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Interview with David Friend, CEO of Carbonite.

Back in March, I wrote an article about Carbonite, where I reported on a possible loss of data effecting users backups. Very quickly, we had a response to the post from the CEO of Carbonite David Friend, who stated that there had been a problem with the firmware on the Promise servers they were using. Although it had effected some users, it certainly was not the calamity it had been made out to be, and he had phoned those people effected individually to apologize.

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Linux foundation chew the FAT.

Recently, it may have come to your attention that Microsoft and TomTom, the satnav maker, have reached a settlement over a patent dispute. The dispute revolves around the FAT file system, and it’s use in the TomTom’s Linux based OS. Microsoft said that the use of this file system infringed their patent, and so to court.

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Top 5 Data Losses

Most companies with any sort of IT infrastructure have got some sort of disaster recovery plan. Whether it be a set of tapes or CD’s or a redundant data centre, the idea of loosing the company accounts on a hard drive that has become a paperweight is something that keeps IT managers awake at night.

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BBCs Botnets.

The BBC, in the name of “public interest”, recently accuired the means to get together a botnet. The Click Online program for the BBC paid “£254 – £290” per 1,000

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Linux in the limelight.

A recent article by John C. Devorak, posted on Extreme Tech, has proclaimed the authors enthusiasm for the Ubuntu operating system. For those of you not indoctrinated, Ubuntu is a

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An absolute tech junky, I graduated from the University of Manchester with a degree in Computing and now live on the outskirts of Leeds working with you guessed it, Computers. I love all things gadgety but really dislike wires. For those of you who haven’t worked it out the name of the site is a combination of my nickname (Gaj) and the pronunciation ‘Gadget’.
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