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Megaupload hopes to be back online soon, but beware of scammer versions

The people behind Megaupload might be working hard to get the site back up, but so are scammers.
NY programmer busted by FBI for stealing US Treasury code

The FBI said it arrested a computer programmer in New York this week and charged him with stealing proprietary software code from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The software known as the Government-Wide Accounting and Reporting Program (GWA) handles all manner of US government financial transactions.
Thunderbolt devices finally on show at CES

It wasn?t so long ago that Apple observers were wondering why it was taking Thunderbolt peripherals so long to get to market. This week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas may be putting an end to that conversation.
Carbonite announces bare metal backups, file versioning updates

Carbonite has announced upgrades to its online backup and restore service that include full OS and application backups, as well as the ability to mirror data to an external drive. The service allows users to perform a full metal restore from the external drive or a CD.
Lookout releases Honeycomb security app for Google Android tablet

Today Lookout, best known for their mobile security apps, released a Honeycomb optimised version of their software.
Toshiba adds cloud-based backup option to consumer drives

Toshiba has announced a new cloud service interface on its Canvio 3.0 line of external portable hard drives, which automatically discovers files and recommends which should be backed up to the cloud.
LaCie launches Apple, Thunderbolt-compatible external drive

LaCie today announced its first external hard drive that's compatible with the new, high-speed Thunderbolt interconnect that's being used on Apple's next generation computers.
Samsung shows off optical drive with Wi-Fi connectivity

Samsung has announced its new SE-208BW Smart Media Hub, which is an optical disk drive that comes equipped with Wi-Fi and allows users to stream CDs and DVDs to smartphones, tablets, and computers.
Apple release Lion recovery image utility

On Monday, Apple released Lion Recovery Disk Assistant, a tool that lets you create a Lion Recovery volume on an external hard drive.
Hardware makers announce Thunderbolt support

The arrival of Apple?s latest MacBook Pro models brings a brand new peripheral connection technology from Intel, Thunderbolt, and with it the promise of faster data transfer speeds. But if Thunderbolt?s going to deliver on that promise, peripheral makers will need to deliver products that take advantage of that technology.

Latest Features

Beyond the Lion's roar: The best overlooked, underrated features

Apple billed this summer's release of Mac OS X Lion as having more than 200 new features, but most coverage of Lion in the intervening months has focused on only a handful of them. While iOS-like navigation and app-launching interfaces, autosave/restore capabilities, AirDrop file sharing and an emergency restore partition are by all means important, there are a lot of helpful tweaks and enhancements that can easily be missed.
22 top tools for professional Apple Mac admins

Deploying and supporting Macs presents distinct challenges, particularly in organisations where Macs are in the minority or are being introduced for the first time.
Ten of the best free hard drive utilities

Most users are satisfied with the hard drive utilities that ship with Windows, especially the more powerful partitioning and defragging tools found in Windows Vista and 7. Since you're reading this, though, you're obviously not a "most" type of user.
The best tools for PC maintenance

Most people, even IT pros who spend their lives maintaining corporate computing infrastructure, are so busy with life, families, work and the rest that they tend to leave periodic home PC maintenance tasks at the bottom of a long list of things that never get done.
Hitachi vs Seagate vs Western Digital: Hard drive makers talk up new storage tech

In a reflection of the hard-fought battle among hard drive makers to get ahead of rivals, Hitachi, Seagate and Western Digital this week talked up storage innovations, including a Hitachi drive that combines an optical platter with Micron's densest NAND flash memory and advanced hard drives from Western Digital and Seagate that hold up to 3TB of data.
The best portable encryption drives

Users have been hauling unsecured data around on portable hard or flash drives for some years now, but there is no need to live that dangerously any more.
When will solid state drives be cheap?

Solid state drives (SSD) have been among the hottest hardware products for more than two years, with a good deal of uptake within the consumer PC, notebook and netbook markets in response to a precipitous drop in pricing in 2007 and 2008.
The best security features in Windows 7

Do you understand and use the new security features in Windows 7? From encryption to malware fighters, here's a look at the key Windows 7 tools that keep enterprise and home PCs safe and secure.
11 top Snow Leopard features

Snow Leopard may be a "minor" update to Mac OS X, with a £25 upgrade price and a focus on improved speed and reliability, but it's still bursting at the seams with tweaks, changes, and improvements - as well as a few modifications that might well be quite controversial. Here's a look at some of the biggest changes due to arrive with Snow Leopard on Friday, August 28.
All you wanted to know about the Leopard Server

Leopard Server packs its own serious updates for Mac users and systems administrators, multi-platform IT professionals and, if Apple has its way, for small businesses everywhere.

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Your IT Guy has Enough on His Plate Without Being the HIPAA Police

The compliance deadlines for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Final Security Rule have come and gone. The deadline was April 21, 2005 for all covered entities, except small health plans which had until April 21, 2006, to comply.
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