Seagate debuts the world's most secure laptop drive

13 Mar, 07

Seagate debuts the world's most secure laptop drive
Computerworld, MA - March 12, 2007

Seagate Technologies today announced the availability of the first laptop hard drive with native encryption capabilities, which is aimed at protecting data if a machine is lost or stolen.
Seagate's Momentus 5400 FDE.2 drive, with native 128-bit AES encryption, can also be purchased with Wave Systems Embassy Trust Suite management software from Wave Systems Corp., which will allow IT administrators to manage data encryption, keys and passwords at the enterprise level.

Seagate's encrypted hard drives on route
BusinessWeek – Mar 12, 2007

Seagate Technology LLC, the world's largest hard drive maker, announced Monday the first manufacturer to sell laptop PCs with its new built-in encryption technology.
The hard drives, to be available in laptops made by ASI Computer Technologies, will include a chip that makes it impossible for anyone to read data off the disk, or even boot up a PC, without some form of authentication.

Does Free Domain Registration Promote Malware?
PC World – Mar 12, 2007

Cheap or free registration of new domain names drives the growth in Web sites used for spamming or hosting malicious software, according to research from McAfee.
The study, released Monday, highlights continuing problems concerning how Web sites are registered and the ease with which bad actors can change Web sites to continue online scams

Riskiest web sites are outed
IT Week, UK – Mar 12, 2007

Each month internet users make more than 550 million clicks to risky web sites and even relatively safe domains like Germany (.de) or the UK (.uk) account for millions of risky clicks, according to a survey by McAfee.
McAfee analysed and ranked 265 top-level domains like Japan (.jp), France (.fr) and commercial (.com) based on its web safety tests for spyware, spam, exploits and scams. The report, Mapping the Mal Web, reveals surprisingly large differences in safety from one domain to another.

OneCare users hopping mad at Microsoft over deleted e-mail
Computerworld, MA - March 12, 2007

Users, still angry about Windows Live OneCare's habit of making e-mail disappear, are slamming Microsoft Corp.'s support and claiming that its suggested fix doesn't recover their messages.

Third-party anti-virus products ‘outperform’ Microsoft’s OneCare
ComputerworldUK, UK – Mar 12, 2007

Nearly a year after Microsoft introduced Windows Live OneCare, the company's first foray into the security market is still getting low marks from analysts and users.
A recent report from AV-Comparatives, comparing the antivirus products of various vendors, ranked Microsoft's product at the bottom in terms of detecting potential security threats.
At the same time, users are complaining that OneCare, which includes firewall, antivirus, backup and anti-spyware software, quarantines the entire mail store of their Outlook and Outlook Express programs, making it impossible for them to retrieve e-mail.

Fon lands $13 million more for community Wi-fi
InfoWorld, CA - Mar 9, 2007

Wi-fi startup Fon Technology SL has secured an additional €10 million (US$13.1 million) in funding for its plan to establish a global network of shared hotspots, the company said Friday
The funding came from new and previous investors, which have included Google Inc., Skype Ltd., Index Ventures and Sequoia Capital Operations LLC, Fon said. The new investors were not named. Index and Sequoia invested €18 million in Fon in February 2006.