Bomb details on lost memory stick (Independent) A Swedish soldier has been convicted of negligence and fined 21,000 kronor (£1730) for leaving a USB memory stick with military secrets in a public computer.

Swedish soldier fined for leaving USB with Afghan data in public computer (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News) STOCKHOLM, Sweden - A Swedish soldier has been convicted of negligence and fined the equivalent of $3,200 Cdn for leaving a USB memory stick with military secrets in a public computer.

Global downturn has Taiwan high-tech companies reeling (International Herald Tribune) Makers of computer memory chips and flat-panel screens are at a disadvantage with their South Korean competitors as orders drop.

Ex-Computer Tech Admits Doing Personal Work for Fumo (KYW News Radio 1060) Another former staffer is testifying for the government against Pennsylvania state senator Vincent Fumo (left). And although the witness, a computer technician, has struggled with his memory, he has acknowleged he did personal tasks for the senator.

Virtual Memory Management (IT Management) Think of it as a way to tell lies using technology. But they aren't lies to you, or anybody else for that matter. The reality of memory address management in virtualized systems is that the virtualization software — usually the hypervisor — gives each operating system (OS) a fictional story about where its memory actually resides.

Smart Modular shares fall, analyst cuts targets (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Smart Modular Technologies Inc. shares fell Thursday though an analyst said the company's annual analyst day increased her confidence that the maker of memory products and other computer components can stay profitable despite the economy.

Review: Medion P7300D desktop computer (Computer Active) The Akoya P7300D desktop computer, available from Aldi shops, is something of a powerhouse. For instance, it uses an Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 processor, which is one of the fastest you're likely to find in the shops without paying through the nose.

DoD orders ban on digital storage devices - Navy News, opinions, editorials, news from Iraq, photos, reports - Navy ... (Navy Times) The Defense Department has imposed an immediate ban on the use of thumb drives and other easily portable devices that offer digital memory storage, with some sort of viral intrusion into the military’s worldwide computer networks apparently spurring the move.

Win a powerful gaming computer and Far Cry 2 (Computer Active) Computer gaming has come a long way since the days of Pong and Tetris. Ubisoft's Far Cry 2 pushes the boundaries of what is possible in games, and Computeractive has teamed up with Ubisoft to offer one lucky winner both the game and a gaming PC to play it on.

Five Simple Tips to Boost and Maintain Computer Performance (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance) We have all experienced the excitement that comes with a new computer. Unfortunately, as many of us have experienced, pretty soon it takes twice as long for your computer to start, error messages start to appear, and gradually, you begin to notice that your computer is considerably slower while your frustration grows at an exponentially faster rate.