The iPad is one of the safest computing devices you can use. Its combination of hardware and software security translate to a device that's probably more secure than your PC or Mac--especially if
Online storage service Dropbox made an embarrassing error Monday, turning off password authentication for millions of users.The company updated some code on the service just before 2:00 pm Monday, yet the new code
Cloud data storage and synchronization company Dropbox has been hit with a complaint to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission alleging that the company has deceived consumers about the level of encryption security it
Toshiba has come up with a type of self-encrypting hard drive (SED) that can automatically wipe data if it is removed from a paired computer by an attacker.Available in capacities up to 640GB,
What do you do with your old PCs? You can donate it to a charitable group, or sell it or you can turn it into a lampshade. Whatever you decide, security experts advise
Backup is one of the oldest needs in computing. Whether it's hard disk failure, computer theft, or just a wandering three year-old with a fruit juice carton, it's very easy to lose data
Until a university study emerged last week, few experts suspected that it's more difficult to erase data stored on solid-state drives (SSD) than that on hard disk drives (HDDs).Industry experts were taken aback
Early this year, the Bruyere Family Medical Centre in Ottawa warned its patients to keep an eye on their credit ratings because two of the clinic's computers storing the personal information of about
Security and privacy experts yesterday welcomed Facebook's deployment of new security tools using HTTPS (hypertext transfer protocol secure) and what it called "social authentication." The measures were announced less than 24 hours after
Users of Bare Bones Software's information organizer Yojimbo 3 have a new way to access their data. Yojimbo for iPad is a new companion product to the Yojimbo Mac software. An iPad tab
When the popular Web site Gawker was hacked into recently, more than a million user IDs and passwords were released. If you were one of the people compromised that's annoying -- very annoying.
Trend Micro announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Mobile Armor--a company that specializes in endpoint data protection. The move strengthens Trend Micro's data protection capabilities and positions it to
After a series of governments threatened BlackBerry bans, Research in Motion (RIM) negotiated to avoid service cut-offs. Canadians are split on whether the devices are actually now less secure or not. In a poll
When Apple's iOS 4.2 debuts next month, it will offer enough features to make the iPad tablet a device that's safe for business if IT security teams take the right steps. Top among
