Is it not cool to start raising the impact this amount of electricity use for running and cooling al these computers has on the environment?

Probably a lot less than cooling a...

If you eliminate indirect data like the crowd logistics databases of the Olympics etc, I would have to go with F1 as well. These vehicles have 500,000 lines of code,...

Duh, securely encrypted virtual drives are easy to use (even some good free software). No brainer. And it works with USB chips too.

On the other hand, while it may be...

To anyone who tends to excuse the current unaccountable surveillance process ... please, regardless of your political position, think of the politican you distrust most... now think of that person with...

Let's not forget the word 'editorial' on the banner. If some readers want to stay with pure technology, then perhaps they should stick to the articles.

But remember databases consist of...

Actually to configure rules, seeing actual data is often not essential, other than for back of envelope verification (which the data owner is more qualified to evaluate anyhow). Being meta,...

This kind of functionality is long overdue and will become essential, with legal backing. Implications of Sarbox are still evolving but strict separation of access is becoming required (where I...

Newbie: Now, maybe it's just me, but I think that those prices are a little bit steep, especially when you consider that their business model is based on bulk sales...

I agree this will simply stop people from doing updates just out of fear that this may get activated which will help spread windows viruses. One co-worker flat out refuses...

While we're at it, can we have a show of hands on everyone who did a Mandelbrot set?

yes yes, I wrote a vendor catalog database in MBASIC!!!

One thought that hadn't occurred to me previously, what happens when some other dope, after getting a laptop stolen from the security-guard-free Starbucks, decides to slap a lawsuit upside their...

It's sort of like anything else, stuff happens. While it's useful to try to prevent theft (including insurance), it's much more important to reduce the potential damage.

Use encryped drives for...

It seems to be overlooked in these discussions that there is no such thing as zero risk, in the computer world or the physical world. It's possible someone will break...

However I hate that the tax code is so complicated. I'm a college educated, especially in math, individual that's worked white collar jobs most of my life and solved some...