Original article published by The Wall Street Journal. By Robert McMillan Companies, freelance hackers are working furiously to find a way into terrorist’s iPhone In the days after a judge ordered Apple Inc. to help the Federal Bureau of Investigation unlock a terrorist’s iPhone, Silicon Valley giants rallied around the company.…
Originally published by Re/code. By Dawn Chmielewski Finchen / Shutterstock Nature deplores a vacuum. So in the absence of any details about how the FBI plans to access the information locked on Syed Rizwan Farook’s iPhone without Apple’s help, forensic scientists have been filling the void with some well-informed speculation.…
By Mike Cobb, Director of Engineering at DriveSavers Tiny Glass Disks Promise Huge Data Storage Potential Researchers in England say they have developed working models of a 5-D glass storage device that can hold more data per square inch than anything else on Earth, is nearly indestructible and can possibly…
Original article published by PCWorld. When Gene Roddenberry’s computer died, it took with it the only method of accessing some 200 floppy disks of his unpublished work. Here’s how this tech mystery was solved. By Gordon Mah Ung, Executive Editor, PCWorld Call the engine room and get Scotty to the…
LAS VEGAS—January 4, 2016—DriveSavers, the worldwide leader in data recovery, eDiscovery and digital forensic services, formally announced today that the company has recovered nearly 200 floppy disks belonging to Star Trek creator—the late Gene Roddenberry. The original Star Trek television program ran from 1966 to 1969. Roddenberry created scripts for…
Western Digital is acquiring SanDisk for $19 billion. Dell is buying EMC for $67 billion in the largest tech acquisition in history if the deal is approved. Who (or what) comes next? Well, nobody’s confirmed there’s going to be another big tech deal anytime soon, but what rivals like IBM,…
Originally published by Cyber Defense Magazine at http://www.cyberdefensemagazine.com/newsletters/october-2015/CDM-Cyber-Warnings-October-2015.pdf – pages 38-39 When a business or person needs a data recovery service provider, it’s highly important to be sure the facility has the proper industry certifications. Otherwise, the data missing may be at a much higher risk of being unrecoverable or even permanently destroyed. First,…
On Friday, June 19th, 2015, Lucas Cochran, technology correspondent from DAILY PLANET on the Discovery Channel Canada, came to visit DriveSavers. DriveSavers Director of Engineering, Mike Cobb, walked Lucas through recovering the data from his own Samsung phone. Just a few days prior, Lucas had dropped his phone in a pool where…
Originally published on CBS News. By Amanda Schupak It’s hot out there. Real hot. And if you’re planning to hit the beach to soak in the sun or cool off in the sea, we hope you’re packing sunscreen and a big hat. But you’re not the only one that can suffer from the…
