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Fujitsu packs 500GB into laptop drive

Fujitsu will upgrade its line of laptop disk drives in May with a new series offering 400GB and 500GB storage.
Search for ET blocked by Sophos

Network administrators are now so annoyed by distributed computing applications, security vendor Sophos is to offer them a new tool to block the programs.
Sarbanes-Oxley will be 2005's biggest time waster
IEEE gets stuck into Wi-Fi testing

Enterprises won't buy Wi-Fi till the numbers make sense .
Bugbear and Sobig top virus poll
Internet suffers from another virus
Internet under attack from Fizzer worm

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Mageia Linux 2.0 - Six key features coming to new OS

Mandriva Linux is a venerable distribution with numerous advantages to recommend it, but it's no secret that the software's French publisher has been facing tough times.
Hitachi Data Systems CTO: virtualised machines need bullet-proof storage

Virtualisation is widely recognised to be a game-changing technology, helping organisations to reduce their capital and operational costs, as well as improve underlying business processes. But the impact that this technology is having on the storage layer at the bottom of the stack is often overlooked.
Moth in the machine: Debugging the origins of "bug"

Did Grace Hopper really invent the term 'bug' to describe software errors? Nope. Here's the real story.
British users ready to embrace Windows 7 say resellers

British customers - like all those around the world - failed to adopt Vista but the signs are that Windows 7 will be different. It has to be, many customers can't support an eight-year old operating system for much longer.
Manners maketh HP

The new HP storage head in the UK says HP's storage business is in great shape and going to get stronger.
xMax - is it real?

With new unpublished technologies, demonstrations are sometimes all you have to go on. Here's how we tried to kick the tyres on xMax.
Why would you use WiMax indoors?

WiMax on the LAN has been proposed. Here are the reasons why it might be able to challenge Wi-Fi.
InfoSecurity show charts security frustrations

Last week's US InfoSecurity conference focused on the bugbears of management and mobility.
Patch management is key

Patching might be an essential chore but there are ways to carry out the task without wasting time. Part one of a two-part feature.
Thus spake the prophet of Wi-Fi doom

Not everyone is convinced of the bright future for Wi-Fi. Thus's Steve Kennedy thinks that there are some big problems lying ahead.

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