The hard-drive shortage caused by flooding in Thailand is forcing small PC makers to increase their prices in order to stem losses.

Companies that measure the capacity of their data storage systems in hundreds of gigabytes, or a few terabytes, have many more data backup and recovery choices available to them than their enterprise counterparts. In fact, there are often too many choices. Unfortunately, small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) often don't have the budget to engage consultants to help them choose between all these options. So how does an SMB choose the best data backup method for their business?

While we can't make the decision for you, this tutorial will help you choose a data backup system by helping you to understand the process a consultant would use to do the same task, and by grouping some of the main choices available to you.

Microsoft will make at least four different versions of Windows 8 for devices with ARM processors, but you won't be running older Windows apps on any of them, according to an Intel executive. Renee James, Intel's senior vice president and general manager of Software and Services Group, also reaffirmed that Windows running on ARM devices will be focused on tablets and other mobile devices, according to Bloomberg.

Confused as to what 32 bit and 64 bit versions of windows actually means?

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Impact Business Systems new website is launched.

"UPS" virus/malware has resurfaced and is causing huge problems, which some of you may remember from about 8 months ago.