tends to be the answer. Either backup admins are complacent and don't want to change, or decision makers are unwilling to look at new ways to do backups. Read more »
What does a DBA do all day?
Data integrity is a DBA's number one responsibility, but do you know what else they do all day? Read more »
Streamline your data management with deduplication
The concept of deduplication is simple - it's creating a single copy for all the duplicate bits or files that exist on a network. But how does it actually work and how do you use it? Read more »
Use sendfile() to optimise data transfer
One of the most important problems with supporting rapid Internet growth is the growing need to streamline data transfer from the server to the client. ZDNet Australia offers some solutions to help solve the data transfer puzzle. Read more »
ActiveX Data Objects for Windows CE
ADO on a Pocket PC? You better believe it--ActiveX Data Objects Compact Edition provides the framework for data access on a Pocket PC. We show you how to use it in your own projects. Read more »
Open source vs open standards
Customers and government bodies should focus on products with open standards and realise the pitfalls of open source, argues Scott Petty, Dimension Data Australia COO. Read more »
Gather query tuning data via Oracle's dynamic performance views
The dynamic performance views supplied with the Oracle database include several that make the process of gathering tuning information easier. This tip describes four of them: V$SQL, V$SQLAREA, V$SQLTEXT, and a new one, V$SQLSTATS. Read more »
Persist data with the XMLSerializer class
In this .NET "how-to" from Tony Patton, learn how to convert an object's public properties and fields to XML. Read more »
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Solving the network storage dilemma
-- I've had some friends and readers ask me the same question about what to do about the problem of storage in the home and how do you make it accessible to every computer or set-top box in the house on the internal network. Read more »
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Space pr0n, patent karma and Yang out -- Club Builder
On Club Builder this week: how NASA plans to get the Internet into space, Jerry Yang is out the door at Yahoo and Brendan Eich discusses javascript engine competition.