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Mystery ?virus? disrupts New Zealand ambulance service
Staff at New Zealand?s St John?s Ambulance service were forced to coordinate emergency call-outs using manual radio systems last week after computers systems were hit by a mystery ?virus?.
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Bin Laden used USB sticks to send messages
Far from scratching messages in Arabic on paper, Osama Bin Laden communicated with the outside world using a security-conscious mix of offline email and a large library of USB sticks, US sources have reported.
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Hitachi GST portable hard drives feature extra cloud storage
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies on Tuesday introduced new Touro storage offerings that package local and online storage so data can be accessed locally or through the cloud via smartphones and tablets.
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Intel to release developer kits for Thunderbolt connection technology
Intel on Tuesday said that developer kits for Thunderbolt will be available this quarter, which could lead to the quick availability of a wider range of products based on the interconnect technology.
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Wireless SATA interface aims to topple USB
The war is over and USB has won... or has it? At CES this week a new wireless SATA interface will try to dethrone SuperSpeed USB by offering speeds of up to 6Gbps vs. USB 3.0's max of 5Gbps.
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25% of new worms are designed to spread through USB drives
Following a report that a USB drive was used to compromise US military networks in 2008, a security company has claimed that 25% of all new worms are designed to spread through the portable storage devices.
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Amazon ships information to the cloud through the post
Amazon's cloud storage service has unveiled a brand new way to quickly move giant amounts of data to the cloud, one so technologically advanced that it actually allows customers to "bypass the Internet."
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New USB stick comes with built-in PIN keypad
A US company has come up with an original take on ultra-secure portable storage, fitting a full PIN entry keypad to a USB stick.
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Western Digital claims highest capacity mobile drive
Western Digital has launched what it claims is the industry's highest capacity 2.5-inch mobile hard disk drive, the 1TB WD Scorpio Blue.
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Risky staff behaviour noted in new study
With more and more reports emerging regarding the loss of sensitive data, a security study has identified the most common mistakes made by staff which can lead to data leaks.




