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One in four SSD-based laptops fail

Notebooks with solid state drives (flash-based) cost more than traditional hard drives, are "an order of magnitude" less reliable and do not perform as well when using Microsoft Outlook.

Flickr brings tagging to vintage images

Pilot project puts hundreds of public-domain pictures on photo-sharing site. In return, Library of Congress asks for tagging help.

Remote printer spam made easy

Security researcher Aaron Weaver claims visiting a random Web site could send unwanted print requests to your nearest office printer.

Can Facebook feed its ad brains?

Social-networking site expected to tap artificial intelligence to deliver ads to its 49 million members.

Can Seagate steer hybrid-drive market?

Price and industry standardisation remain barriers to widespread adoption, but the biggest hard-drive maker could force competitors to keep pace.

Facebook users fall foul of fake frog ID thief?

A fake user -- masquerading as a frog -- has duped Facebook users into revealing personal information such as date of birth, phone number and e-mail address, according to a Sophos study.

Can cryptography prevent printer-ink piracy?

A San Francisco company is developing chips that use encryption to control which ink cartridges and printers work together.

Pirate Bay creators launch new photo-hosting service

Creators of a popular BitTorrent tracking site have launched their own censorship-free image-sharing service.

Apple unveils upgraded MacBook Pro laptops

Apple announced on Tuesday that it has updated its high-end MacBook Pro laptops with faster processors, better graphics and more memory space.

Kingston flash hard drives, DDR3 on the way

Kingston Technology expects to bring a flash hard drive to market by early 2008.

Microsoft confirms Vista OEM hack

In response to widespread talk on blogs and forums, Microsoft has acknowledged the presence of hacks that may allow pirates to bypass the product activation security feature in its Windows Vista operating system.

Provocative politics in virtual games

A game due next month will ask players to imagine the U.S. without oil and how Americans would respond.

iTunes randomiser: methodology explained

Author David Braue responds to reader feedback on his testing of iTunes' random "shuffling" feature.

IBM tool 'reads' Web video for blind

Open-source Web browser tool for the visually impaired enables interaction with multimedia.

Promiscuous laptops

Laptops now outsell desktops, and more and more locations are offering free public Wi-Fi networks. Yet there are no formal recommendations on how one should secure a laptop on a public wireless network. Here's an attempt to formalise some best practices.

Flickr shows a little too much skin

Photo-sharing site hiccups and flashes porn to unsuspecting users. Now those users are looking for answers.

Security Watch: That Windows XP service pack called Vista

Most of the touted security enhancements in Windows Vista don't appear in the Home Premium and Basic versions, and what's there could have fit into a free Windows XP Service Pack instead.

Phishing overtakes viruses and Trojans

Phishing attacks have outnumbered e-mails infected with viruses and Trojan horse programs for the first time, according to security experts.

Samsung develops new mobile memory chip

Samsung Electronics said Wednesday it has developed a new mobile memory chip that is thinner and uses less power than previous generations of chips, a development that could affect a wide range of portable consumer electronic devices.

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