Seagate to encrypt data on hard drives

"The world's largest hard drive maker says its DriveTrust Technology automatically encrypts every bit of data stored on the hard drive and requires users to have a key, or password, before being able to access the disk drive."

Vista to Allow "One Significant" Hardware Upgrade

" Vista will permit one 'significant' hardware change before requiring users to either appeal to Microsoft support or purchase another license."

Pornography, gambling, lies, theft and terrorism: The Internet sucks

"The idealists who conceived and pioneered the Web described a kind of enlightened utopia built on mutual understanding, a world in which knowledge is limited only by one's curiosity. Instead, we have constructed a virtual Wild West, where the masses indulge their darkest vices, pirates of all kinds troll for victims, and the rest of us have come to accept that cyberspace isn't the kind of place you'd want to raise your kids."

It's the next best thing to a Babel fish

"Imagine mouthing a phrase in English, only for the words to come out in Spanish. That is the promise of a device that will make anyone appear bilingual, by translating unvoiced words into synthetic speech in another language."

Windows virus bites Apple iPods

"Apple is warning that some video iPods are harbouring a Windows virus. "

Fun solutions to serious problems

"Scientists and researchers from around the world have been exhibiting their gadgets at New York's WIRED NextFest. And some of these products have the potential to change lives. "

Ian Pearson, Futurologist: The ITWales Interview

"Specialising in the long term, Pearson uses his background in science and engineering, together with analytical tools, business skills and good old fashioned common sense to develop his predictions. "

Microsoft 'taking security risks'

"Microsoft is taking security risks with its forthcoming Vista operating system, says software firm McAfee. "