Data Storage News

03/04/2010 Taiwan earthquake may send LCD, chip prices higher
A 6.4-magnitude earthquake that struck southern Taiwan early Thursday may affect the global technology industry by sending prices of LCD panels and certain chips higher, analysts say. More info...

03/04/2010 Intel unveils platform for home storage networks
Intel today announced a new processor/controller combination targeted at home and small office storage networks that will increase performance for some home applications, such as video processing, by as much as 85%. More info...

03/04/2010 Taiwan dumps memory chip rescue plan
The Taiwan government has dumped a proposal to inject money into Taiwan Memory (TMC), the linchpin of a plan to restructure its DRAM sector. More info...

03/03/2010 WD releases its first consumer SSD
Western Digital today announced it is shipping its first consumer-grade solid state drive that will have capacities raning from 64GB to 256GB and offer read/write speeds of up to 250MB/sec and 170MB/sec, respectively. More info...

03/02/2010 Corsair releases its fastest USB flash drives yet
Corsair today announced it's shipping a new family of USB flash drives that it says are faster than anything it has sold to date, with read/write rates of 34MB/sec. and 28MB/sec., respectively. More info...

03/02/2010 Protect Data With On-the-Go Drive Encryption
This past January, the health organization Kaiser Permanente reported a theft of an external hard drive from an employee's car. The hard drive contained data on about 15,500 Northern California patients, including their full names, medical record numbers, and, in some cases, gender, dates of birth, and other info on treatment and care received at Kaiser (but not patients' social security numbers or financial data). More info...

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Cybercrime News

03/09/2010 LifeLock to pay $12M to settle FTC, states' complaint
LifeLock, an Arizona company promising customers protection from identity theft, has agreed to pay $12 million to settle charges that the company overstated its benefits and used "scare tactics" to gain subscribers.

03/08/2010 FDIC: Hackers took more than $120M in three months
Ongoing computer scams targeting small businesses cost U.S. companies $25 million in the third quarter of 2009, according to the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

03/08/2010 How to Protect Your Funds Online
Business banking is a popular target for hacks and attacks. Craig Priess of Guardian Analytics offers practical defensive steps.

03/08/2010 Hold vendors liable for buggy software, group says
A security coalition offers enterprises contract language that requires software vendors to use programming techniques that close common security loopholes.

03/08/2010 Thailand approves credit card hacker's extradition to US
A Thai court has approved the extradition to the U.S. of a Malaysian man allegedly involved in hacking credit card information, causing massive losses for victims in the U.S.

03/07/2010 US citizen a key player in alleged Italian telecom fraud
An apparently well-connected Soviet-born U.S. citizen has emerged as a key player in a massive Italian telecom fraud, according to court documents and published reports.