Western Digital unveils 80Gb of external storage

Got around ?350 and the need for simply bags of external storage? Then Western Digital's 80Gb external drive could be what you need. The 7,200rpm drive is three times faster than previous external models, benefiting from a new UDMA 66 1394 bridge card. It's FireWire compatible, which is good for Mac-owners, and there's the PCI adaptor card for desktops and a CardBus PC Card for notebooks. ...more

IBM spreads grid computing to WebSphere

The latest version of WebSphere Application Server is to include grid computing facilities, IBM has announced. WebSphere Application Server V5.0. ...more

Phishing attacks rocket as defences crumble

Phishing attacks continue to escalate both in numbers and sophistication according to Internet monitor Netcraft. The headline figure is that the firm's anti-phishing toolbar stopped 609,000 confirmed phishing sites last year. The figure dwarfs the respective figure for 2005: just 41,000. ...more

MI5 puts its private fears online

The once highly secretive MI5 is now turning to the Internet to publish its assessments of terrorist threats. Details that were previously restricted will now be publicly available on a new website, reports the BBC. According to the Website - to be found at www. ...more

Shoulder surfing threatens data security

Maybe people aren't just being nosey when they look over your shoulder. They could also be doing it to get a glimpse at your corporate data, warns 3M. Users of laptops and smartphones in public places need to be more aware of the risk of being 'shoulder surfed' by strangers spying on their private business communications, suggests new research. ...more