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But, wait! (More on SSDs and e-discovery)

March 1, 2011 0 Comments
But, wait! (More on SSDs and e-discovery)

OK, just last week I wrote a post on a report out of UCSD regarding difficulties in erasing data from solid-state disks (SSDs). But now out of Australia comes a somewhat contradictory report that some SSDs actually erase ‘slack’ (unused) space themselves without any user or system intervention — and, furthermore, that they can do […]

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“The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood ” — a review by Freeman Dyson

February 27, 2011 0 Comments
“The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood ” — a review by Freeman Dyson

Freeman Dyson and James Gleick are both authors always worth reading. In this case, Dyson has reviewed Gleick’s newest book in an essay titled “How We Know”. An excerpt: According to Gleick, the impact of information on human affairs came in three installments: first the history, the thousands of years during which people created and […]

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E-discovery and solid-state drives (SSDs)

February 24, 2011 1 Comment
E-discovery and solid-state drives (SSDs)

E-discovery — the recovery, analysis, and production of evidence stored in digital form on various media — has become a major issue in litigation because of how much data simple devices can hold and the resulting duplication and multiplication of documents, files, and other digital types of evidence. Because of the risks and costs of […]

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How not to handle a cold contact e-mail mistake

February 3, 2010 59 Comments
How <i>not</i> to handle a cold contact e-mail mistake

[Instalancheâ„¢ in progress, and I had no clue until I started getting e-mails about the post. I’ve gotten more hits today on this web site than I’ve had here in the past 12 months combined. Ah, the power of Instapundit — thanks, Glenn! Thanks also to Elie Mystal over at Above The Law for the […]

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The Sessions paper — an analytical critique

December 28, 2009 1 Comment
The Sessions paper — an analytical critique

[cross-posted from brucefwebster.com] Roger Sessions has published a white paper, “The IT Complexity Crisis: Danger and Opportunity” (PDF). It’s created a bit of a stir in tech circles, largely because Sessions estimates that “worldwide, we are already losing over USD 500 billion per month on IT failure, and the problem is getting worse” (page 1; […]

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