Back to the Personal Computer

I find it hard to get upset about lapses in the iron grip some firms try to apply to their employee's computing.

In the early eighties it was a handful of hifi and similar tech buffs who introduced personal computers into workplaces like ad agencies (often spending £thous of our own money and ridiculed by fellow workers). Soon as management caught on to computing they reduced "personal" computer users to drones on a network, disabling floppy drives etc.

Fortunately, the human spirit (and technology) knows no such bounds.

Long Live the Floppy!

All hail the Floppy! Another reason to bring them back. Oh wait... usb drives are essentially floppies. Isn't it amazing how when a technology changes form it instantly becomes a security risk? Riskophiles go the hell away and let us get our work done!

Secure is good

I recently did an evaluation of secure flash drives for a company I work for. It is a VERY secure environment.
Although there are a few out there I ended up choosing Trek with AES hardware encryption. It is the only one that works on Windows, Mac and Linux, and requires no local admin rights or special drivers.
I have one for myself now too.
It's a new product for them and you might have to call to order it if you can't get it from a vendor easily.