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Disk Encryption a Priority for Businesses
As data protection mandates become stricter and high-profile instances of data loss proliferate in the media, a survey of more than 360 attendees at Infosecurity Europe 2011 found that two-thirds of respondents (67 percent) hold disk encryption to be an IT security priority. The survey also found that more than two in five respondents (42…
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Logitech Takes LifeSize to Enterprise with Jambra
Logitech’s unified communications push that began with its acquisition of LifeSize and subsequent push into the enterprise video conferencing market is continuing with a partnership between the peripheral manufacturer and GN Netcom, maker of the high-end Jabra headsets. According to Eric Kintz, vice president of Logitech for Business, there’s an opportunity for Logitech to become…
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Dropbox Password Protection Function Disabled By Bug
Online storage service Dropbox accidentally turned off passwords for four hours, potentially exposing data belonging to its 25 million customers to unauthorized users. The breach occurred when the company applied a code change at 4:54 p.m. EST on June 19 that caused problems with the authentication mechanism, Arash Ferdowsi, Dropbox CTO and founder, wrote in…
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Toshiba Launches DX1215 All-Purpose Entertainment Hub PC
Toshiba s Digital Products Division, a division of Toshiba America Information Systems, introduced the DX1215, the company s first all-in-one PC for the U.S. market. The DX1215 is being marketed as an all-purpose entertainment hub offering enhanced audio capability with performance and technologies for high-definition entertainment and multitasking. The DX1215 features a 21.5-inch diagonal touch-screen…
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Amazon Anticipates Selling 4 Million Tablets in 2011
Amazon.com could launch tablet computers as early as this August or September, with expectations to sell 4 million units for the remainder of 2011. Citing Taiwanese component makers, DigiTimes said Amazon will use processors from Texas Instruments, with Taiwan’s Wintek to supply touch panels, ILI Technology putting in LCD driver ICs. Quanta Computer will build…
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Businesses Primed for Broader Use of Unified Communications
Deployment of unified communications solutions is poised for growth as organizations build on a foundation of voice and data applications to include more video, collaboration and social communications tools, according to research from CompTIA, a non-profit association for the information technology industry. Nearly half (49 percent) of the organizations surveyed for the CompTIA study, "Unified…