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Lam1969 writes “Jack Gold says IT shops may have a huge problem on their hands, and probably don’t know even know about it. The problem is USB flash drives, which he predicts will probably reach 10 GB in capacity in three years, and the lack of policies to guide use of them by employees. From the article: ‘With more and more employees using flash drives, smart phones with Secure Digital memory cards, portable hard drives, etc., the likelihood of companies actually knowing about all instances of data loss is declining rapidly. And as a result, the possibility of companies breaking laws, whether for data-loss disclosure or regulatory compliance, is growing dramatically.’ Gold predicts ‘at least one publicized major case of unencrypted data loss from a portable device’ in the next year, which will result in many companies banning these kinds of devices.”

Reuters - Football and the
decisive NFC championship game that secured a Super Bowl berth
for the Seattle Seahawks ruled the night Sunday. But ABC got
some good news as viewership of “Desperate Housewives” upticked
after easing off a bit during the past two weeks.

Steve Carell, the comic star who will headline Evan Almighty, told SCI FI Wire that the follow-up to Jim Carrey’s 2003 hit Bruce Almighty is envisioned as the beginning of a series of movies, each with a different star.

Rachel Nichols, who plays new spy Rachel Gibson on ABC’s Alias, let slip to SCI FI Wire that several familiar faces will return before the popular show ends its five-year run this spring.

Beau Bridges, who stars as Gen. Hank Landry in the SCI FI original series Stargate SG-1, told SCI FI Wire that he is getting ready to go back to Vancouver, Canada, to begin work in the show’s upcoming 10th season.

Kate Beckinsale, who reprises her role as the lycan-hunting vampire Selene in the sequel film Underworld: Evolution, told SCI FI Wire that she helped shape the character.

Fantasy author Kate Elliott told SCI FI Wire that her new book, Crown of Stars, concludes the seven-volume saga of the same name and achieves the ending she envisioned right from the start.

Supernatural or fantasy-tinged films including Michel Gondry’s The Science of Sleep and The Illusionist were attracting suitors at this week’s Sundance Film Festival, Variety reported.

Picturehouse has paid close to $6 million for the North American rights to Mexican helmer Guillermo del Toro’s dark fairy tale Pan’s Labyrinth, Variety reported.

SF writer S.M. Stirling told SCI FI Wire that the third book in his “Change” series, A Meeting at Corvallis, will appear in September and will continue in a second trilogy comprising The Sunrise Lands (2007), The Scourge of God (2008) and The Sword of the Lady (2009).

The nominees for the 2005 British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) awards were announced Jan. 22.

The Alien 3 where aliens invade Earth, the Star Wars sequels in the late 80’s… all stand among this list of great science fiction films that never quite came together. A little depressing, actually.
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