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  • Anti-theft chip turns laptop into brick'

    Anti-theft chip turns laptop into brick' IDG News Service System stops PC booting but keeps data safe.news Absolute Software has added a new feature to its Computrace Lojack anti-theft software that can remotely turn a stolen laptop into a useless…
    11 January 2010
    Tags: Premium • Consumers • Remotely • Recovered • Brick • Wipe

  • Apple updates AirPort and MacBook Pro firmware

    The MacBook and MacBook Pro EFI updates are 3.14MB and 3.36MB respectively, but they both address the same issue: noise made by the optical disk drive during booting or waking.After you install the correct update for your computer, you'll need to…
    09 December 2009
    Tags: Leopard • Mac Os • Patches • Mini • Firmware

  • New Apple iPhone spotted?

    Apple recently advertised for a senior level software engineer to lead a team focused on secure OS booting and installation, and cryptographic services among other security related charges.Another recent job posting is seeking a software engineer…
    01 December 2009
    Tags: Cellular • San Francisco • Carrier • Carriers • Boost • Throughput

  • Google releases Chrome OS to waiting world

    If you're a lawyer and are planning to spend your entire day editing contracts back and forth, this isn't the right machine for you," added Pichai.As such, it seems that the Linux-based Chrome OS will also require that end-users be very…
    20 November 2009
    Tags: Boot • Netbook • Booting • Chrome • Operating Systems • Longawaited

  • Apple looking for someone to defeat iPhone hackers

    Just as a new hack, blacksn0w, promises to unlock iPhones with the latest Apple software, Apple is looking for a sheriff to lock the smartphones back up again, permanently.A job posting on Apple's corporate website seeks a security manager for the…
    06 November 2009
    Tags: Lock • Ebay • App • Hacking • Smartphones • Firmware

  • Microsoft blames users for Windows 7 problems

    The company had spelled out the in place upgrade paths last summer, before it released Windows 7.If you want to move from Windows Vista 32-bit to Windows 7 64-bit, or if you are running Windows XP, you have to do a "Custom" or clean installation…
    27 October 2009
    Tags: Michael • Engineer • Confusion • Error • Identified • Request

Latest Features

  • How not to shut down your laptop, and other tips

    When you start it up again, it loads that file and returns you to where you left off - no booting required.Both ends of the Hibernate process take a little longer than sleep mode (usually 10-20 seconds, in my experience), but you avoid any of the…
    11 March 2010
    Tags: Twitter • Trial • Standby • Prompt • Calendar

  • Fifteen free security and backup programs

    Press the Home key while booting to access all of CTM's roll-back features.Macrium Reflect Free Edition images your hard drive so that you can restore your system in the event of a disaster. Secure your PC as well as your data Security…
    03 March 2010
    Tags: Trust • Passwords • Hard Drive • Detection • Backups • Background

  • Smartbook: the ultimate evolution of the netbook?

    And that all important startup time will always be much shorter when booting from a solid state device. The netbook promises convenience and capability in a small, lightweight, and generally inexpensive package, and the concept of a smartbook goes…
    08 December 2009
    Tags: User Interface • Battery Life • Smartphones • Inexpensive • Eric • Usability

  • Microsoft shows off Windows 7 on portables

    This 0.9 inch thick notebook features two applications that let you get online without even booting the system up at all: They operate outside of the notebook's operating system. Despite its valiant attempts at creating a carnival atmosphere, when…
    16 October 2009
    Tags: Inch • Packs • Boot • Notebooks • Metal • Material

  • Power management providers rated

    Booting from shutdown takes the longest, up to several minutes depending on the system, how many drivers load, how long it's been since a clean install, and other factors. Autonomic, BigFix, and Symantec Altiris solutions offer a wealth of…
    23 September 2009
    Tags: Active Directory • Schemes • Modified • Manufacturer • Agents • Saves

  • Which operating system is best for SSDs?

    Harari blamed some "very demanding applications" that, in turn, require more sophisticated SSD controller technology to manage how data is transferred to the drive.But Harari's claim is one that other disk vendors, including rival Micron…
    12 December 2008
    Tags: Flash Memory • Hard Drive • Mac Os • Boot • Spin • Manufacturer

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How-Tos

  • How to switch to a flash storage drive

    This is particularly important for netbooks: Since you can't boot from an install CD, you'll probably need to use an extra USB drive for booting and installing the OS.Installation TimeInstalling an SSD in a desktop computer is relatively simple…
    03 December 2009
    Tags: Installing • Ata • Boot • Netbook • Netbooks • Operating Systems

  • How to download and install Chrome OS from USB drive

    But before you go out and spend money on a new computer, read over Google's hardware list to make sure you are fully aware of the functionality and problems for the device you have in mind.Booting From the USBOnce you've got your computer, and…
    25 November 2009
    Tags: Guide • Boot • Instructions • Disc • Netbook • Twitter

  • How to get started with virtual machines

    Not only does it run on Windows, Linux, Mac, and Sun's OpenSolaris, but it also supports an even wider array of guest OSs, including just about any version of Windows.Let's say you want to start learning to use some Linux tools and applications…
    27 August 2009
    Tags: Capture • Boot • Microsystems • Guest • Mouse • Operating Systems

  • How to set up virtualisation for small businesses

    If it's VMware ESXi, then this is a free download that can be burned to a CD and installed simply by booting the CD and stepping through the installer. But this guide shows that it's available to anyone who's prepared to spend a bit of time setting…
    13 March 2009
    Tags: Small Businesses • Active Directory • Small Business • Microsoft Exchange • Exchange Server • Virtual Machines

  • Case Study: Insuring against network infection

    That effectively locked the phones off the network because they had no way to go through the first half of their booting process, he says.We were making the network more secure than we needed to, and for these phones it created a problem," he says.
    17 December 2007
    Tags: Scanning • Behaviour • Boot • Gear • Insurance • Plugged

  • Case Study: Server and storage virtualisation go hand-in-hand

    The ease with which Storage Center could be managed and the capabilities that came with it out of the box weren't true of any of the other products.h4>Booting from SAN and Virtualisation create a greener footprintBy virtualising the environment…
    01 October 2007
    Tags: Modular • High Performance • Tier • Business Continuity • Replication • Distribution

Reviews

  • Google Buzz review

    The Google Buzz iPhone app is little more than a shortcut to a Gmail page optimised for mobile, with Buzz added.Like all the Google iPhone 'apps' this insists on booting another Safari browser window every time you go in.
    10 February 2010
    Tags: Twitter • Stage • Gmail • Friends • Contacts • Communication

  • ASUS U50Vg review

    It's an alternative to booting into Windows when all you want to do is just browse the web, for example, and it takes less than 10sec to load.The notebook's price tag is a little high if you've become used to checking out sub-£500 laptops in the…
    08 February 2010
    Tags: Slot • Rendering • Ram • Photos • Notebook • Asus

  • Dell Latitude E4300 review

    We think you're better off just booting into Windows 7, where you will have a much richer user experience. It's a stylish notebook - ours came with a blue lid - and its straight lines make it look very clean.
    29 January 2010
    Tags: Powered • Hard Drive • Notebook • Keys • Module • Pick

  • Parallels Desktop for Mac 5.0

    Virtualised gameplay may still behind native Windows booting, but its now considerably faster, enabling the smooth playing of many games without rebooting through Boot Camp. Hot on the heels of VMware's update of Fusion 3 comes Parallels Desktop…
    09 December 2009
    Tags: Frame • Mac Os • Elements • Windows Vista • Fusion • Eye

  • SSD upgrade kit

    You can either remove the CD as the system is booting, or just choose the "Windows" option when the menu comes up and remove the disk after that. Most people probably don't want to start from scratch by installing a fresh version of an operating…
    09 September 2009
    Tags: Flash Memory • Sec • Cable • Boot • Drivers • Purchasing

  • Acer Aspire Timeline 4810T review

    We were happy to see the inclusion of a button to disable the touchpad; we too often found ourselves moving the mouse cursor when we were typing.Sadly although the button worked fine in Windows Vista Home Premium, which was installed on our review…
    20 July 2009
    Tags: Acer • Battery Life • Notebooks • Netbook • Packed • Brightness

White Papers

  • Techniques to Build a Diskless Boot Linux Cluster of JS21 Blades

    Since the booting is remote, the blade is back online as soon as the new hardware is replaced and the blade is booted. The objective of this Redpaper is to describe in detail the steps we used to install and configure our IBM BladeCenter complex…
    31 May 2007
    Tags: Chassis • Node • Image • Boot • Blades • Blade

  • The growing scale of the threat problem

    However, it took until 1986 for the first recognizable PC virus to emerge: Brain was allegedly written by two brothers in Pakistan, and was activated when booting up from floppy disks.Recognizing the increasing threat of viruses, the emerging…
    16 May 2007
    Tags: Viruses • Spam • Threat • Detection • Writers • Virus

  • Adaptive Infrastructure with a Twist

    Windows servers cannot leverage the netboot/NFS simplicity, and they are subsequently booted from an iSCSI or FC SAN that contains a disk image of the server.eiSCSI booting is handled via emBoot, with the initial boot stage run via PXE, the same…
    23 March 2007
    Tags: Controller • Agent • Esx • Proliant • Handled • Nfs

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