Hard drive evolution could hit XP
Hard drives are about to undergo one of the biggest format shifts in 30 years but it could cause problems for Windows XP users.
2010. March 9. 12:29
dot.Maggie [BBC NEWS] Marc. 9. Think you've got privacy? Try stalking yourself Weak online security checks 'putting people at risk' [Telegraph.co.uk] Marc. 9. Common security questions need to be replaced with more complex identity checks to prevent fraud, say researchers. Google 'testing TV search service' [Telegraph.co.uk] Marc. 9. Google is testing a new search service that will make it easier for people to find their favourite TV shows and YouTube videos, reports The Wall Street Journal. Good news about Afghanistan [Telegraph.co.uk] Marc. 9. After moving to the United States, Abdullah Qazi got so sick of seeing his country in the headlines for all the wrong reasons he set up a website to spread good news. Mario and Luigi takeaways spotted in Manchester on Google Street View [Telegraph.co.uk] Marc. 9. A street in Manchester where two takeaways named Mario's and Luigis stand side-by-side is causing much amusement among Nintendo fans online. Skynet satellite system extended [BBC NEWS] Marc. 9. Skynet 5, the UK's single biggest space project, is to get a fourth satellite to up the bandwidth available to British forces. dot.Rory [BBC NEWS] Marc. 9. Time for the tech world to do a little bit of politics Computer games disguised as Excel and Word prove a hit with office workers [Telegraph.co.uk] Marc. 9. Computer games disguised as Excel and Word documents which allow office workers to waste time without attracting the attention of their bosses are taking off on the web. Games migrate to the social side [BBC NEWS] Marc. 9. The merging of social networks and games is set to dominate this year's Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. Microsoft reshuffles browsers on ballot screen [Telegraph.co.uk] Marc. 9. The Windows-maker has adjusted the algorith that generates the order in which browsers are shown on its ballot screen, as Opera says downloads have tripled since process began Facebook death 'lessons to learn' [BBC NEWS] Marc. 9. The home secretary says internet safety lessons must be learned after a convicted sex offender contacts and kills a teenager. Porn domain name plan revived [BBC NEWS] Marc. 9. A plan to create a .xxx net domain for adult content will be revisited three years after it was rejected by internet regulators.
