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- Bernie Madoff’s unwitting accomplice: The AS/400 (2009) https://web.archive.org/web/20170127061933/http:/itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/IT-watch-blog/bernie-madoffs-unwitting-accomplice-the-as400/ 49 comments
- At the last minute the DoJ is taking its case to the Supreme Court . Microsoft, as well as the other technology companies that have been following this, were surprised, because they thought that the federal government had agreed with some lower courts that the real solution was a legislative one. http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/storage-disaster-recovery/microsoft-doj-case-headed-to-the-supremes/ 3 comments microsoft
- Pence AOL Email Costs State $100K http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/storage-disaster-recovery/1789-2/ 6 comments politics
- Reporters Say Trump is Deleting Data http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/storage-disaster-recovery/reporters-say-trump-deleting-data/ 5 comments politics
- "Google, How Do I Hide a Body?" Law enforcement could get access to your search history. http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/storage-disaster-recovery/google-hide-body/ 69 comments technology
- Remember Zip Disks? These Election Departments Do http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/storage-disaster-recovery/remember-zip-disks-election-departments/ 4 comments politics
- That raises the question of what happens to the Snowmobiles full of data after it’s uploaded. How do you wipe a Snowmobile, how long does it take, and what assurance do you have that Amazon actually does this? Assuming it does; Amazon doesn’t talk about it. http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/storage-disaster-recovery/amazon-snowmobile-issues-need-solving/ 3 comments aws
- The rope memory used in the Apollo project was literally woven by little old ladies on looms (and, consequently, was sometimes known as Little Old Lady, or LOL, memory). It could only have been more arcane if the little old ladies in question had woven it using their own hair. http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/storage-disaster-recovery/apollo-software-renews-interest-in-rope-memory/ 5 comments programming
- People can do their own hard drive testing, but when it comes to sheer volume, hardly anyone uses disk drives more consistently than Backblaze. And while there may be others of a similar volume--Google and Facebook come to mind--they don’t typically release this sort of data to the public. http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/storage-disaster-recovery/fun-with-hard-drive-statistics/ 11 comments technology
- It isn’t clear whether the child pornography reporting legislation is also intended to apply to, say, sysadmins or technicians who work on computer storage, but it’s a safe way to bet: Failing to report could result in a $1,000 fine or six months in jail. http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/storage-disaster-recovery/computer-techs-required-to-report-child-pornography/ 9 comments sysadmin
- As with the FBI’s attempt to get Apple to develop software to break into an iPhone owned by the San Bernadino shooters, supporters of license plate readers point to their abilities to fight crime. But only a tiny fraction of the captured plates are actually associated with a crime. http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/storage-disaster-recovery/license-plate-readers-storing-everywhere-youre-going/ 3 comments technology
- Increasingly, governments are able to identify people using facial recognition software, and are collecting databases of people’s faces – not just criminals, but regular, ordinary people. Generally, there’s no laws against it. And what’s more, we’re helping them do it. http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/storage-disaster-recovery/how-youre-helping-governments-build-facial-recognition-databases/ 5 comments privacy
- Typically when we think of disasters taking out data centers, we think of hurricanes, floods, even snowstorms. But August has been particularly rough on data centers this year. http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/storage-disaster-recovery/lightning-ac-failures-take-out-data-centers/ 10 comments sysadmin
- Show, Don't Tell (On Steve Job's Marketing Tactics) http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/uncharted-waters/show-dont-tell/ 4 comments apple
- Keep in mind that people who work with children, such as doctors and teachers, are required by law to notify authorities if they suspect abuse or neglect. If a kid confides to Hello Barbie that they’re being abused by a parent, or if Barbie hears something suspicious, should Barbie call the cops? http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/storage-disaster-recovery/if-your-smart-devices-hear-something-will-they-turn-you-in/ 5 comments privacy
- How Serious a Problem is Hillary Clinton's Private E-mail System? http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/storage-disaster-recovery/how-serious-a-problem-is-hillary-clintons-private-e-mail-system/ 3 comments politics
- Even though they haven’t been made in more than ten years, Zip disks re still in use – and not just for communicating with other outdated systems. In Ada County, Idaho, which contains the capital city of Boise, they're still used as part of the election system. http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/storage-disaster-recovery/yes-people-still-use-zip-drives/ 8 comments technology
- Jeb Bush’s Partial Email Dump Answers Some of Our Questions http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/storage-disaster-recovery/jeb-bushs-partial-email-dump-answers-some-of-our-questions/ 4 comments politics
- BackBlaze Tests 6TB Drives in Storage Pods http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/storage-disaster-recovery/backblaze-tests-6tb-drives-in-storage-pods/ 5 comments sysadmin
- So the “pornography-sniffing dog” works like this: Police bring in the dog, the dog finds storage devices “hidden” in a suspicious way, and that gives the police probable cause to seize the storage and search it. Because after all, if there was nothing creepy on it, why’d you hide it, punk? http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/storage-disaster-recovery/why-the-hard-drive-sniffing-dog-should-scare-the-crap-out-of-you/ 185 comments politics
- 32 GB of data on a Post-It that could be stuck anywhere on a computer? What could go wrong? http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/storage-disaster-recovery/datastickies-sure-lets-store-32-gb-of-data-on-a-strip-of-scotch-tape/ 4 comments sysadmin
- The 2 Really Dumb IT Mistakes Scott Walker and Staff Made http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/storage-disaster-recovery/the-2-really-dumb-it-mistakes-scott-walker-and-staff-made/ 8 comments politics
- Here's why having all your company records stored as original pieces of paper in the same warehouse is a bad idea. http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/storage-disaster-recovery/another-iron-mountain-fire-points-up-shortcomings-of-physical-storage/ 8 comments sysadmin
- Seems Apple can’t win for losing: Is any amount of profit enough for Wall St.? http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/mobile-cloud-view/seems-apple-cant-win-for-losing/ 10 comments apple
- Steve Wozniak (Finally) Comments on Steve Jobs http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/uncharted-waters/wozniak-finally-comments-on-steve-jobs/ 10 comments apple
- Is Snow a Disaster? It is If You’re In Washington D.C. http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/storage-disaster-recovery/is-snow-a-disaster-it-is-if-youre-in-washington-d-c/ 5 comments sysadmin
- Windows Blue Gets PowerShell 4.0, Too http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/vista-enterprise-desktop/windows-blue-gets-powershell-4-0-too/ 3 comments windows
- How a Programmer Gets By On $16K/Yr: He Moves to Malaysia http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/unchartered-waters/interview-with-a-digital-migrant-meet-john-hunter/ 81 comments programming
- We all know data migrations suck. Now we have a survey to prove it. http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/storage-disaster-recovery/data-migrations-suck-heres-a-survey-to-prove-it/ 12 comments sysadmin
- Fool the Windows 8 RTM into upgrading the Release Preview http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/sql-server/upgrading-windows-8-rp-to-rtm/ 16 comments windows
- Outsourcing companies come to the United States to hire, build call centers. No really. http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/unchartered-waters/from-outsourced-to-offshore-and-back-again/ 3 comments technology
- You probably all know this but, as a matter of interest, IPv6 could provide 2^52 individual addresses to each star in the observable universe. http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/whatis/ipv6-addresses-how-many-is-that-in-numbers/ 19 comments technology
- In Google lawsuit, Oracle has declared War on cloud and open source. http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/mobile-cloud-view/oracle-declares-war-on-cloud-and-open-source/ 16 comments opensource
- Cell Phone Encryption Could Prevent Eavesdropping on Calls http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/mobile-cloud-view/cell-phone-encryption-could-be-boon-for-it/ 4 comments privacy
- Developers Should Like Mozilla Boot to Gecko Phone http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/mobile-cloud-view/developers-should-love-mozilla-boot-to-gecko-phone/ 11 comments opensource
- Amazon, Microsoft Data Centers Go Down Without Fanfare http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/mobile-cloud-view/amazon-microsoft-data-centers-go-down-without-much-fanfare/ 4 comments microsoft
- iPad Competitors Can't Play Games http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/mobile-cloud-view/ipad-competitors-cant-play-games/ 7 comments apple
- When *Shouldn’t* You Destroy Hard Drives? Ask Mike Huckabee - Yottabytes: Storage and Disaster Recovery http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/storage-disaster-recovery/when-shouldnt-you-destroy-hard-drives-ask-mike-huckabee/ 14 comments technology
- One year later, iPad Really Has Changed Everything http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/mobile-cloud-view/one-year-later-the-ipad-has-changed-everything/ 30 comments apple
- Microsoft made Spoon remove IE from their browser sandbox. This really sucks. http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/windows-server/microsoft-squashes-ie-on-spoon-users-tweet-their-displeasure/ 90 comments programming