According to data from the National Crime Victimization Survey, which is conducted by the U.S. Department of Justice, identity theft affected an estimated 3.6 million households–with losses totaling $3.2 billion–in the first six months of 2004. The survey contacts a random sample of 42,000 households every six months and follows them for three years. The […]

The British government is investing 52 million British pounds in a new supercomputer that will replace two other high-speed systems, one at the University of Manchester and the other run by a consortium led by the University of Edinburgh. The new computer, known as the High-End Computing Terascale Resource (Hector), will be capable of 100 […]

A new wiki aims to be an up-to-date resource for technical staff to learn about and report computer problems. Like other wikis, the Splunk Base wiki is open to the public; individuals can enter information about problems they have encountered with computer equipment including routers, servers, and databases. Entries can be edited and updated by […]